When I had a chill, stable life, I fantasized about living a wild one. Now that I have a wild life, I fantasize about having a chill, stable one.
At this point, I don’t even know.
When I had a chill, stable life, I fantasized about living a wild one. Now that I have a wild life, I fantasize about having a chill, stable one.
At this point, I don’t even know.
“Now the thing that I call livin’ is just bein’ satisfied, with knowin’ I got no one left to blame.” – Gordon Lightfoot, “Carefree Highway”
I think a big part of happiness is rooted in learning what you can control, taking responsibility for it, and accepting what you can’t control.
Easier said than done sometimes. But, I tend to stress a lot less about a situation when I’ve sorted this out for myself.
the only piece of christianity I hold near and dear to my heart is the serenity prayer:
god grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference