DailyThought #45 - What Am I Supposed to Do?

When life feels like it’s too much, I try to think of people that don’t have that much. I am lucky to have what I have, but that doesn’t make me feel any better. I tell myself that I have good problems, which I do, but that doesn’t make me feel any better. People around me tell me what’s what: what I should do, what I shouldn’t do, what to stop doing, and the advice continues. I try to be a good listener and accept my ignorance to some of life’s complexities; but when I am told to stop doing what I like doing, and start doing what I don’t like doing, I become confused. I often ask myself, what have we gotten ourselves into? Why would I do something that I don’t like, just because I am told to. We are guaranteed few things in life, but one is free will. I hope to use mine to pursue a life full of passion. I know there are things I will have to do that I don’t like doing, because that is life, but why would I make a habit of it?

I do have a good life, all said and done, the things I don’t like doing, aren’t really all that bad. But that doesn’t mean I will stop my pursuit of happiness. We aren’t promised happiness, but we are promised the pursuit of it. So if I never end up doing what makes me happy, no one can say I didn’t try.

Bottled Blues