Be Happy With What You Have
Everyone has heard the words “money can not buy happiness, but I would rather cry in a Ferrari”. It seems like a funny and ironic phrase, and it is basically, but there is also a lesson we can learn from it. We inherit these ideas from a wild neoliberalism, which can lead to us hating our lives, feeling like failures and thinking that everything would be better if we only had “X”.
They say that the money problems have decreased. But they are still there; they have only been dressed up in finer bows. On the one hand, it is true that a job and a moderate income can help you be more relaxed; but it is no less true that money can not buy you mental health. On the contrary, they sometimes do nothing but aggravate certain problems and fill certain gaps in the wrong way.
If you are not happy with what you have, you will never be happy with what you want or what you think you need. It’s not healthy to live like that. Instead, it pushes you into a state of anxiety that causes you to miss unique moments in life.
The current unemployment in many countries has many short- and long-term psychological consequences. But if we ignore the social and economic issues, it is important to look more deeply at factors that explain the constant need to renew our material desires, which is very common in the Western world.
Think of the people who hope to have enough money to spend a few days at the beach with their families, or who hope to get a specific job so they can celebrate with their friends. How will this affect their mood over time? They will probably be paralyzed while waiting for something to happen, while at the same time inciting the clock to go faster.
If you are waiting for something external to fill your inner emptiness, you are wasting time that you will never get back. When you get that happy news, if you ever do, maybe your soul will be too exhausted after all the waiting.
No one has said that you can not have aspirations, but they can not be permanently continued in the future. However, this requires a lot of courage and an extreme tolerance for frustration and uncertainty. It’s convenient to be able to go anywhere and think that everything you leave behind is in order, but life is not just about safety and arranging everything. You must also be able to live with risk.
Take advantage of your energy instead of waiting for it to come at the perfect time. Only by exploring what you already have will you be able to find new sources to replenish it. Life consists of the spoons, and they all have their special charm, which we often only appreciate when we look back on them.
To be happy with what you have is not to be a conformist. Taking advantage of the positive things in life is not a defeatist mentality. Knowing how to recognize the beauty of everyday people and situations involves learning that we are who we are because of the peace we convey, even if our wallets are sometimes empty. To be happy with what you have is to try to get better as a human being, not as an object.
You can not learn to stop losing control and judgment in a bad financial situation by negotiating with the bank. You must acquire this ability by assimilating lessons, seeing the problem with your own eyes, fighting it with intellectual resources, and accepting it from the heart. What is most valuable in life is inner peace, and it requires going through periods of total uncertainty. It is not something that is acquired with a salary or for a fixed period of time. It is a long and arduous emotional process.
It may be true that everyone wants to get what they think is necessary to be happier, but it is also true that if this desire takes away all their passion for the present, it is rather a form of self-inflicted harm.
Our dreams should lead to flow, and our goals should ensure that this flow is not an insignificant swing, but a commitment to serious work or responsibility – something that makes us tick. Being happy with what you have is a commitment to the present that will be reflected in your future.
