Live Life (It's Worth Living and Loving)

"Everyday you wake up, you should know your life is worth living and loving. Perfection is based on a person's perspective. What may be perfect to me, may be imperfect to someone else. Instead of beating yourself up for falling back a little or crashing, applaud yourself for surviving. As long as every day is lived as though it's worth living and you are worth loving, life will be and feel so fulfilling."

--PrettyChiq

 



It is necessary to realize, life is not meant to be perfect. Who said you're suppose to go through perfect times each and every day? It is through adversity and tough times can one truly recognize and cherish the hard times.

Sometimes it is through the very bad and rough times, can we truly appreciate and love the good. One have to know the bad in order to know what good truly is. I was talking to a friend of mine, and she told me she was tired of suffering and struggling. I listened as she spoke and agreed. She was going through so much, and every time I spoke to her, something bad seemed to be occurring. We both could not understand why she was being tested in this way and so constantly. This was years ago.

Today, this same friend of mine, seems to be living life. Everything she has and is wanting is coming into fruition. Today, she is the picture of the woman both she and I know she is meant to be and has always been, despite life's trials and tribulations. All this has occurred because she has been disciplined enough to actively work at her life. Examine her weaknesses, face her deepest fears and make closure with some of the most difficult people in her life. She is an example of someone who has and is continuously counting her blessings, not taking anything for granted and constantly makes an effort at self-improvement and growth. The truly dedicated person, who loves him or herself, knows that the most difficult relationship to mend and fix, is one with oneself. Working continuously and  constantly at it can bring about the best of results in any one's life!

 



I remember when I was younger, I was speaking to an older sister at church about my adolescent problems; she said one thing, "How can you know what true happiness is, if you have never experienced sadness, contempt, and anger?" I looked at her as though she was crazy and she continued to explain, "The tough and most trying times are the most impacting. What you do and do not do sets the way for the events to come. True these times, your strength will be tested."



It is incredibly easy to complain about what we do not have, and even more easy to look for things to be had. The most successful and wise of persons know that they can use the little they do have and know to make big impacts, grow and become more successful. I challenge whosoever reading this blog to 'count your blessings'. When I say to count your blessings, I mean to be appreciative for that which you do have. Things can and at times do get more complicated. Through each stage in our lives, we are constantly tested with the expectation of eventually passing the different stages and developing mastery skills necessary to progress in life.

 





You must and should be profoundly grateful. Even in debt, one can come to realize things can always be worse. If you are indebted, but have perfect health--be content and happy. There is a solution to your problem--pay it off! If you do not have perfect health, but have your sanity, then feel fortunate--many people do not have that and are forced, coerced and lead astray by many. Those two examples can be applied to every aspect and quality in life. We all have some, if not one, thing that we should feel fortunate to have or have had. Instead of constantly looking at the bad, we must be forced to look at things for what they are--imperfectly perfect. Our lives being a reflection of our society, our thoughts, our decisions and God's will. There is no such thing as the perfect life because even those with plenty money, e.g. celebrities, turn to drug.

As a result of the decisions we can make when we are unhappy, I have decided to write this post. While many may disagree with me, it is just an opinion. I am the believer that true unhappiness steams from a lack of understanding. When one does not know oneself or others, that person tends to micro-focus on the little things and people in life. I am guilty of this. Instead of looking at ones job as being a tool to elevate oneself to a higher level; a truly unhappy person finds flaws in it. Instead of looking at a flawed significant other as a work in progress, may not be a immediate one, but a potential and continue to live life; that person ends up forgetting the beauty of the relationship and focuses on the flaws of that person.

 

 



We all want things to be the way we want them to be--and that's perfectly understandable. What we as people forget to realize is that life is full of changes and turns. Our ability to adapt and adapt successfully makes the difference in whether we skillfully live our lives or fall by the wayside.  I am challenging my readers to fall in love with their lives. There are solutions to every problem--and more than one--research and find them. Sometimes one of the answers may be that one have to take a different path. Stop trying to structure everything--it is known that the most strict and rigid of things breaks the easiest.

 



When one condition one's mind that things can be only one way and that way only--adaptation is compromised. The ability to find another solution to a problem and life becomes impaired. I say this because it is easy to fall victim to our problems or what we may deem our weaknesses. We all have individual strengths--use them and live life comfortably and beautiful. In the process, count your blessings, and use them to have a positive and profound impact on others and society.

Live life like it's worth living, and love yourself! God is always with you!

--PrettyChiq