Stress

Stress.

Why lose yourself in stressful feelings? Does it help you to complete your tasks? When you've obliged yourself to do certain things, you are bound to do them anyway. You have school, exams, work, projects… hitting one deadline after another, we all deal with this. But you see, when you have a deadline, you are bound to finish the job whether you stress about it or not. Your deadline does not care about your stress, your paperwork can't give you sympathy. They're just goals. So what are you really stressed about?

Those stressful feelings only separate you from the connection with others, it only pushes your loved ones away. Concentrate on your breathing and acknowledge that the duties that feel overwhelming are in fact a series of single, tiny tasks. Accept that you are on a path and the destination is reached by taking one step at a time, you can not leap to the goal. No one is born ready.

The thing is, most of the time we're not actually even stressing about the tasks but we are just simply afraid of other peoples judgement if we fail. Why concentrate on failure, fear and speculating on how others see you? Those things won't help you to complete your tasks. They just blur and distract your mind. Stop comparing yourself to others, there's no reward at the end of that road. Breathe deep and slow, come back to this moment and concentrate on to what is important.

Remember that you are in fact loved by others, take it for granted. I repeat, you are loved by others, take it for granted. When you acknowledge this, you take a step towards inner peace. That love is there, always has been and always will be. There's no reason to waste time questioning it. Be at ease, don't worry and carry on.

Happiness

Happiness.

We sometimes recognize it as only being in a joyous state of mind, laughing and having fun. Those signs are obvious results of that positive energy but there is much more to it. One key part of happiness is in fact the readiness to overcome the inevitable obstacles in life. You can only be truly happy when you embrace this uncertainty of the future without fear. If this fear controls your life, the laughter will sound hollow and nervous.

Troubles and problems in life are a part of its richness. Of course there will be sadness and pain involved when bad things happen but remember that it's only temporary. When you hit your finger with a hammer, it hurts for a while but it passes.

Misfortunes are a part of our everyday life just as much as the good things. When you face uneasy things in your life, do not hide. Be brave and be honest. Don't lose yourself in the negative passion and despair. Understand that those emotions come simply from fear. Why waste a lifetime living in such an unhappy state? Stop playing games, stop comparing pain and scars. Get out from that turmoil and accept that your past has happened and the future cannot be predicted.

When the negative things are at hand, passion will only suffocate your compassion and lead you back to hatred and fear. Leave your passion behind. The thing is, only through compassion will you find true strength to overcome your misfortunes. When you do this, you will achieve peace, happiness and connection with others.

Trouble, misfortune and obstacles are here to elevate you, don't be afraid of the challenge. You can do it, there is no question about it.

Who are you?

What you are, who you are... it is shortsighted to define those things by words. Behavior and feelings adjust to every situation every moment, every day. It's futile to say "I am shy, I am loud, I am outgoing, I am complex". Defining your personality will only bring you anxiety because it is in constant motion, it evolves. What you are today may not apply tomorrow. Don't define yourself to others or to yourself. Nobody can define you or set limits to what you are. Let go of your past.

At the same time, there is something solid, deep within you. Something that never changes. You see, without that very core you would not be able to percieve the change of yourself through the times. Call it soul or whatever. That part of you is the fundamental foundation that cannot be characterized by shallow words.

Like the sea, the surface is in constant motion with all it's waves and storms but when you go deeper within, down to the bottom, it gradually moves less and less, and becomes very peaceful and silent.

When you go deep within, you will find compassion and love. That is what you are, that is what you've been made of, that is you.