There are many things that people will consider a person has had a good life or lived a very fulfilled life. We all want to live a perfect life to our own liking. Sometimes if it was up to us, we would not worry or care about anyone or anything if we feel that we have lived a perfect happy life to our liking. When we try to live the life to our liking, we will sometimes forget the important things in our life. We will forget what truly makes us happy but instead we are chasing after a false happiness. Have you ever tried to live a perfect life?
A perfect life.
We all have our own interpretation of a perfect life. We will all try to strive for a perfect life at least once if not more during our lifetime. Many people will look at others and think how perfect their life is or how they have everything. A perfect life in one person’s eye may be different in another person’s eye. Life will never be perfect but that doesn’t mean never try. We should strive to do what we believe in and what makes us happy. Have you ever tried doing something because another person thought that would be good for you?
All about me and what I want.
Everyone wants to have a life where they do whatever they want. They want to have everything they wanted. They want to be idolized as the person who has it all and everyone wants to be like them. Most the time life doesn’t come close to this. Even if you do have everything your heart will still feel empty. A person who thinks they have everything they could possible ever want, will always be wanting more. For example, the person who must have the latest iPhone; they want the newest phone before it is even out. They are truly never happy because they will always still be wanting the best latest and greatest iPhone. Have you ever had the latest and greatest thing but still wanted something better?
Forgetting the important things in life.
We often get carried away with the things we think we need in life. We think we need the trophy family, even if secretly no one can stand to be near each other. We forget about the loved ones who mean the most to us because we are so focused on having the perfect life with the perfect family and perfect materialistic things. We often will stay away or ruin true friendship because we are afraid of being looked down on or thought of something less than perfect. When we try to live the perfect life according to social media and world around us, our true loved ones are the ones who get hurt the most. Have you ever abandoned a good friend because you were afraid what others might think of you?
False happiness.
The media, social media, peers, television, books, and magazines try to tell us how we should think, and what we should do. The media and everyone around us will try to control how we think and what we do. Most people will have many influences from many things. These influences will try to tell us how to live, what we like, and what we should do. Having strong influences in our life will cause us to lose the true self that we are. Have you ever been influenced to do something you didn’t want to do?
My happiness.
Sometimes I tend to get caught up what others think what happiness is. But then I remember teachings from church and my father. My father always told me that without family you have nothing. You can have everything in the world, but family is what true happiness is and what matters in life. When I do keep my life simple and not worry about having the latest and greatest of everything my life becomes simple and happy. Sometimes God makes the world seem so easy and simple if we let him into our heart. The key to a good life is a simple, happy life.
What is the thing that makes you live a good life?
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