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May 20, 2013
Follow Your Bliss
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Book Corner,
Mental Health,
Written by Me
“When you follow your bliss, doors will open where you would
not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for
anyone else.”
~ Joseph Campbell
In life, it’s easy to end in the “wrong place.” We’re doing a job we hate. We’re living with
people we dislike. We’re keeping things bottled up rather speaking up and
expressing our wants and needs. We get so stuck and don’t feel authentic,
because we’re not truly doing what we want.
Bliss is what you’re doing when you’re wrapped up in the
moment. When you’re so thrilled just to be doing it, it ceases even to be work
anymore. Your bliss occurs when you’re living in the moment, and time doesn’t
really matter anymore. It’s when you get
immersed in your own bliss that you find yourself smiling.
So, what is your BLISS?
Are you following it?
American mythologist Joseph Campbell summed up that process
of seeking your own true happiness and authenticity in three simple words:
“Follow your bliss!”
Sometimes in life, we all stray and lose direction. We’re half way up a ladder we didn’t want to
climb, rather than at the bottom of one that we do. We kept compromising and
taking steps back rather than pushing ourselves to that difficult decision of
stepping forward. By not following our bliss, we permanently limit our
happiness and stop ourselves from truly enjoying our lives.
Developing lasting happiness requires skill and time, plus a
clear intention to change our attitude towards life. However, the actual thoughts, feelings, and
memories which have programmed us away from happiness may be difficult to
identify.
I got a hold of this book and read it right away. Hmmm…I normally time myself when I read, but
I didn’t this time because I got so immersed in the content. As I went through page by page, I was able to touch bases with my lifestyle
that it end up pulling back the curtain of my life and exposed what happiness
is truly all about. Many people like me,
(Yes, even I) touch happiness just a few times in their lives. Some people, never at all. But in fact, it’s possible to be happy all
the time ~ if you know how. Eons of
wisdom are beautifully distilled in this book, which demonstrates just how easy
it is for you to be happy. In short,
this book is a Happiness made simple! It
gave me a million ‘Aha!” moments. You
could almost open it to any page and get exalting inspiration you can use right
now. This is the kind of book you always
want to have handy when you need a boost.
As an advocate for optimism and happiness, I deeply appreciate this book
and it made me realized more and more each day that in order to be truly happy,
one must put themselves FRONT and CENTER.
We must stop looking outside ourselves for measures of joy. This book illustrates how the light of peace
and happiness are within each of us if we only let them shine. A real treasure and what an important tenet
for our era! If you are ready to lead a
blissful and fulfilling life, this book is a great place to begin your
journey. I am starting mine…come and
join me.
~ Ella
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