It’s been almost twenty years since my high school graduation. At the time, I asked one of my favorite teachers to sign my yearbook. This is an excerpt of what he wrote:
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Follow your intuitions and take risks. If you’re afraid, that means you’re doing it right. People who take the easy way out have precious few moments worth remembering.”
At a point, in adulthood, I became interested in psychology and positive worldview. This is when I realized how relevant this advice was. To live is to take risks. If you’re not taking them, you are skating along, merely existing. Risks are a staple part of life among the happiest people on Earth. Here, we will take a look at some examples, and try to figure out how to implement them into the everyday.
1. Happy People Take Action.
Every day you wake up, it’s a new beginning. Carpe Diem!
You have the opportunity to be born again with every sunrise, so congratulations about that. Use your new beginning to do something that’s worthy of the fact that you are alive.
Whatever you do will be important because whatever it is will be paid for by one day of your life.
It may be tempting to be lazy, but if we are to be happy we have no choice but to take action and make our lives happen instead of letting them happen to us. Continue reading