The awareness that in actual practice these words are easier said than done doesn’t escape me at all, especially due to the fact that human beings are sensory and emotionally guided.
Nevertheless, we can’t allow our lives to be like flotsams and jetsams, drifting down the bay and tossed about by each wave that casts its ripples our way.
We have to grow some sense of emotional intelligence and let the rational part of us along with grounded tenets built over time help us ride through the rough seasons of life.
If we toss in the towel, fall apart and melt into a puddle with every hard stone that’s catapulted our way, not only will it be such a hectic life but an unruly one as well.
Naturally, we are not hewn from stone and will react to issue’s that concerns us, but we should bear in mind that life continues whether we are in a pool of misery or deliriously happy.
Choosing to be happy or okay is a conscious and consistent effort.
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
Love it! Just what I needed to hear this morning. Thanks 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Well said Jacqueline!
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Thanks dear Mandi 🙂
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Thank you for the well-put inspiration Jacqueline… needed to hear that today. in lak’ech Debra
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My thanks too Debra. I appreciate your support 🙂
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Love this. It’s so easy, when you’re tired or feeling overwhelmed, to be that flotsam and jetsam. Good to be called back to balance.
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So, so easy to just drift along. It’s always good to deliberate on life. Thank you 🙂
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I choose happiness…It keeps everyone suspicious of what I’m up to.
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Ha,ha! I like that idea 😉
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So true that “emotional intelligence” needs to be actively pursued in order not to “melt into a puddle.” Thank-you for sharing these valuable and insightful words. ❤
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Thank you too Olga for taking the time to read it 🙂
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This is an amazing post. To me it speaks to being grounded. Reminds me that when I am feeling overwhelmed, I must look to my tenets. This was well written. Thank you!
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Thank you too Rose. Yes it’s all about being grounded 🙂
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“Choosing to be happy or okay is a conscious and consistent effort.” — so true and it’s so easy to get caught up in life’s “rocking state” and forget this essential fact. I like your idea that sticking to our tenets can help with that. It’s like setting parameters for how we deal with life.
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Exactly. These parameters truly help to keep us stable. Thanks my dear
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You’re very welcome 🙂
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I agree, very well said!
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Thanks dear 🙂
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“a pool of misery or deliriously happy” Fortunately most of life if neither. On a scale of 1 (misery) to 10 (deliriously happy) I run about six to eight almost every day. I like it that way. I don’t like unhappy and I think a 10 every day would get pretty boring. How’s that analysis?
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You are a very wonderful analogist (if such work exists) I prefer to be in the median as well. Not a pool of misery and neither delirious – that would probably be induced by substances that are questionable 😉
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