There are things that are under-appreciated each day. My boyfriend has a tendency to dwell heavily on the negative, forgetting there will always be at least a few things that are not completely perfect. It is the balance of life, I suppose. Yet I am guilty of this sometimes too. The two of us stress about saving money for our future and while I am in school, I am always stressing about homework and trying to balance my job at the same time. Sometimes life is overly encompassing, and you forget not only to enjoy the simpler things, but you forget how to.
The things that seem the most important are in actuality probably the least important when it comes to living your life to the fullest. Who cares how prestigious your job was, or how much money you made? What matters is that the job was fulfilling for you. But today people equate a high salary with happiness, with overall satisfaction. Sometimes, it just seems like everyone is so concerned with doing the right things that they don't do what makes them happy.
A few nights ago, I was hanging out with some friends, and one of them asked: "What do you think the meaning of life is?"
Most of us said we believed in a hedonistic purpose...to do what makes you happy. I agree with this, for the most part. I think we should do lots of things that make us happy (so long as those things are of no harm to other living beings), but we should also work hard and dedicate ourselves to creating or contributing to something larger. But in the process, don't let those little things go unnoticed. You might realize it is those little things that really matter.
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