The little things

Late at night when I'm lying in my bed my tohughts start to spin and I think about many things.
Most of all I think about feelings. Feelings are such wonderfull things, but they also promise pain and regrets.

"Why did I do that?"

"Why didn't I do that?"

Feelings control us like a remote control switches channels on your TV-set.
We try to suppress them and we try to ignore them. Sometimes we go so far as to shut them all out and stop feeling for a while. This is the worst we can do, because feelings are what makes us humans.

When you see a beautiful woman or a handsome man you feel attracted to them.
When you get sad news, like someone died, you feel sad and sometimes cry.
When you love someone you're lost. nobody can save you from that strongest of feelings.
Love is the one feeling that will doom you for as long as it's there.

Hate or anger compells you to violent outbursts of harsh language and flying fists.
Loneliness makes you depressed and that leads to suicidal thoughts.
But then you have the feeling of love that comes from being with good friends in good company.
Laughing, joking and enjoying yourself. this is what makes life worth living.

There will always be more bad feelings than good ones, so it's important to always remember the good times and the good feelings you've had, so you can draw upon them when bad times are coming.
We hate our feelings. We love our feelings. We can't control them though we sometimes wish we could.
We wish we could shut them off and on as we pleased, but hte reality is, they're always there.
We just gotta deal with it.

As I'm writing this I remember all the bad things that's happened, all the bad feelings comes back to me, but then I start thinking about the good ones. The friends that keep me company, the one who means so much to me, the family that love me...and it all adds up. I am happy.

The secret for feeling happy? That's easy to tell you, but hard to accomplish.

You need to appreciate the little things in life. Every thing.
Like being able to use a knife and a fork. It's a skill everyone needs to LEARN.
Or being able to walk properly. Think of the poor people with leg problems.

Appreciate the little things. Always.