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Living Life To The Fullest

June 6, 2010

I truly believe that everyone should live their life to the fullest yet most of us seem to hold back.
Why?
Shouldn't it be easy? Make yourself happy by doing what you want to do
Yet so many things hold us back on a daily basis - money, sometimes family / friends and ourselves
You seem to need money for everything and anything now a days ... I couldn't even use this pen or paper without buying (or stealing) it first. And for money, you need a job that you love and from there maybe more than your "basic" education
It sucks up half your life away - but if your doing something you enjoy isn't that living your life tot he fullest with money?
Family and friends - they are tricky and lovable people because although they want you to make your own decisions and be happy ... you feel as if you have to act a certain way around them and when you go out of "your box" - they occasionally freak out
But as long as your happy with what your doing (and its nothing life threatening) shouldn't your family / friends be happy for you too? Isn't this part of living your life to the fullest?
However, the major problem seems to be ourselves. It is hard for some of us to break out of our shell and do the things we want to do - to be ourselves 100% of the time
Part of this is due to fear of what the world would think of you (would they treat me differently?) but the other part is due to fear of ourselves --- A fear that we won't be able to control ourselves once we get that "high" of happiness ... that we will crave more than we need
Is there a thing of being too happy though? Isn't this living life to the fullest?
It seems like such an easy concept yet so many of us struggle with it but I think you can't be happy all the time ... you need to learn all the colours of emotion and that's when you live life to the fullest
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