Complacency

Hey you, reading this, care to do me a favour? Or more importantly, yourself one?

Self Portrait

Look into a mirror, and beyond the beautiful face that looks back at you, and it’s deep endless stare, I want you to scream/yell/lose yourself in a random act of rage. As loud and as hard as you can. If you feel shy, do it into a pillow. Get everything normal out, with one crazy insane out-of-your-mind lunatic scream. Just because.

It is so often encouraged and taught in society, that we must do things a certain way. We must act accordingly. Get a job, buy a house, get married, have kids. Social norms that are pushed upon you by your parents/government/teacher/peers. It’s a safe option.

It’s complacency, and it’s killing you.

Do you even know what you want? I don’t. But I know what makes me happy. And you probably do too. So do those things instead. It’s simple, and still it goes over the head of so many people. I don’t know how many individuals I know now, that as they’ve grown up a little bit, forget that they can actually do ANYTHING. The complacency of accepting how your life is, is killing you. Just do what makes you happy, and always chase that feeling of progressively achieving it. Sure, sacrifices will need to happen. But that doesn’t mean your entire life. Just moments, which contribute to achieving a result.

Im sorry if I’ve offended you, but seeing as so many people actually listen to these routines and life goals placed upon your head like a hat, I think it’s almost equally important to find people to tell you NOT to follow them and encourage you for doing so. Just do things for yourself, make yourself happy. Hey I know you probably shouldn’t spend money on lunch or a little treat, but will it make your day better? Do it.

The smartest person I’ve ever met, told me that success = happiness, and it changed everything for me. At the end of the day, we all have a picture in our heads of what our life could turn out to be like, and how awesome it would be, and how we hope it will just kind of happen, maybe even overnight. Crazy enough, It can be done, maybe not overnight, but it can actually exist. Other people have done it, so you can too. Just don’t give in to a complacent sense of direction, taking you down a safe-highway which will end up leading into the darkness of a wasted life and opportunity. That picture in your mind is real, you just have to get there. Picasso said “Everything you can imagine is real“. Don’t think about the money, or your parents preference, or necessarily the smartest option. Do what makes you happy, and do it right now. Scream the complacent self out of your outfits, and replace it with a person who chooses what makes them happy every day. Time spent waiting, is time wasted.

“Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream” 

– Jack Kerouac

It’s time to wake up.

C.f