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Let Yourself Feel JOY For Life Without Any Reason
I tried to start this article in 5 different ways to make it ‘attention-grabbing’. I didn’t like any of the 5 ways. I erased what I wrote and glared at my screen for longer than necessary to think ‘How should I start this article?’
Then, I thought maybe this is the problem. Maybe, we try to make everything so perfect that the real essence of it vanishes away — leaving us with unnecessary stress and worries.
Speaking of which, can you remember the last time you did something just to enjoy it without worrying about making it perfect?
Like when we were kids and dancing was one of our hobbies? Even though you didn’t know how to dance, you danced anyway. Or how you used to sit down with truckloads of excitement to draw/paint even when (honestly) your paintings/drawing sucked? Or how you wanted to help your mom in the kitchen even when you were too small to be of any good? Or how you used to call out your friends in the neighborhood to play cricket/badminton without worrying if sports were a career choice?
Where did that joy go?
How did we turn into these crazy-worried-irritated adults who are constantly trying to be better, and prove our worth based on how much more we can do in this one single lifetime?
