Are we really satisfied with our lives? That’s a really good question. I was talking with my beautiful mom yesterday about happiness and life satisfaction. I told her I was so happy over the weekend, but yesterday after all the celebrations were gone I felt kind of sad. My mom told me this:
Happiness must be genuine. Doesn’t come out of drinking, dancing or money. All those things are transitory and when you come to reality you could feel empty. You have to feel happy with yourself, with the decisions you make and with what you do. Everything is in you. Even if you are alone or if you are broke because nothing in this life is forever. You have to decide living your life the way you want.
So, here a little passage from Osho about Life Satisfaction:
Without finding your center, there is no satisfaction possible. You can go on searching and you will find many things in life, but nothing is going to satisfy. Just a moment’s illusion when a desire is fulfilled. For a moment you feel good, but only for a moment. As one desire disappears, ten desires arise in its place. Again the whole turmoil starts, again the whole trip. And it is a non-ending process.
Only with finding your center does that process stop, that wheel moves no more. Coming home to your center, all desiring disappears – you are utterly satisfied, and forever. It is not a momentary satisfaction. It is contentment, absolute contentment. Coming home inside yourself satisfies, really satisfies.
Everything else in life is promises, but only false promises. The goods are never delivered. Money promises that if you have it you will be helped. But people go on becoming richer and richer and happiness never arrives. It is always there like the horizon – very elusive. Relationships give you the idea that everything will be good now and you will live in happiness forever, but it never happens.
Only with finding your center, satisfaction happens.
Hope you have a lovely day!
xoxo,
Cristina
