Life is full of choices and we have to decide. Yes, there are choices even when you fool yourself into believing that you don't have any choice. Sometimes choices are for trivial stuff, other times decisions of life.
Shall I do what is the norm or do what I think is right?
Shall I bide time (and count miserable days) with people I don't like or go searching for something better?
Shall I say it or swallow it?
Shall I start my company or keep this well-paying job?
... and so on, questions never stop. So how do you decide?
The choice is always simple: Choose the path that makes you happy.
If people around you have accepted the rat race quagmire life and are carrying on the way it is then decide whether that is making you happy or not. If not, people’s opinion is a waste.
If people around you are succeeding by being servile or by falling in line but if that doesn't sound like you. Then decide what makes you happy.
The world will push you into some mold and expects you to fit in there. Do you fit in or are you discontent there, decide based on your happiness. But even after spending years inside the mold if you feel you don’t really belong there then it is the time to search for happiness.
Sometimes people say that it's just short-term pain but I’ll be happy one day. That one day is today. Tomorrow never comes.
Struggle doesn't mean unhappiness. Struggle can be a road to freedom, a path to happiness. If you've chosen your struggle and it's not enforced on you, then you'll feel happiness even in struggle.
Expectations from family, society, job, and friends are just mirages. Once you've decided something then people and the environment will mold themselves accordingly. Whatever you decide, you may wonder if that is right or wrong. There is no right or wrong. Will you do it if money is not a criterion or if you don’t have to please anyone? Any money, place, or person that makes you miserable is not worth it.
Choose Happiness.
PS: This post was originally posted on hoodasaurabh.blogspot.com
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