The Importance Of Misery

You’ve heard the saying, haven’t you? The one that brings to mind the thought that misery finds certain succour in the company of like minds.
Being miserable is a sad state, one which nobody should have to go through life being enamoured with. How can you, a bright and beautiful person tie yourself down so totally with shackles of unhappiness? Whatever happens, the world will keep revolving around its axis, and if you stay down long enough, it will trample right over you. While I believe that we have minimal control over some happenings in our life and personal space, I believe that the ultimate reaction to these happenings depends solely on us.
Being miserable, existing in a state of misery is being alive and not living. It is keeping a mind

When things go the other direction from their planned route, they see it not as an adventure but as a terrible trial. But it really is an adventure. Seeming failure/inability to do something can be a thrilling journey to discovering oneself and shattering pre-set limits.
But the only people who can see that are those who make a conscious decision to look beyond the now and factors affecting it to tomorrow and all the promises it is pregnant with.
Misery can be a dish of certain condiments, one of which is discontent. Some people, no matter how much they have always wanted more. That might not seem so bad, except when they get more, they want even more. It is like a constant outpouring of liquid into a basket. It keeps draining away, draining away until there is nothing, just nothing.
Discontent leaves the heart in a most undesirable state, constantly hungry for things that don’t matter in the general scheme of things.
A few other people exist, not live as characters in a book another person is writing. They relinquish control over their lives, mind, and decisions to others. These categories of people ask themselves tired questions; am I too tall? Charlene said I need to add a bit more flesh; I need to add a bit more, I have such big lips; James mentioned it the other

Thinking about it alone brings a smile to a face. Joy is a feeling, but even more than that, it is an expression of feeling. Joy is self-pride, joy is confident. It is powerful yet wields its power with infinite wisdom. Joy is looking at you, looking at life and thinking very definitively; I have a place here.
A lot of people go through life never truly experiencing what it means to feel pure, unadulterated joy. They imprison their minds in the jail of misery and can’t seem to get out of it.
I think the most beautiful thing about joy is that it is free. The only person whose permission you need to feel joy and be joyful is you. Joy is a function of the mind. The problem is most of us are busy with the next big challenge; we are consumed by our constant desire to have more, to be more that we miss the very glaring truth: we’re all that we NEED to be. We’re more.
If you’re stuck in a ditch with misery holding on to you and not letting go, here are a few suggestions to be free of its hold on you.
• Be a messenger of joy. You don’t need a ton of money to do this. The only thing you need is the permission from yourself. Decide to be an ambassador of joy. Smile at the bawling baby on the train, share a few moments with the elderly, get a dog! Invest in another life, be a part of making your world a better space and see what dividends you get from it. It is a gesture so little, yet so