RE: The Pursuit of Happiness

[mrprofessor]

How do you cope with struggles? How do you find strength when you are faced with difficulties?

To be honest I've learned to face my difficulties by putting myself into really unconfortable situations, there are some of the stories hidding in my posts. That's why I like to travel as cheap as possible, to learn how to appreciate the simple things in life and to find quick solutions.

Not every day is yoga and sunshine and and sea and smiles like in this picture...mostly yes, but, there are also struggles, struggles that we don't post and portray on social media...

I like to tell my friends, those that complain about their lifes being boring: Get away from social media, delete them for some time! Go live your life. Go write about what you like on steemit. I think that "normal" social media (ie facebook/instagram) is just like you said, only perfect and happy moments. People struggle to realise that our (travelers/adventurers) life is/was just as normal as their.

Just to conclude: For me hapiness is exploring the world, but it's also the simple things (like a hot shower at home), only because I've had the experience to be without a shower for several days on top of some montains.
Sorry for the long comment, but your post topic just inspired me.

Comments

[fjorenca]

Thank you so much for reading & sharing your perspective! I really appreciate you taking the time to write about it! It is really nice sometimes to see things in writing or hear someone else's words that remind you of what you want to remember or what you're working on. Yes....like what you said, the simple things (a hot shower at home)...I am still working on that one. (I think girls have a harder time with cold showers because of our long hair hahah...). On a serious note, I couldn't agree more that withdrawing yourself often from normal life and into uncomfortable situations has that power to make you appreciate simple things. It is a great mental & physical exercise.
I am looking forward to reading your posts, which unfortunately have gotten lost on my feed somehow. Cheers!

[mrprofessor]

Thank you for opening space for such thoughts on your blog!
I'd like to leave a quote by a brazilian sailor and writer that I simply love. It says:

"A man needs to travel. By his own means, not by stories, images, books or TV. By his own, with his eyes and feet, to understand what he is. To some day plant his own trees and give them some value. To know the cold to enjoy the heat. To feel the distance and lack of shelter to be well under his own ceiling. A man needs to travel to places he doesn't know to break this arrogance that makes us see the world as we imagine it, and not simply as it is or may be. That makes us teachers and doctors of what we have never seen, when we should just be learners, and simply go see it." - Amyr Klink

[fjorenca]

Thank you, I love it sooo much! I feel like it should be framed on the walls of all school classrooms, so that we have it engraved in our brains from the times we are little.