Investment in happiness
Happiness is another one of those complicated philosophical topics that we have been debating for years and no one seems to agree on. There are thousands of theories, points of view, and ideas, such as happiness being a journey, not a destination, that one never truly reaches it, and that is the interesting part of life: continuing to strive for it.
The other day, I heard Facundo Cabral’s mother say that she preferred depression to happiness because it lasted longer :P… Anyway, every day, the topic of happiness consumes a little bit of our energy… It is a subject that has lived in our heads since ancient times.
And it is very common to think that we need to achieve something to be happy… the lifelong dream, the success we set for ourselves some time ago, a certain amount of money in the bank account, the conquest of the heart of the loved one, a dream we wanted to fulfill for someone else, is painted as this thing we are working towards, as a motivator that will lead us to obtain something that will make us happy.
If you ask me where to start to be happy… I would say… invest in something that will never fail you… money can be lost in an instant… a romantic relationship can end without explanation, even with the best friends can betray you, successes can be achieved and then you have to start over, the people we love are not of this world and one day they are gone… then you may say, wow, it’s difficult to invest in something that will always be there… if you are looking for happiness, cultivate self-love.
Believe in yourself, believe that it is worth investing time in pleasing yourself, pampering yourself, create importance, worthiness of love and give yourself that love, love yourself, do not allow others to mistreat you, praise your achievements, recognize if there are things you want to change or things you don’t like about yourself, start the task of improving to be more and more satisfied with yourself.
It is a titanic task, there are days when you don’t even want to see yourself… but it is the safest investment in terms of happiness. We are the only ones who will not leave us, if we have a good relationship with ourselves, we will always have good company, we will always have something to make us happy, a way to treat ourselves… we will always have a little love… self-love.
P.S. Anyway, to start, I recommend singing with Ismael Serrano