Isn't Wellness Enough

Maybe Being Happy is Enough

Have you ever noticed that when we find something that makes us feel good we have a natural tendency to milk it dry and then we reach a point were the wellness of its doing becomes less useful and sometimes even to the level were its detrimental to our emotional and physical well being.

Were Always Looking for More

And I think is a natural thing to do to try to reach a higher state of wellness. But are we wrong in our thinking? If one drinks of that special wine and it makes us feel good then it’s a reasonable observation that more will makes us feel even better until we reach absolute wellness. But here’s the flawness of our thinking when happiness is reached more of what were doing will not make it necessarily better. It’s like reaching the top of the mountain and then just sit there and enjoy the wellness your experiencing. In other words you can’t go any higher because you’re already at the top of the mountain.

Just Enjoy Happy

Now perhaps there’s a better way to approach our desire to be happy all the time. Reach that point of happiness and then just enjoy the moment for all its worth and then maybe just sip at the wine when a slight boost is needed and then once again bask in the light of your wellness.

Chasing Fools Gold

I have heard and read the comments of many who have stated that the first time you use some drugs it will be your best experience and then from there on you will be chasing that first wellness but will never find it again.

Maybe More Thinking is Faulty

Were all chasing wellness and like passing a hitch hiker on the road the person with their thumb out (for those of you who have no knowledge of hitch hiking it used to be common practice for people to stand on the side of the road and put their thumb out pointing same in the direction to which you want to travel on. If their rewarded a passing car will stop back up and give them a ride.) Now when you get to the location where you want to be and continue to hitch hike, hitch hiking will not benefit you any more.

I'm Still Working at It

In the scheme of things I’m not proud to say I’m sometimes a slow learner of something I’m doing. I love to do certain things and nipping the fruit of the grape vine is one of them. And yes I’m still not perfect at achieving and maintaining the wellness I so greatly want in my life. But I’m glad to report that my progress is improving and wellness in occupying more of my thinking all the time.

Be Happy with Happy

The point of my story is this; more is not necessarily better when happiness has been achieved. So may I suggest that keeping the happiness is a good goal but wanting more then that is probably a fools journey and fraught only with unhappiness. I don’t know about you, but I tire of being a fool over and over again.

I wish for you to Laugh More and be a Fool Less.


Don L. Terrill

photo by NickPiggott