What life SHOULD be

I usually put on the water boiler right when I get home to get a nice cup of tea. Since I´m drinking coffee every day, I´m trying to choose herbal teas when I´m drinking tea to be a bit healthier. Today I choose the little stronger Yogi Tea with a lot of good spices in it. I love that they always have little quotes on them. I´ve been saving some of the quotes that I like. Here are some of my favorites:

Give up the need to impress others.

Give up your excuses.

Give up your past.

When you let go of what you think life should be, life gets clear.

I especially like the last quote. I think it´s so easy to be stuck in the thought of what life should be, and actually miss what your life is or what it could be. It´s so easy to fool yourself, chasing what everyone else is after, trying to fit into a norm, trying to fulfill the dreams that commercialism gave us. It´s important to take a look at your own goals and dreams from time to time. Are they what you really want, or are they something that you should want? If you´re uncertain, try to start listen to yourself more, and everytime you want something (like travel to a warm country, get a better career with a higher status, a new sweater, and so on...) ask yourself why you want it. Do you feel like it´s something that is important for you in order to live a fulfilled, happy life, or do you feel that it´s something you want because it fits in perfectly with your own expectations of what your life should be, how it should look? I don´t say that it´s wrong if you want something, but I believe life gets shallow if we can´t understand our deeper needs and who we are as a person. Everyone is different. All our roads should look different. They may cross or share the same direction, but they should always be unique. Only you know what you need from life. Take that seriously. Take yourself and your needs seriously. Let go of what you think life should be, see what your life is like now and what possibilities you have to make it your own.