Have we forgotten that our enjoyment is a vital part to our happiness? We may have if our responsibilities have taken over our lives and we have made great sacrifices in order to just survive in life. We put on hold what we really want to do in order to do what we believe is necessary. If we do this long enough and not balance it out with some sort of enjoyment a bitterness will take hold on our lives. You will look at others having fun and feel left out. You will see others smiling and laughing and feel betrayed because they are not feeling sad like you do. They are not doing anything wrong it is you who have ignored your own enjoyment and did not make any time for your own happiness.
If we have any mental illness it to can blind us from our enjoyment by enslaving our mind to it's will. It will turn our thoughts inward towards fulfilling our obsession. The obsession becomes time consuming and never satisfying. We do what it wants us to do and not what makes us happy. Doing things that makes us happy is a way to our well being. Our sadness can be brought on by not doing anything that we enjoy.
We do have responsibilities in our life but we need to make a little time for what we enjoy doing. Whether or not it is a hobby, outside activity, singing or dancing or something else if you like doing it, it is important to you and to your happiness. We should not over look the simple things in life that can make a difference in how we feel. Our worries, our anxieties and our many stresses in life can overwhelm us and make us to forget to just relax and enjoy our life. Sometimes we need to just slow down and find the things that makes us happy and then do them.
Proverbs 17:22 "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."
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