somebody once tagged me in facebook with a quote that said, "when life isn't the way you like it... like it the way it is." it made me paused and thought about it for a while. because most often this is really the case in our lives. many times we plan about many things but most of the time the outcome is not what we expected. then it becomes the source of discouragement, and often times we look at it as a failure. then we start to lose confidence and then we stop taking risks because of the fear of failing again.sadly, more often than not, this is what we feel and this is how we react. but the truth is, we need failures in our lives to be better at what we do. a famous quote from Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, said, "i have not failed. i've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." taking from that quote, when we fail, it is just a way of learning things we should not do.
having this outlook in life will help us enjoy life as it is. even if it is not the way we like it, but we will eventually learn to like it because we begin to accept that everything, be it good or bad, happens for a reason. it is just a matter of how we look at it, whether in a positive way or the opposite. it's just like looking at a glass of water as half-full or half-empty.
enjoying life does not pertains to a perfect life without failures, pains or sorrows. but to enjoy life is to accept that everything that happens enable us to learn and grow in strength and in wisdom. and as we grow, we slowly find our purpose and finding our purpose brings contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure and joy. and when we get to that point, then we can truly say that we are living and enjoying our lives...
