"Okay" is Not Enough

Have you noticed how it feels when you ask someone how they are, and the response is " I'm okay."
Not so good is it? A pretty deadening response...
You're not good, you're not bad, you are just "okay."

"Okay is not enough. Feel blessed. Okay is not a very ecstatic word; it is just lukewarm. So feel blessed - and it is a question of feeling. Whatsoever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility." -Osho

If we don't feel good - guess what? It is our own doing.
Our misery or joy is the result of our thinking.
In India they say, "It is your Karma."
Karma means our actions. We do it to ourselves, for better or worse.

Once we understand that our feelings are caused by our thinking, we are empowered to make changes.
No one ever caused us to feel bad.
Maybe in the past we were taught not to feel good in certain circumstances. Becoming aware of that, we can change.
Does feeling bad ever serve us? Does it serve anyone?

We're not fond of being told that we have created our own suffering.
We would much rather blame someone or something.
However, in seeing we are cause, we find the key to our own freedom; the freedom to be in charge of how we feel.

W say don't want to lie about how we feel. We want to tell the truth.

There are always choices for what truths we hold.
There is the truth of feeling good, and the truth of feeling bad.
There is the truth of illness, and the truth of health.
There is the truth of poverty and the truth of wealth.
What truth do we want to live?
By directing our consciousness to thoughts that feel good, speaking words that feel good, we uplift our energy vibration and our feelings follow in kind.
It all begins in the mind; the body and emotions follow.

If you're feeling down, making a list of 10 things you are grateful for can be the shift to feeling better. When you feel blessed and you will see your blessings.

Once we realize feelings are our creation, why would we settle for okay?
Will "okay" be able to celebrate life?
Will "okay" be able to love, to sing, play and uplift those around us?
Let us let go of being miserable.

If we are just "okay" we might be better off to dive into our misery, to cry and be really sad. It would have more life energy in it than just being okay. But then if we have a choice, why choose to be miserable when we can choose to be happy? FEEL BLESSED. The next time someone asks, "How are you?" reach for a higher response. Try it for 3 weeks and see what happens.

-MaxWell

 

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