The Simple Pleasures of Life: A Guide To life.

First, I will explain that this article will serve as my principal message to the people of the modern world.  I heard Mr. Glen Beck comment on his radio show that he did not know how to live.  I found this is a strange statement from a person with a major media company.  Therefore, I am going to try to write a simple guide to life in order to help people find the balance of Peace, Love, and Joy in life.

Well, I am going to start where most people would desire I would not start.  However, even though I am still practicing my personal war with God I have to start there in this article.

Life does begin with God.  He is the reason anything exist.  When a person is looking for balance in life he or she needs to understand that balance is only possible if that person recognizes the one true God and tries to live according to His will in life.

The one true God wants people to believe in Him and to accept Him as their Lord and Savior.  Most of us, being far removed from human history, think we know everything and that man created God in order to deal with their complicated lives.

God is real.  If you open your heart and mind He will reveal Himself to you.  Then you will know the truth and be able to find balance in life.

After God is the individual.  The source of our distress is important.  What we do to ourselves with our negative inner speech is even more important.

We are the reason we do not feel good and are not satisfied with life.  We perceive life as bad and we even believe we are bad. This is the result of our failures, disappointments, and the abuse we have received in life.

I believe that regardless of our current situation we can be happy with what we have in life and enjoy what we have in life.  We can be positive, optimistic, and realistic.

We are equipped to think, organize, plan, and act.  Therefore, we have all the skills necessary to find an income-niche in life and build a pleasant and enjoyable life.

See, there is no difference in our life today then yesterday.  Yesterday, people yearned for romance, the joy of childbirth; parenting, personal success, and pride from raising children well and seeing their children achieve personal and professional success.

Life seems monotonous because the electronic media gives us the message of a superficial wealth-success. 

 When we do not accomplish this success,  we feel empty and stop feeling peace, love, and joy.

However, if we realized that a good life is still possible we would feel better about ourselves.  It is not our job to control the world.

We are to find an income, unite with a special romantic partner, make children, raised those children with love and wisdom, enjoy their development, commune with friends, read, listen to music, hike, canoe, bicycle, walk in the park, respect and care for good neighbors,  and follow the one true God.

I now consider Doug Stephen of the Doug Stephen Good Day radio show a complete fool.  I have been forced to listen to this person more than I would want to in life. One day, he and his radio hosts were talking about the violence in Crimea and Ukraine.  Mr. Stephen went on a tirade about why these issues needed to be discussed.

After the commercial break Mr. Stephen was absent from the group. Apparently snow caused a barn roof to collapse on some of his cows.  Mr. Stephen returned to the show bummed out about his cows.  I was interested in how Mr. Stephen could put more importance on the lives of cows and not the people of Crimea and Ukraine.

Recently, Mr. Stephen and company were commenting on the religious types who think they are the chosen group of people of God.  I believed they called us arrogant. 

We true followers of God do not put ourselves above anyone.  God has set His standards and whoever follows them is set aside by God.

Another issue with Mr. Stephen is an issue important to our time.  This issue is mental health.  When shootings occur, Mr. Stephen perpetuates the same tired and old stereotypes of violence and media.  I do not believe we are going to solve anything if we focus on ignorance instead of true science.

I know you are wondering why in article about finding the balance of peace, love and joy I would mention such a person.  In our world there are a lot of talking heads and most are just agents of negativity.  I consider Glen Beck a very dangerous person.

My hope is that you will understand your negative attitude and were it came from.  It is also my hope that you will see how you can start to build a life of balance and have that pleasurable life you are looking for in your life.

The 24 hour day is going to continue.  We can enjoy our 24 hour cycle with Simple Pleasures of life.  These pleasures are good food and drink, friends, family, music, books, recreation, entertainment, hobbies, and other healthy interests.

When we wake up we can put ourselves in the frame of mind of searching for the good in life and putting our best foot forward.   In everything we do, we can include Simple pleasures.  As we are getting ready for our day we can enjoy the people around us with conversation and humor, enjoy music, enjoy something positive on TV, and any other simple pleasure.

On our drive to work we can enjoy simple pleasures of music and/or conversation with the people in the car. At work we can include simple pleasures while we work.

Instead, of focusing on the troublesome co-workers we can focus on the good in life in order to build and maintain a good spirit.  The joy from achievement at work is a simple pleasure.  Being nice to people help us feel good.

Children and a spouse are also simple pleasures.  We can laugh with them.  They offer comfort and guidance.  Spouses have the advantage of intimacy.

Therefore, there is a lot to enjoy in life.  In everything we do in life we can find a simple pleasure that will make our labor more enjoyable and satisfying.

It all starts with how we see things.  If we see everything bad we will feel bad.  However, our goal is to feel good in life.  Therefore, it makes more sense to focus on the good in life.

We should like us.  We have value because we have values.  

No matter the source of our frustration we can diminish that ugly angst by replacing our negativity with a positive attitude.  It is our choice.  We can lament or celebrate.

All of us are heartbroken because of the tragedies around the world.  Understand that these tragedies will exist even after we are gone. Let us not become so obsessed with one thing that we lose sight of everything else that is beautiful.

Nothing is wrong with being civically responsible in our corner of the world.  Maintaining a healthy and secure society is a simple pleasure of life.  We feel good when we take care of what we have in life.

Therefore, they will never bring us a pleasant and enjoyable life.  We have to gift ourselves the beauty of life by putting down the bad and focusing on the good.

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