Ritual. #4

I had a brilliant idea in the shower last night.

I would start writing my blog from circular quay before work each morning, coffee in hand - sydney harbour in full view. An enchanting idea yes?

Incorrect.

By 'towel' time I had stumbled across the notion that this idea was good in essence, but over time would become monotonous.

I'm a real 'realist' over 'idealist' but I fall into that category from time to time,
If the above example isn't enough for you,

I used to want to be rich, and drive my nice car to the city CBD where I had my own parking spot, and get out of my car in my nice suit and into my office where I did...

I had no idea.
The substance part of my life, the aspect which might be considered as 'success' was totally missing from the equation.

It seems to me that our social paradigm has done us a good one.
We're caught up in this dream of the future, and our measurement tools seem to be a little bit off.
How do we define success? The cut of a man's suit?
His net worth?
Yearly salary?

Dare I say it,

Happiness.

That's my belief, and to avoid the cliche I want to explain it further, let's look at success.

Who defined success? Is there a book which transcends man-kind that defined how we measure and look at success. If not, the theory of succes defined by our social paradigm is just one man's opinion.

I have an opinion.

How about we call success happiness.

Readers, why do you want to be rich? even if you don't admit it I'm sure you do.
But why?
Follow the logic in your head, whatever road it may take you down, but I'm sure the end result is to be happy.

Someone once told me 'if you're looking for happiness, remember the last time you went out with your friends'
For most of us I doubt that 'outing' cost us all the riches in the world.

Being taught from a young age that success is what university you get into, what course you do, how well you dress, what you look like.
The criteria is endless.

Among all this waffle, I have tried to get a point across.
- walk to your own beat.
- do what makes you happy.
- live to succeed by your own definition.

So to tie this up, that idea of drinking a coffee by the harbour and writing a blog isn't my reality. It's just a  thought from our social paradigm, dwarfed in nature by my analogy of success and happiness, but just as prevalent in my daily life.



As a blogger sometimes it seems like my opinions are going to be under constant judgement and that my ideas and theories exempt me from society.
These ideas and theories are just as real to me, except I acknowledge them.

So for the first and last time, I'll take in the view of the harbour and take my last sip of coffee before heading off back into the rat race.

Because who doesn't like a little coffee and harbour views before work?


p.s. I've decided to add youtube links at the bottom of my posts, so you can feel the same way i felt when i wrote this. Music controls emotion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdbvGgPPiw

Guitars make me happy.