In a world where people are usually praised for things like hard work, focus, and detication, the idea of not taking your life so serious is absurd or ridiculous. Is a serious outlook really the core of the mentioned good habits? Or, is that what is possibly getting in the way of a happier, more enjoyable life?
It is a trap that my mind is not yet willing to admit, that I have fallen in more times than not. I have no desire to be this way, but the crazziness of life can get me there for long periods of time, without me realizing that it had happen. The trap that I am talking about, is the trap where I make everything around me way more serious than it really is or needs to be. An old friend of mine Danielle Fagan (Facebook l Web page) who is a practitioner, healer, teacher, and so much more, recently reminded me of all this.
In a session I had with Danielle, she not only pointed out my likelihood to make things extremely serious, but she also took the time to show me how the seriousness was rippling out into many of the core issues I had been experiencing lately. Issues that I no longer took so seriously became easier to let go of, move on, and even see them for what they really were.
Here are five reasons that you may want to reconsider taking things so seriously all the time.
- 1. Really serious people can become a downer to hang around
Being serious may make you look like the most level headed person or the most focused, but beneath the surface is a buzz kill that is just sitting and waiting to happen. Nothing stand out more in a group than a person who is not willing to just enjoy the moment and have some fun, while they enjoy what life has to throw at them. While I am saying this I am not trying to sell you some kinf of “free-flowing hippyesque” style of living or attitude towards your life. I am only trying to remind you and even myself that you can still be a level headed person while making sound decisions without being in aso serious state of mindall the time. Hey without all the seriousness in the way, you might actually have some fun as well.
- 2. Being too serious can actually make you less productive
Seriousness and productivity should be synonymous with one another, and they really could be. We have all been through instances at work or at home where we took the tasks at hand to seriously but accomplished them efficiently and effectively without a problem. Still though, if taken to far it can do the complete opposite. The trap lies in what seriousness come packaged with like self-inflicted pressure or and expecations. Those can be motivating for some people, but for many it can be a catalyst for a physical and mental state in which everything is less enjoyable to ecperience or less productive.
- 3. A to serious outlook can lead to many missed opportunities
When you are taken to seriously, your mind will always have a sort of library of past experiences, comparisons, and a million other things floating around that are there to be thrown at you, in an attempt to hold you back along with keep you thinking “inside” the box, rather than “outside” the box. This occurs because the to serious mind only likes to do things that it feels safe within or things that it can calculate to the fullest. Though most times we are unable to prevent the mind from throwing these things at us, we can control the impact that it has on us and all of our desicion making. The less seriously that we take things in out lives, the morelikely we are to see our true feelings towards something, which from my own experience, I can say that it is a much better guide to follow. Besides, when you think about it even the things that we know now as “safe” or within the box, were once “new” and outside of the box for us. It only took a little non serious curiosity to allow it in and experience it.
- 4. Being to serious can have a major impact on your ability to connect with other people
The more times that you look at yourself to seriously, the more likely you are to look at others in the same way. The last time that I checked when looking at the serious filter in meetings or just as you observe others can often times be more harsh and closed off.By removing the “filter” you will more than likely see and even get to know people for who they really are within themselves. You will aslo come across as more inviting, easier,and more fun to be around as well. I am sure that everyone has that one friend, who on the surface makes no sense that we are friends with them, but have now grown to love, appreciate, and understand. So, please do not let seriousness come in the way of you really getting to know someone.
- 5. Life is way to short to be taken to seriously
One fact that is undeniable in this lifetime is that you will never be as young as you are right this minute. Since that is the case, do you really want to spend right now being to serious about things? Life is an awesome adventure. The fact that we are standing here on this planet, in a body that we can experience all this with, really trips me out at times. The more caught up that we get in taking things to seriously, the less likely we are to see and enjoy all that this life has to offer us. Plus, I often like to believe the theory that to much seriousness will age you a lot more quickly than if you were living ina free flowing state of mind. This and everything else in this list I can not substantiate scientifically, nor would I want to. They are all things to keep in mind and consider each day.
Mary Beth Barrett
Source: Collective Evolution
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