THROUGH THE ROOF

Ever since I started this blog I have been jobless. In fact, I'm pretty sure I started it as a journal to ease my nerves and organize my thoughts in my current 'state of crisis'. Throughout the past couple of months I've taken on a few art jobs, and still have not received payment for a single one. Sure, it's becoming a bit frustrating, but I've noticed something strange happening. My confidence level is through the roof! I've rarely felt this alive and prepared to take on any obstacle, as well as feeling prepared to go down swinging if that would ever happen to be the dire circumstance. All in all my ennui has not necessarily lifted; instead I found a way to mutate it and admit it's previously overlooked applications. I'm embracing both the power of happiness and the power of sadness to see a lot more of life from many angles. Whaddaya know? It works! Emotions are powerful things and I think we often shy away from many of them because we fear them or we feel we don't deserve to have them. Obviously sadness can really drag you under if you aren't careful, but being careful may simply involve implying a bright side to bad situations to maintain balance. I consider myself to be very in tune with my intuitions, and maybe that's why I'm fortunate enough to accomplish something as abstract as 'mutating my ennui,' but I think we're all capable of doing so if we concentrate on every resource we have available to keep ourselves centered and healthy. This is much more zen-like talk than I am ever comfortable with, but it's revealing itself to be a significant enough observation to type up in Code of Posture so that must count for something, right?

So, instead of self destructing, try laughing and smiling at things that want to break your character, this can actually help you prepare for the worst. And when things are going your way, make sure you aren't taking certain aspects of life for granted that may not be playing an obvious role in your happiness. The most important thing to remember is quite the old fashioned rule; Walk tall and keep your chin up!