Valhalla Island

Some people say that all they want in life is to be happy. I think that hapiness is a product of having peace of mind. Worry and anticipation of the worst is what makes people so unhappy. You’re not happy if you’re worried about where your next meal is coming from, if you’re worried about living your life alone or scared about what’s going to happen at work tomorrow when they find out about your big fuck up.

If you can live each day without worrying about a thing then that’s when you’ll be happy. Some people might say this all comes down to you. “It’s your decision how much or if you worry at all” is what they’ll say.

But worry works on a hierarchy of levels, other elements affect how much you worry, other things like trust. If you’re worried your girlfriend is going to cheat on you then you don’t trust her and that leads down to another level of, why don’t you trust her? Again, can this be seen as just a frame of mind? Are you not a trusting person or is your girlfriend untrustworthy?

You can’t just stop worrying. Stop worrying about money, stop worrying about deadlines at your job, don’t worry about getting fired, stay calm about being unemployed and then who cares about a place to sleep and a meal to eat, right? We need worry to survive, we need worry to lessen our future and potential worry. Worrying about whether you’re going to have a job completed in time has got to be better than worrying about finding a job.

Just like worrying about whether your girlfriend will like the poem you wrote her is better than worrying you’re going to die alone.

Can anyone ever really have complete peace of mind? I think it would require a mixture of being able to control exactly how you think, setting yourself up the right way and having the right people around you, people you can trust.