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[onehouratatime]

c'est la vie

Hi,

C'est la vie; a phrase that can pretty much sum up life. So simple and complex all at once. Such is life. 

It can be a hefty task--trying to separate yourself from your circumstances and simply accepting life for what it is. Accepting and dealing with whatever it throws at you...and most importantly, perhaps, is choosing to be happy despite all of it.

When people talk about love, we often hear the phrase unconditional love. The love between a mother and her child. It’s unconditional (or at least that is the presumption). It really got me thinking: what if we thought of happiness the same way?  

Unconditional happiness. Is there such a thing? Can the human mind even fathom this concept? 

The thing is, it doesn’t always have to be an upward slope. A consistent ball of sunshine even on the rainiest of days. Similar to the concept of unconditional love, it is possible to get annoyed at the person you love. It’s possible to want some space and love the person just as unconditionally as before. Do you see what I’m getting at? 

What if it’s the same with happiness? I mean, the ultimate goal is to be happy overall, and to accept the phrase c'est la vie in all of its glory. 

I do, however, realize that it’s easier said than done.

xoxo,

N

[onehouratatime]

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We’re in the middle of a pandemic and I did what any other perfectly sane person would do during this time-- I started a blog. Here I will be posting pretty much anything and everything, covering topics that I have always been passionate about but never had the platform to share. I hope you enjoy this journey with me, a 20 year old college student who is taking it one hour at a time simply because one day at a time is 24 hours too long.