Happy To Be Hassled

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When thinking about making our lives happier, more successful, and fulfilled, we seldom contemplate that the way to do it is through deliberately seeking difficulties. However, when Mihaly Csikszenmihalyi completed his initial studies into ‘Flow and the Psychology of Optimal Experience’, he was asked to condense the findings of a 2000 page document. After a brief moment he said,

Every day, the happy person does at least one difficult thing.

Lillian Galbraith, an early pioneer in the field of productivity and one of the most amazing women of the twentieth century, was asked what kept her alive and vital into her seventies. She responded,

‘ Every morning I ask God to give me a day filled with difficulties and challenges. Every evening I give thanks as he always answers my prayer. ‘

It may seem odd to conclude that by intentionally making your life harder you’ll be rewarded with more happiness, however, it does give a new perspective when your struggling to meet the deadline and the pressures piling. So next time you’re starting to feel stressed because the end is far from sight, take a deep breath and relax. Maybe it’s just one of those lessons that life itself keeps attempting to teach us.