Well, I opened up an account for this blog a few weeks ago to share my thoughts, feelings, ideas, inspirations and general meanderings and haven’t done anything with it yet. So hear it goes…
It took me a while to choose the name for this blog. I wanted simplyme but apparently it was already taken. An eloquentlife was chosen for the meaning of the word eloquent. According to a Google search for the word “eloquent”, the definition from the Merriam-Webster dictionary means that it is “vividly or movingly expressive or revealing” and the Latin etymology of the word is “to speak out”. Wikipedia indicates that “…being eloquent is having the ability to project words fluidly out of the mouth and the ability to understand and command the language in such a way that one employs a graceful style coupled with the power of persuasion, or just being extremely graceful in the interpretation of communication”. I am hoping to express myself in that way…eloquently!
An individual life should be an expression of oneself; to be able to “live your life out loud”. Life is a gift that we so often take for granted and never give thanks for. Life in general should be thought of in that way no matter what situation you are in. It is too easy to forget to give thanks when life “is good” and things are going your way. (you consider yourself “lucky” to have such good fortune but rarely stop to be grateful for the way things are going). It is also just as easy to forget to give thanks when life “is not good” and many hardships and challenges are put in your path. (you wonder what in the world is there to be thankful for with everything appears to be going wrong in your world).
Funny, I was one of those people as described above…never giving thanks for anything, taking things in general and life for granted as well as always wondering “why me” when life got tough. Well over a year ago (closer to two), I was given a book from my sister-in-law entitled “Law of Attraction” by Michael Losier. I read the book, attempted the concepts and never really did much else. Then last July, my mom, bless her heart, gave me my own copy of the book entitled “The Secret”. I enjoyed the book immensely and tried desperately to make it work for me but although it makes sense in many ways, it was no miracle cure that I was looking for. I also started reading all of the Jerry & Ester Hicks books, which have helped in different ways but not the be all and end all that I thought they would be either. I came across another book called “Spiritual Liberation” by Michael Bernard Beckwith from the movie entitled “The Secret”, that I truly enjoyed.
Over the course of this past year, I realized that there is no “miracle cure” for unhappiness. As Abraham Lincoln said “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be”. Although this little quote is simple and true it is also very powerful. I came across that quote one day as I was surfing the internet looking for positive, inspirational and motivational quotes. I realized then that your happiness in life is your own and up to you no matter what the situation is going on around you. I now wake up everyday being thankful that I received the gift of another day of life and grateful for all that I have.
Life is too short to be angry, unforgiving and resentful. It is easier to fall into that pattern of negative thinking but you never feel real happiness. By looking at life through a positive lens, even though your situation may be good or bad, being thankful and grateful for at least having your life is a start to finding happiness from within. Happiness does not come from others. For if you rely on this alone, you will surely be disappointed and you will never find true happiness. It must start from within you. This has been my mistake in the past, I was relying on others for my own happiness and when things didn’t go the way I thought they should or people didn’t live up to my expectations, I was constantly disappointed and consequently unhappy.
A quote from Budda that I came across was “What we think, we become” which now really resonates with me. I was always thinking negatively for all the wrong doings or bad things happening in my life which made me become a negative and miserable person. By finding happiness from within, I am now more at peace with myself even though things in my life are still not going according to the way I thought they would, could or should.
