What Truly Brings Me Joy?
Is it Money, Fame, or Loved Ones?
I have been asking myself this question quite often, yet the answer still grey for me. Every momentum of my life has told me a lot of things, sometime I care so much about impacts, sometimes about money, sometimes about love, and I guess it will be a never ending questions as we always the feeling of aiming something.
We live in a world that puts a highest standard of success time over time. Money, fame, and recognition often seem like the ultimate goals. But what happens if you achieve those things and still feel like something is missing? Perhaps joy isn’t something external at all.
Where then does it exist, if not in tangible things or moments of short-lived fame? Is it in the love that’s shared among family and friends? But even those times can be bittersweet at times when uncertainty clouds the heart.
“I want to confidently say, ‘This is my path,’ and believe it.”
We all want to believe in our path. To walk forward without regret, to believe wholeheartedly in the choices we’ve made-what a freeing thought that is. Yet, self-doubt creeps in. Am I making the right decisions? Will this journey lead me to the dreams I’ve nurtured?
But the thing is, confidence really doesn’t come from knowing the destination; it comes from trusting the journey. And that’s the hardest part: walking a path with no guarantees.
Why am I standing on this path?
Is this really my path?
Will my dreams come true at the end of this road?
These are heavyweight questions. They push us to confront our deepest fears and desires. They pause us and make us reflect on choices that we have made. Yet perhaps the point isn’t to answer all of them at once. Maybe joy lies in the asking-in being curious enough to explore, without needing to know every detail.
What dream am I dreaming?
Who is this dream for?
When this dream eventually comes true, would I even smile?
A dream is powerful. It gives us a sense of purpose-but the foundation often times gives it its value. Is the dream an offspring of your soul’s yearning, or is it sculpted by the expectations of others?
Authentically based dreams can change not just your life but also the lives of those around you. They are the sort of dreams that make one smile, not because they came true, but because they fell in line with who one is.
For me, the courage in taking that next step forward without all the answers inside of us, to keep asking, seeking, growing through the uncertainty, provides evidence to the human spirit’s to always surprise themselves.
Perhaps the joy isn’t in having it all figured out but in the will to go forward, explore the unknown, and understand the journey for what it is.
Someday, the pieces will fall into place. And when they do, the path will reveal itself-not because you discovered it all at once but because with every step you took, you have created it.
What is it that truly makes me happy?
Perhaps the answer isn’t something to be found. Perhaps it is something to be lived.
