1. Happiness

I used to believe happiness is not a state, but is rather something that just IS…..

But years of battling chronic depression has taught me that happiness is nothing but a trickster. A deceiver. A burden that becomes even more profound knowing that a soon as these goody-good, tingly sensations ends, the unbearabl-ity of existence will once again taken over my mind. So the Buddhist say, EVERYTHING IS IMPERMANENT.

What It Means Now —

Perhaps it was Freud who said that the best we can hope for is to connect with others unhappiness. Books on Being Happy are the earliest examples of fiction in the history of mankind. Nobody can be happy all the time, just like the way nobody can be sad all the time. Everything is just A Matter Of Time.

I don’t wish to be happy anymore, for I know that true happiness need not be chased. I just wish to do good, be good and what I deserve will eventually follow.

2. Success

I always though being successful was the true meaning of human existence. Do what you love, love what you do and possibly make a shitload of money in the process. A fancy home, a loving partner, travel the world, the whole good life starter pack.

What Success Means Now -

Being able to wake up in the morning with something to do, and go to sleep with something to expect in the morning. I don’t care about being a millionaire or a sex God anymore ( that’s what I wanted to be as a teenager who’d seen porn for the 10th time).

I just want a quiet life, with just enough resources and someone/anyone to share it with. Even though I haven’t been ‘successful’ at that yet, I hope I will in the future. And hope is something no one can ever take from me.

3. Intelligence

Ok, this one has a lot to do with my parents and the way I was raised. Earlier on, I was taught that being intelligent was a gift. You’re either born with it, or you spend the rest of your formation years learning to be intelligent.

The point being that you absolutely have to be intelligent. There’s no other around it. Intelligent people get better jobs, have better friends, have sex more often ( backed by science ) and are just superior to their dumb witted friends.

What it means now —

Even though being smart in your choices and applying that dexterity in achieving your life goals is a good thing. But even intelligent people are not Gods ( something that society and media likes to emphasize over and over again )

Everyone is born with a particular set of skills. Nobody is good at everything, I repeat NOBODY IS GOOD AT EVERYTHING. That’s just life’s way of giving us the middle finger, while maintaining a degree of balance among our species. That’s how civilization is supposed to work. Everybody has something to contribute in a society.

So, if you’re not good at something that society thinks is virtuous, it doesn’t automatically mean you’re not intelligent. You just need to find what you’re good at, and you need to give it all you got. And whatever LIFE deems is appropriate for you, will eventually follow.

Speaking of Life…..

4. Life

This word should be absolutely erased from the dictionary, purely out of a sense of rigidity associated with its audacity to limit . Life is _ & _. Life means having _ & _. Life means an absence of _ & _.

Then, there are countless self help books that wants to teach me how I should live my life ( Seriously WTF ???)

What It Means Now —

To quote the great Jon Bon Jovi,

It’s my life

It’s now or never

I ain’t gonna live forever

I just want to live while I’m alive

(It’s my life)

My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said

I did it my way

I just want to live while I’m alive

It’s my life

‘Nuff Said.

I know I said there were going to be 5 words in here, but after publishing this I realized there were only 4. But I decided to roll with it anyway ( to prove a point ).

So, here’s another word for you. Mistake. If you see one, don’t dwell on it. Too err is human.

Maybe, that’s how life began. As a MISTAKE !