Pursue things that bring you happiness

This is not a call to live your life with a principle of “if it feels good, do it,” but rather a call to pursue those noble things in life that give you pleasure, and always make sure to set aside time for them.

When we pursue the things that we enjoy and that bring us happiness, we are happier people. Those things that take away your stress and worry, pursue those things. As the universally great song “Dancin’ in the Moonlight” (seriously, is there anyone that doesn’t like this song??) says:

"We like our fun and we never fight/
You can’t dance and stay uptight"

Aside from this being a great slogan for anyone that is looking to open a dance studio, it (in a roundabout way, but still) shows the affect that these types of enjoyable activities can have on us. They obviously like dancing, and so they feel like you can’t dance and stay uptight (if you have seen guys at junior high dances, or better yet, been a guy at a junior high dance, you actually know full well that you CAN dance and stay uptight, but that is another story for another time).

For you, that activity might be reading, writing, riding your bike, playing basketball, playing an instrument, writing a letter, hanging out with your friends…. Whatever it is, make time for these things. They are sometime the first to hit the backburner when we get busy, or when we feel that life is throwing us a little bit too much, but having these things in your life is essential to keeping you sane, keeping you happy, and keeping away that uptightness.

Now, everybody go have a dance in the moonlight…