Did I hit a happiness ceiling?

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Maybe you've heard the concept of upper limits?

Upper limits are the ceiling, the highest level each of us can go when it comes to health or wealth or happiness. (I should probably write "and" here rather than "or", actually).

We get taught by our parents or caregivers certain beliefs about what's right and wrong, good and bad, possible and impossible. We get another layer of this "conditioning" from the media, from our teachers and preachers, and from the culture we were nurtured within.

I have spent a lot of time working through old, unhelpful patterns when it comes to the things I was taught (deliberately and unconsciously) about money. That is still a work in progress, by the way!

I've also recently spent more time looking at the programs I have around how healthy I'm "allowed" to be. Since my family aren't exactly the healthiest people on the planet then to become vitally healthy would challenge all my family patterns.

The same goes for being "too" happy. I wrote a post yesterday about being joyful and today I had an awesome day from a business perspective with great sessions, interesting conversations with friends, a run and a walk, and lovely weather.

But my body is struggling.

And when I'm not feeling totally frustrated I actually find it fascinating.

Did I get too happy? Did I have too much success? Have I hit an upper limit?

My thought: yes. Yes, I think I did.

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What am I going to do about it?

Gently nurture my body and send love to the parts of my body that hurt, the parts of me that feel frustrated and angry, and try to be at peace with what is as much as humanely possible.

This was a HiveBloPoMo post. This is Day 7 of 30. I really did not feel like writing this post. With my body struggling I was really not in the mood. I share this for the benefit of others who might also be doing HBPM. The only thing I could write that would feel at all authentic is to write about how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. So that's exactly what I did. Let's hope I feel a whole lot better tomorrow 🤞

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Keep doing what you are doing... authentic expression is invaluable. But be gentle with yourself... if you really are not up to it... don't. Always remember that you define your own rules and limits. And there is no need to feel pressured into a less healthy lifestyle or attitude to life simply because those around you can't handle things. Keep doing you, and let them keep doing them. I hope you get your happy back soon... perhaps don't push yourself too much on the lows, and then the highs may come again sooner than you expect. !PIZZA

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I don't think there is a ceiling of happiness since this is something that cannot be measured, it is something that comes and goes, we have to know how to enjoy it and appreciate it when we have it.

I think that the closest thing that exists to eternal happiness is tranquility, a state of calm where everything seems to be fine

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!LUV
!LOL
!ALIVE

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