Crazy Spontaneity and the Happiness Therein

Have an open mind. Try new things and be up for doing just about anything. The happiest moments in my life have not been planned in any way, and have been crazy adventures. Even if someone suggests to you what seems to be one of the stupidest things you have ever heard of, give it a try, unless, of course, they suggest the use of drugs or jumping off a cliff or other such things. I’m not saying that’s okay. If you do, don’t blame me. Be reasonable, and don’t not do something unless you have a REALLY good reason. If someone walked up to you right now and asked you if you wanted to find an old beat up car, take everything out of it except the driver’s seat and engine, and race it around a dirt track a hundred times two days from now, surprisingly, the general answer to that question is no. The rational part of the brain would point out these few things:

a) You don’t know where to find a car.
b) You don’t know how to strip a car.
c) How could you figure this out in two days?
d) Who would want to do something like that anyways?
e) Is it really worth all that effort?
f) Is this like some redneck pastime?
g) What would my mother think?
h) What the heck has this guy been smoking?

However! The irrational and somewhat happier part of your brain, if you are at all trained in the ways of spontaneity, would only draw up one point.

a) Heck yeah! It’s not crazy enough to be dangerous (like jumping off a bridge) but crazy enough to be fun!

And so there I was. A slave to an irrational brain. Sitting behind the wheel of an old beat up Cavalier waiting for the green flag to drop to race around this dirt track with a hundred other cars. I was also the happiest kid in the world at that very moment.

So, the moral of the story is this. Live a little on the edge and do things that an unhappier you would never dream of doing. Don’t take things for granted and classify things or judge things before you experience them. Lots of happy experiences will come your way in your life, but most of them are hidden and or don’t seem like a good idea at the time. Believe me, next time someone comes up to you with a crazy proposal, or you see an advertisement on a billboard for sky diving, don’t ask yourself why, ask yourself why not. If you can’t answer that question, well then, it’s something you should be doing. Be a little reckless. Be a little daring. Don’t live inside a tiny little box and expect things to come your way. Be happy.