Everything is going to be okay

In a weird turn of events, and I still find this so hard to believe , something amazing has happened.

I turned a street that was full of horrible memories and, somehow, I found happiness.

I found happiness in the most unlikely of places. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!!

Here's my observation on the how life works. Sometimes you don't get what you wanted, worked for or wished for. That's just the way life is. When this happens, you are left with two choices:

1. You give up

2. You don't.

Those of who you've known me or have read my work long enough to know where I like to stand on this choice, but in my opinion, if you choose Option 1, you've already fucked up.

I am sitting in a coffee shop I've found completely by accident, drinking the best tasting coffee I've had since I've been back in Texas, and a woman with a voice of silk is serenading me with the tune C'est Si Bon. I can't help but have the stupidest grin on my face while I look up toward the speakers to listen to her and ......

I'm happy.

What reason do I have to be this happy?! I literally have no place to live, barely any money, no real steady job to be considered,  and I'm 30! Shouldn't I have my life together at this point in time?!?!

I subtly answer that with this:

HELL NO!

I can answer this confidently, because it is moments like these that we learn what is REAL and what's FAKE.

REAL happiness is without a shit load on money, fame, social status, fast cars, massive houses, expensive jewelry, fine dining or in some tropical romantic get away.

It's right here. Right fucking now. In this moment when we have the LEAST that we've ever had but can still smile, laugh, enjoy and appreciate life. THIS IS REAL. This is legit.

Now, let me tell you what's fake.

Fake is trying to find happiness in: Money, material, possession, spouses, vacations, fast cars, expensive jewelry, social status, big houses, fine dining and in some tropical romantic getaway. That's you stroking yourself with your own ego and it's pitiful.  It's worthless.

Like I've said before, and I mean this:

YOU CANNOT GIVE, OR RECIEVE, WHAT YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE

I literally live off of six things:

Caffeine, Working Out, Writing, Music,  Faith and Love.

With that, everything will be okay because I am going to have everything I need to make it okay.  This isn't bullshit. This isn't flash. This isn't another mundane motivational article.

This is me telling you that I love you, no matter where I am or where you are,

and this is me telling you everything is going to be okay, because it will.

Never give up and never settle.

I love you all,

Sean