'Follow your bliss ...' - Thought Leader

I want to follow my bliss.

Joseph Campbell, a lifelong student and teacher of mythology, and an extremely inspirational man (find out more about him at the Joseph Campbell Foundation — www.jcf.org) brought this idea of following your bliss to light when he said: “If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are — if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.”

What does it mean, practically? I think it means doing what you love, what you’re truly passionate about — filling your days with those things that make your heart sing. I think it means refusing to be mediocre, to make the logical (boring) choice, to hold back for fear of embarrassment or failure.

I also think it means taking time to see the bliss in small moments … eating breakfast outside under a tree, lying on the beach listening to the waves crash, being truly present to life as it happens. Even the bad, sad, ugly bits.

Bliss is defined as “perfect happiness; great joy”. A worthy goal to strive for, I think.