Being Frank: The Beauty of It

The average person is so busy chasing a nightmare, to the point where they can’t see the beauty of life right in front of them. In the name of Mental Health, it is time to enjoy the beauty in your life.

There is beauty in everyone’s life no matter what the circumstances. There may be several factors that create blinders to keep a person from seeing the beauty. Yet, if one can remove, or even lift up, the blinders they will be able see the beauty in their life. It is time to relax and observe the beautiful aspects of the life you have.

What is the first action you take when you wake up in the morning? Many people allow their mind to rehash situations from the previous day. Some people automatically start wincing as they move their limbs while adjusting to pain in their body. These kind of actions lead to a person getting up thinking about what to do to get through the day. The new day isn’t seen as a blank slate to create an enjoyable experience. The new day is a continuation of misery from the previous day to the people who wake like depicted in the previous examples. This “tainting” of the new day keeps many people from seeing beauty in their life.

No matter how you try to deny it, when you wake up it is a new day. You can drag yesterday with you, but yesterday is gone. With this thought in mind, why not create a new day? Wake up and ignore the nagging thoughts that keep you in a negative mental loop.

Those thoughts that have you dreading to leave the house because you hate someone at work.

The thoughts that keep you in fear of what may happen when you are in public. These thoughts can be silenced by finding the beauty in life. One beautiful act that is often ignored, is the fact that you are waking up. If waking up and being alive isn’t a beautiful thing, then what is?

Walk out into the world daily with a new mindset. As you drive to work look around at your environment. Put a positive spin on what you see. It is easy to simply call everyone you see on the streets fools. This type of thought process often leads to bitterness and anger. Stop thinking in this fashion and look around you with new eyes. Eyes that accept what they see with the knowledge that they can change what they see by changing their situation. The knowledge and understanding that you can change your situation is a very beautiful thing. This is true for everyone. Your situation changes when you change how you view, and interact with your position in life. Isn’t that a beautiful thing?

You will really see beauty in your life if you let go of what the masses of humanity are currently focused on. The masses of people are usually manipulated like a kite in the hands of a master kiter. The masses are pulled, jerked, and dragged into whatever the media/entertainment/sports complex decides for them. Step back and focus on you. If you do this you will see beauty in your life instead of the mass misery that encompasses other people.

Beauty is there for viewing in your life. It is up to you to decide to see the beauty. The choice is yours, and that is extremely beautiful.

The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the writer and not of the Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper or HT Group, LLC, its staff or management. "Being Frank" is a bi-weekly column exclusive to the Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper.