Chef Tomislav Blogs

The bottom line is always “Are you happy doing what you are doing?” Imagine the individual who works at a job that he hates, earning less than he wants, missing out on holidays and trips that he would love to take. He is lonely, depressed, and has never mastered the skills he needs to learn. Like a child, this immature soul has never stood on his own two feet and put forth the effort to justify his short stay on this planet. But he has all the reasons for why he is where he is! He blames the government, his wife, his children, his horoscope, his boss, the economy, his lack of education, and his bad luck. Somehow he has arrived at the idea that if he has enough excuses and circumstances to blame, he’s allowed to be miserable.

Life offers reasons or results. Some people get the idea that they both weigh the same. They don’t. If you’re not living the life you wish to live, doing the things you wish to do, no excuse will do. Look around. You can find all kinds of people beating the odds. We see men and women succeeding and experiencing happiness with the little education and even less money. These are achievers who point out that results are the only things that matter. They have made the same discovery as the man who said, “I used to blame the weather until I discovered it rains to rich people too!”

The enjoyment we derive from life is inversely proportional to how much we blame our circumstances.