Bliss--Alexis

The word “bliss” can make people paint several different pictures inside their head.To someone it may be getting an A on that test to satisfy their parents, to someone else it may be a night away from their parents just to wind down. To others it is much more simple, a nap after a long day and being able to hide away from the world under your sheets, or a bite into a warm brownie sundae you’ve been craving. I cannot speak for others, but I can share my moments of bliss, where I am truly present in time, enjoying and soaking up what I know will soon pass, and just being content. Bliss to me is Friday nights, roaming around this city I’ve always known, but always seeming to find new trouble to stir. It’s the window’s rolled down, with the music on full blast and taking in, breathing in the crisp night, disappointed it’s almost ending but it's okay because next Friday it’ll be done all over. It’s coming home and jumping into my bed, which feels like the comfiest escape ever, and slowly drifting away into my dreams after a long, eventful Friday night. Bliss is knowing no matter what trials I face and troubles I am worried about, everything will fall into place and what’s meant to happen and be, will. It’s being able to trust someone without a doubt in your mind they will betray you. It’s simply feeling appreciated, because often effort goes unnoticed and love is not reciprocated. Bliss is felt in those moments where you actually get along with your family and realize maybe they really aren’t too bad. Bliss is even clocking off after a long shift of having to deal with people and having them stress you out about sitting at a table or booth (well, if you’re a hostess like me). Bliss is when you’re so happy, you actually feel lucky to be you, and feel like just maybe, things actually make sense. Even if they don’t, you still see the beauty in the chaos. It’s knowing no matter your current situation, life goes on and it will pass. It is realizing how miniscule you are and how your problems really aren’t the end of the world, but how if you weren’t here the universe wouldn’t be the same. “The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence,” says Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Yogi definitely has a point, in the bigger picture bliss is life itself, and the lessons we have learned, with all the experiences we have gained, knowing no one will ever have the same journey as us. Bliss on an everyday basis for me is being able to say I made it through such a stressful and chaotic day, and I can forgive myself for the mistakes I have made and can try again tomorrow. Regardless of the different personal moments of bliss we share, it’s agreeable bliss is when we feel like there is actually a purpose to life, that things will be okay, and to just be able to savor the presence. Bliss isn’t always a certain moment, though, it could be a time period, certain somebody, or even your favorite movie that makes you happy on gloomy days. No matter what bliss is to an individual person, it is important to have in your life, especially during nights when you’re up late overthinking every situation, anxious and worried. Those days where you feel like it could not get any worse, but ironically it somewhat does This is why we need bliss..keep your bliss safe.