Longing for nothing

Ever get the feeling that theres always something else going on out there?Something that you are missing out on? Sometimes it feels like every place except for the location where you are has something exciting going on with fun adventureous things to do and great people. Feelings of "get me out of here" raged but no matter where you go those feelings seem to follow you. Where you are and what you are doing never seems good enough. Those moments do not last long, they pass and eventually you begin to feel foolish for ever wanting to be somewhere else. We are socialized to romanticize, fantasize, and hope for a renewed life. Who really has the power to constitute our current lifestyles as inadequate? Maybe exactly what we have is good enough but we do not see it because of all these false perceptions that impact how we internalize our reality. Perhaps the love, lust, success, and scenery surrounding us is more than a dream. People should be encouraged to appreciate what they have, take in where they are, and be happy with who they are surrounded by regardless of a conflict in interest with people. No one should long for a life that can never be theirs. When you're a single person, it seems like everyone around you is coupled, and you begin to feel that you are inadequate as a person because singleness is genearlly associated with loneliness. You feel compelled to be in a relationship. You admire the love and affection displayed by couples within in sight. However, we barely ever see the heartache, distance, and confrontations in the private sphere that could potentially harm the life of each individual in the relationship.Some people in a relationship often wonder if there is something else out there that they should be doing, they may have a fantasy about freedom and a life without being tied to someone or something. You spend a large portion of your life within the education system only so you can come out with the best possible knowledge to contribute to the enconomy through your job. Students anticipate completing school forever and cannot wait to have a routine life with a steady pay. People working want to go back to the careless student life. The young want to grow older for rights of passage and the old want to go back to being young again for the energy. Why cant we just be happy where we are? Live life to the fullest with the resources you have. Stop wasting energy longing for something you may not need or even truely want.