Sometimes rather than looking to escape reality to chase happiness you can attain it by choosing to immerse yourself in it, even if you do it only for a few moments.
Calvin and Hobbes have a strip that talks about how if more people looked at the stars they would live differently...but it isn't just limited to the stars. If you look at the sky at any time of day carefully, you will notice how many different brushstrokes of colour have gracefully been slid across it's surface.
Even within the same colour there are so many different shades to let your eyes live through. Even within the concrete jungle in the midst of winter, if you breathe in the outline of a tree that stands naked with her leaves swept away till the dawn of spring, the patterns the branches make against the skyline will astound you. There is beauty all around you, everywhere you go.
When you are full of wonder at the universe around you, it is impossible for your heart to be closed at the same time. Marveling at the beauty of the world makes it difficult to remain in a state of negativity.
As somebody born in a country with limited personal freedom, I can tell you- for me the definition of freedom is the ability to have the freedom to be alone in nature, without any threat to your personal liberty and security. It is the most basic right and yet one that so many are deprived of. The more connected you are to your surroundings the deeper the capacity you have for happiness and the more free you feel.
Do it for even a minute in a day and for that minute you will be limitless.
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