I Don’t Want a Happy Life: A 5 Minute Manifesto

I don’t want a happy life. I want an extraordinary life.

What if, we woke up each morning with big eyes and a bright heart. Greeting the sunrise with ecstatic praise. Rising out of bed feeling fully alive. Starting each day with awe and wonder.

This is the kind of life I want.

I want to crave so deeply my entire body is pulsing with desire. I want waves of shivers to sweep me off of my feet. I want wild, mad love. I want explosive passion – and nothing less. I want tender stillness and raging cacophony. I want it all.

Most of all, I want enough.

Give me soul expansion. Full, I-am-here-now experiences. Penetrating clarity, curiosity and courage. Wholeness, authenticity, compassion. Everlasting self love.

Give me a life that’s beaming with possibility, budding with color, overflowing with adventure. A life that’s drenched in sunshine, vulnerability and wholehearted purpose. Raw human connection, engagement, harmony with the big wide world.

I don’t want a happy life. I want to make an impact. I want a life that bursts with creativity, art, ideas and imagination. I want a life that’s full of choices, twists and unpredictability. I want a life that’s daring, expressive, unapologetic, bold.

Tonight, I’ll fall asleep with rose colored eyelids. I’ll call fourth dreams and lucid visions. I’ll invite in magic and rapture. I’ll whisper my thanks to the universe. I’ll descend softly into sweet bliss.