Bliss

Mythologist/Author Joseph Camblell’s urging to “Follow your bliss” becomes complicated as you discover there is more than one thing that brings you bliss. You see, unlike Jack Palance’s character, Curly Washburn, in the movie City Slickers, I believe there is more than “the one thing”. Personally, I have several and I hope you do too.
The trick to keeping the bliss in the things that matter to you is achieving balance. If you’re among the fortunate few to have found bliss in your work I guarantee the bliss will fade if you don’t discover and then devote time for other paths to bliss.
My grandmother - lecturing on the ills of alcohol - used to say, “You can’t find happiness in the bottom of a bottle.” She was right and yet on many occasions I have found bliss in one glass of good wine. By the end of the second –at least for me- the bliss is gone.
We all know, you can have too much of a good thing. A whole sack of chocolate versus one truffle, for instance. The question is; can you have too many good things?
Make a list of what brings you bliss and rather than following one, balance your time among them all.
Which reminds me- I have some labels to add to my wine list and a book to add to my favorite reads. Now I’m off to follow my bliss….