Words of wisdom for this week.
“Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself – it all depends on me.”
~ Andre Gide
Everyone is where they are supposed to be and doing what they are supposed to be doing. Now, I know some of you might disagree with this premise. I, too, have had my doubts over the years. This doesn’t mean that you won’t be somewhere else tomorrow, doing something different next week and with someone new next year. The principle also is not designed to give people permission to change something, anything, just for the sake of changing it – on a whim.
Each of us is on a path through life that has many curves, hills, detours, great views, accidents, time spent lost and alone, peaks, valleys, accomplishments and failures. Life is not about trying to manipulate the Universe into giving you what you believe you want or is in your best interest. It is about learning to flow with what crosses your path whether positive or negative. It is not about giving in, but trusting the process of your life and the decisions you make along the way.
It is unfortunate that many people want to have their life in nice neat pre-determined packages with predictable outcomes. This would be lovely if it were true, even possible. Life is not about the future or the past. It is about learning to do the best you can where you are with what you have. This doesn’t mean you won’t know more next week, have more next month, or be better next year.
Life is not about where you end up, but the roads or direction you travel. Some of us, and I include myself in this group, have spent a lot of time searching and lost. Some of us have abandoned the search, while others don’t give a rip about creating a better life through increased wisdom and practical experience. I am a romantic at heart. I believe that, if we do our part and trust God and life, we will one day smell the flowers of love, feel the warm caress of success and experience inner joy and peace as we travel into our own personal sunset regardless of what age we might be.
So many people live with unfulfilled dreams, broken hearts, loneliness, fear and emptiness. It doesn’t have to be that way. The way to change your future, therefore your memories, is to travel in the right direction today in the areas of your life that are important to you.
I leave you this week with 3 simple questions:
- Who are you becoming, and are you comfortable with him or her?
- Do you live each day with gratitude for the gift of life you have been given that day?
- Are you at peace with your journey, or are you in a relentless chase for something else, something less, or something more tomorrow