I recently returned from a trip from Los Angeles. It's funny that the first post for the 2014 year be after my time there, but I was reminded of something very important, a thing perhaps that I have come to take for granted in my more laid back life in Seattle. The we must value where we are, and not try to be some place we are not. This does not mean we cannot have goals, but we must somehow learn to love the process of getting towards our goals. I find that children always want to be older then they are. I am not five, I am five and three quarters. And, adults always want to be younger, I am not forty, I am thirty nine forever. We must value what we are in each moment, for that is all we have. Of course, I do recognize that this is much easier said than done, however when in a stressful situation lets not not to squeeze and push and pinch and rush, lets try to breath into it and find a way.
I myself am guilty of pushing as much as anyone else, but I find as I attempt to mature that it is actually much more effective not to wrestle your way through life, but to ride it instead. Go with the currents, and try to guide them gently as they pull you in different directions. I am often struck by how few people really seem to enjoy the life they are living now. When I retire I will do this, then when they retire they wish they could go back to work. I can't wait for the kids to be out of the house, then when the kids leave they wish they were still at home. I can't wait till I make my millions and become a successful business person, then when they make their millions they complain about not having any time for themselves. I wish I were famous, then when they become famous they wish that people wouldn't approach them for an autograph when they go to the store to get some milk. This is insanity, the gateway to peace always being just around the corner. Every age is good if you find the good in every age, every stage of life is fun if you allow it to be, every challenge is an adventure if you let it be, every day is a joyous gift if you wake up and appreciate it. This is all I humbly ask.
I myself am guilty of pushing as much as anyone else, but I find as I attempt to mature that it is actually much more effective not to wrestle your way through life, but to ride it instead. Go with the currents, and try to guide them gently as they pull you in different directions. I am often struck by how few people really seem to enjoy the life they are living now. When I retire I will do this, then when they retire they wish they could go back to work. I can't wait for the kids to be out of the house, then when the kids leave they wish they were still at home. I can't wait till I make my millions and become a successful business person, then when they make their millions they complain about not having any time for themselves. I wish I were famous, then when they become famous they wish that people wouldn't approach them for an autograph when they go to the store to get some milk. This is insanity, the gateway to peace always being just around the corner. Every age is good if you find the good in every age, every stage of life is fun if you allow it to be, every challenge is an adventure if you let it be, every day is a joyous gift if you wake up and appreciate it. This is all I humbly ask.
