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Tue, Jan 15 12:00 AM

Attitude Adjusment

 

The other night at work, I was lamenting all of the changes headed my way, what with the kids and grandkids moving in, when one of my cowokers said, "You know, you've been given a pretty good life."

As I let those words sink in, I came to realize that I had been given a pretty good life. I was just so busy complaining and grieving over the parts that weren't "right" that I wasn't enjoying the parts that were. I was so busy being upset over the things I wasn't getting to do, that I wasn't able to enjoy the things I do get to do. Like be a part of a family, and participate in my grandkids lives.

Also, I really hadn't considered that I'd been "given" this life. It was a gift, and I wasn't appreciating it! I was so happy when I got home I could barely go to sleep.

I do have a good life, and a great family. I have a good job too, and the same priciples apply. I've been so busy examining what was wrong with my career, I wasn't able to enjoy what was right about it. I was so busy lamenting what I couldn't accomplish vocationally, that I lost sight of what I can and do get to accomplish every day.

A couple of days later, and the initial excitement of the discovery has worn off. No more "high". I'll miss that, and as much as I didn't want that to pass, I knew it would eventually fade. Now though, I can begin the process of what my life will be like with this new found, improved attitude.

It's made it hard to complete, or even start my life collage. I find my wants and desires are in a state of change. So are my goals. I'm afraid I've been a bit lax in setting any. As I examine the things I've always said I wanted, I find myself saying that the price of having those things in my life is not one I'm willing to pay. Some of them I seriously question whether I ever wanted at all. Someone once said that wanting is often superior to having. It feels a little like that. I always thought I wanted these things, but when I really set about the task of getting them in my life, I find that I don't want them that much after all. Perhaps they were more fantasy than anything I would have ever seriously considered doing. Perhaps I am changing, and with it my goals, dreams, and desires. Regardless of the source, I feel it is a change for the better.

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Minerva Minerva:

Why not ............

want it all? There's nothing wrong with that.

 

Then keep a sharp look-out for opportunities to create some of these things as they come into your life.

 

You will then find you have got some of the things you wanted, and in the satisfaction of that, you will gladly wave goodbye to the things you have not achieved.

 

In other words - desire everything, but choose what comes your way.

 

(You might need to think about that one) Wink