Scar of Gratitude

Each day is different, not quite like before, yet for some it may seem mundane, that every day is the same, and this is because something is missing in life, some sense of fulfilment or joy. If you analyse in detail what you do in a day, you will see that no one day can ever be identical to another. In fact, it is impossible. It is therefore a matter of perspective. This said, where does that leave those who feel their life is mundane, uninspiring or darn right boring?

The answer lies in the search for what’s missing in life, asking yourself what it is you really want, what you would like to be doing if you knew there were no barriers to making it happen. Then ask, what would it take to make it really happen and why am I not doing it already, what is it that stops me, what excuses am I making? Is it the mortgage repayments, the children, the need for a regular income … or is it fear … fear you are not talented enough, young enough, old enough, anything “enough”?

In these questions lies the beginning of an enquiry into life … your life and why it is less than you wish it to be. Is this something you are willing to tolerate any longer? If so, life is likely to remain pretty much the same. Unless you take action to understand yourself and your desires and then act on that understanding, it will probably end in tears … the tears of those you leave behind when you die, lamenting that you never quite managed to find that missing something in your life. Is that how you want it to be? The choice is yours and yours alone: it may not feel like it is but it is all the same.

For me, I could not bear the thought of things carrying on as they were, so I finally did something about it. Admittedly it took a major life event (losing everything I possessed) to kick me into action and to seek self fulfilment and true happiness, but better late than never!

And for me, the actions started with that promise I keep on about: the promise to myself to have the best life I possibly can. And from that have spun a myriad actions that are never-ending yet lead me to an increasingly happier place day by day, a place where challenge is met by joy and fulfilment in the overcoming and frustration is quelled by patience and ultimately to inner peace. But if the journey had never begun, where would I be now, what would I be doing and how would I feel about life? I shudder to think!