August 21st, 2009
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In this modern world we often follow the crowd, do what is expected by or parents, teachers, clergy, spouse, partner or peers. Frequently we have listened to all this external advise and taken on these external expectations to find ourselves lost and wondering who we really are and what it is we want to really accomplish in this life. We can take on these expectation to our own detriment. Too many people today seem to be wishing for it to be another day, waiting for the weekend, thanking god for Friday, gratefully it is hump day. How have we come to be a society that wants to which our days away into weekends, wish our weeks away into vacations and wish our years away into retirement. I have to ask what is so wrong with today? Right now? What is so wrong that we want one day to be another? My feeling is we are not living out true purpose. If the job you did was your true life’s purpose there would be no concern about wanting to get out of today for tomorrow. The reward of fulfilling your life’s would be enough, thus fulfilling the moment and no need to wish it was the future. Also the wishing for retirement and waiting to ‘live’ when one no longer has to work but is retired. Retired is a concept I do not understand. Life is work, to be here is to accomplish, I don’t see that there is an age when that is done. Certainly I can see wanting to retire from a job that isn’t rewarding or fulfilling. I just can’t see doing something like that long enough to get a retirement. Today is what I have and all I have to work with. Wishing it to be another day simply ignores the beauty and possibilities that today holds for you. I suggest that we examine what we do and why we are doing it. Is it fulfilling to you, does it feed your soul, is it your life’s purpose? If te answer to these questions is no, perhaps it is time for change. Change can be hard and take a lot of courage, however I can say with certinty that changes based on your life’s purpose will all be worth it and rewarding. What if right now you could be doing what you want to do? If you could create your income from a cabin in the woods, from a place with a breath taking view, from a quaint villa in Italy or a best Cape Town hotels. How would you feel to be liberated from a 9 to 5 your not loving. How wold this effect your life and your relationships?
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