It's easier to think about the next step you're going to take -- in fact, your feet do it for you -- rather than what you're going to do at the end of the road.
The universe has a funny way of either burying you further when you're already in deep, or subtly throwing you little bits of cheer and serendipity to lift you back up. Like if a lovely little flower falls from the tree nearby and delightfully ends up perched on your shoe like a decoration. (Could the universe really have intended so much meaning? -- But) you could just take it to be a little reminder of beauty everywhere if you just cheer-up and look, or of fortunate accidents everywhere if you just let them happen to you instead of wallowing in unproductive blues, or of the fact that although there are a lot of little things that make you scared or sad or anxious, there are also a lot of little things that bring a smile to your face. If you take the bad things in stride and take the good things with self-propagating joy and appreciation, then maybe you can be on your merry way one step at a time, and none will be the wiser to your happy secret except you and the universe.
I agree. We are too much caught in and overwhelmed by our daily routine that we forget the beauty around and in us. So many self-help books, blogs and articles about guiding principles in life and business advise us to have a focus list, have a distraction list, do not procrastinate, remember ten or five or three important things, improve, allocate, delegate, etc.
ReplyDeleteLife is too valued to simply live by some lists. Why don’t we reserve a small portion of our time, either in our daily or weekly routine to explore our true sense of freedom, wonder and adventure? Could our own periodic searching and reflection help us to complete the focus and make the lists more relevant to our purpose in life?