Life is Not Led with a Proverbial Carrot!

So many of us miss the point. During the holidays especially. We are so busy looking for the joy that we are unable to see it in who we are, or what we have. Giving is a way of mirrororing back to us… everything that is missing.

But here is the thing. Life is meant to be lived. One day at a time. Even though many of us live in the past, too much time is spent crying in our beer over what is lost. And then there are those who are constantly on a search for something better, something greater… always something we don’t have all the while missing the whole point.

Life cannot be lived searching for meaning, life is not life if we are constantly chasing the proverbial carrot.

We are meant to learn from the past. Hindsight is after all, 20/20. Maybe there are things that we can see now, that we were unable to see then. But the past is just that… the past. Don’t waste any more of your today’s longing after something that once was.

Besides, if you don't live life in the present, how can you ever expect to see the manifestation of your dream for a future? Is living life on auto-pilot is enough?

Time passes even as we are forever searching for that better than, brighter and shinier than…

a desire for more only points out the larger-then-than-gap that lies between what we desire and what we have; an ever-widening gap because we can never have...

enough.

We can hold hope for the future by setting clear intentions for our desires... planning is good, but not at the expense of losing everything that is available in the moment.

Live is meant to be lived in the present. It's a journey. And the meaning is in exactly that... the journey... because it’s through every step, each time we fall, and through every accomplishment that we grow and thrive. It’s great feeling to plan things when you allow yourself to grow and flourish through every step of realizing your dreams... with real eyes.

In the moment is the only place that you truly have the potential to dream, giving yourself a place to build from, and a place to start. You can’t go from A-Z, without passing through the B’s, and the C’s, and even a few X, Y’s and Z or two.

There is no prize… nor an ending... only the present moment unfolding with all of the potential for everything that life has to offer, and yet as we speak, that is already gone… so what are you waiting for?

Take a bite!