Ever stop and wonder what it is that keeps you going in this great, big world?
I think about that a lot.
1. Is it money? Money is a USA means to buy food for our hunger, provide us shelter for our warmth/relief and protection from harm. It allows us to educate ourselves, transport us around and allows the occasional things that makes us entertained, happy, and satiated in our addictions. After our stomachs are full, our body is clean, warm and safe, and we feel educated and entertained; are we really all that happy? Have we said "it is enough"? I don't know about you, but that doesn't fulfill my spirit like I want it to. There's always that bigger and better and warmer and nicer and tastier, etc that can be sought.
2. Is it success and recognition? Do we thrive when others tell us we did well on our project? Do we enjoy climbing up corporate ladder and seeing just how much we can grow in economic standing and respect amongst our peers?
Work is necessary and it is very rewarding if we can find achievement in our tasks, and go home from work feeling like we gave it our best and our best was good enough. Work doesn't fulfill my spirit like I want it to, though. There's always that dream I am wanting that doesn't quite fit what my path has lead me on, though I do receive comfort in what I do. God bless you if you would do your job and not get paid for it because you love it THAT much.
3. Is it family? Do you keep on keeping on because you know that your family needs you? You are the bread winner? You have 2 jobs so that the lights don't get turned off? You are staying at home so that your children can be taught by you and not by a society that may or may not share your values? Do you get your enjoyment solely from your family and that's all you need? Is family there for love and understanding and the occasional disagreement just to keep us from getting stagnant? Is "family" your blood relatives or those who share a mutual respect with you that feels like "family"? As much as I have enjoyed my 50 years of experience with my family they have not always been there for me, not in a negative way just because life is busy...ok, well my father .. yes .. that was negative. He had mental illness and did things to we kids that shouldn't have ever happened. As soon as our mother realized it...she made our environment safe again. I am blessed with solid family and friends I call family, but I need more for my spirit.
4. Is it peace and content feelings within your soul? For me yes! For when I can wake in the morning and feel safe with my environment, know that I have a job and a purpose to go out and seek, and have loved ones to come back home to and dreams yet to see come to fruition. Most importantly, to have a God above who loves me enough that he sent his ONLY Son to the world to show us how to live in peace and then died for us so that we could go to Heaven..wow! That's what it is for me...that is my content, my peace, my motivation!! I enjoy positive quotes, praying to our Lord, communing with other positive souls and helping others in this world. The joy for me comes from seeing YOU smile, the joy for me comes from YOU helping me smile. While in my search for peace, I ran across a very interesting book I'd like to introduce to you. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS by Don Miguel Ruiz. I felt like it spoke to me about what I have set out my whole life to be, see and believe.
*Are my words impeccable...
MY GOAL IS THAT I HAVE HIGH INTEGRITY, DAILY AND MOMENT BY MOMENT
*Am I taking things personal...
MY GOAL IS NOT TO, AND TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE
*Am I making assumptions in life...
MY GOAL IS TO LEARN SO THAT I KNOW THE TRUTH AND "...the truth shall set you (me) free"-John 8:32
