What do you want out of Life? (I double dog dare you to
answer!!!)
Me? I want to embrace "IT" fully! I want to experience!!! Feel all emotions,
hear all sounds, see all colors and SMILE; I want to continuously smile (and laugh.) I
don't want to ever stop experiencing; I want to keep going and going and going...
Being able to truthfully answer the question took some inner
reflection, some journaling and a lot of time. I had the "correct"
answer--what others excepted to hear. The "dream" answer--what I thought I
wanted. Now, I don't care what others think. I don't care it's
not big enough, not detailed enough, not ________(fill in the blank) in other's minds. I am
driven to live it. I day dream about it. I long for it. I WANT it!
I spent many years just surviving, living day to day, wishing
things would be different. Life was like a chipped, glued-together chotchkie
sitting on the shelf collecting layers of dust. I did things, I explored, but
it was inside a protective bubble. I was guarded. I was afraid of getting hurt.
So, ya wanna know what??? I
am done "wishing and hoping and
thinking and praying planning, and dreaming, each night..." I'm
surrounding myself with fun; with happy; with joy, positiveness and giggles.
Oh baby, don't get me wrong, some days I have to work on my
attititude (or, to put another way, to not have an attitude.) On days when the truck and the dryer
both break down. Or days when I bonding a bit too much with the white rabbit running late
for an important date (while forgetting my coffee on the kitchen counter.) There are
even some days the hammer finds it's way through the drywall... (I'm not strong
enough to actually punch a hole-I need some help.) Some days smiling doesn't always come totally natural.
Mahatma Gandhi has said
"Be the change you want to see in the world." One interpretation of
this is that when you practice and take the
change to heart, to your soul, you start seeing it all around you. You see it in people and situations you wouldn't expect. Has it always been there?
For me, I want to live in a happy world. A
place where strangers great each other with a
warm "Hi." Where we look out for each other's interest. Where
we realize with are all common and all uniquely amazing.
I am committed to being that. To seeing those traits in
others. (Even if it means I'm living through
"rose colored glasses".) So, when my day sucks I going to --- Stop...
Breathe... Turn the music up LOUD... Dance... SMILE.
Eventually, after some good old fashion head banging I'm going to
remember what "It" really is about...
Embracing life... Smiling... Fun... Community and Success.
What is "It" about for you? Do you have an answer for "What
do you want out of life?" How can we help you discover it?
