We were listening to Tony Robbins again this morning and the above headline was something he said that he really didn't elaborate on. To me, the sentence has a lot of meaning. It means, "just because you don't get something right now, doesn't mean you are not going to get it at all...just that you are not getting it right now." Too many people take every little thing that happens to them (or doesn't happen to them) as if its the end of the world. It's not, Sometimes things just take time to develop.
Being patient is something we learn as children that many people seem to forget by the time they become an adult. Think about it, little babies may want to walk, but they need to wait until their legs develop enough to hold their weight and their sense of balance improves enough so that they don't fall constantly. Toddlers want to read, but they need to learn the alphabet first and understand how the letters can be placed together to represent sounds before they will be able to read. Moving along, children can't wait to become teenagers, and then to get their drivers license. Next, many people then seem to place a great emphasis on reaching the legal drinking age. None of these things happen overnight, and it is God's way of teaching us patience. Once we become adult, it seems nobody is content to wait any longer. Everyone seems to want instant gratification, It has gotten to the point where most people can tell you why they are not happy...or better yet, why they think they are not happy. Nine out of ten times it has something to do with possession. Not possession by a demon or something like that, but possession of some object or title. I see it all the time, someone gets really into a car and puts it on their want list. Next thing you know, they are striving to get that car and that is all they can talk about. Finally they get the car, and they go back to being glum. The glory isn't in the achieving of your obsession, but in the chase. I guess in the end, what I am trying to say is that we all have things that we strive for. We shouldn't tie in our happiness to only the achievement of that goal. Happiness will only be fleeting that way. Instead our goal should be happy while we pursue our goals. The achievement of that goal will then only make for another happy day! We all have things to be happy about. I try to be happy every day. While I can't say that I achieve that goal, I at least try. So should you. What makes you happy? Why? Can you be happy without that thing happening? I hope so. I try to find happiness within me, and the triggers for that happiness to be the small every day things so I can experience happiness over and over. Hugs from my daughters...a good cup of coffee... a joke among friends. All of these things make me happy. I try to avoid the things that make me unhappy as well. People who always complain, bills I can't pay off at the end of the month and a lack of time to do the things I want to do make me unhappy. Thus I try to avoid those things while increasing the time with things that make me happy. That's it for now.
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