…That life is a treasure hunt?
You must always keep your mind open to understand and decipher the clues….
No life is perfect. I write about looking at the world through positive eyes but it is not always the easiest way to exist. There are days that I honestly must admit that I seem to feel more comfortable in the over-exaggerated and imaginative scenarios of doom and gloom that come from any number of sources… such as lack of communication, too much work, vague aches and pains or perhaps just a general burn out and desire to experience different facets of life before things wrap up. Let’s face it: everyone has bad days and bad moods.
One thing I have learned, however, is that the mood lasts about as long as I allow it to. If the pouting and crabbiness is feeling good then it is probably not going to be replaced by the more productive and better resulting positives until the light bulb goes off and the temporary dis-ease is placed aside. I have also proven to myself over and over that absolutely everything will pass… simply by having written in journals for so many years. The trick is to read back in the passages of the past and recognize that whatever might have been an issue is undoubtedly something you’ve since conquered and probably learned from as well. Life can sometimes have the appearance of being “worse” or perhaps feel a bit less than it used to be (one there is glamorization of any piece of a place one once was…) but the adventure of a life is to look at the path and recognize each and every step … good and bad… as a step in the right direction.
Even the steps that aren’t “right.”
One of my favorite shows for several years now is a reality program called The Amazing Race. It is a fast paced and clue-ladden time trial filled with two-member teams and all manner of puzzles, physical and mental feats and challenges that frustrate and push the contestants while racing around the world from city to glorious city.
It sounds like life, doesn’t it? Except for the city to city part?
Everyone looks for a purpose in their life. For some it becomes the continuous question. We try things and we determine that we want more. We try other things and we determine that we want different. For some it is kismet and the chosen relationships and careers are exactly where they belong. For me there have been many different “chapters” that lead to the place that I currently inhabit. Each chapter was colorful and provided its own set of challenges and lessons. Each chapter ended with a step down the path towards something new and “better” because of the progress made personally. Life is a classroom and I am a student.
But some chapters tend to last a little longer than others and I have found myself in a very long one. The internal struggle would be to ask myself whether or not it is necessary to be looking for a closing in order to start the next passage. Some people would kill for the familiarity and routine that I have had within the same home and job. But there are parts of me that feel that I am giving too much of myself to this chapter and not allowing for another to be given an opportunity. So, considering that we know that no chapter, no book, no situation … no life lasts forever, I look towards my familiar positives to pull myself back into the moment (in whatever chapter I am in) and use it as a tool for the growth within the chapter or towards the next.
If I sulk and fall into that comfortable negative space I will miss too much. There are treasures out there… challenges that provide results. Clues that will be missed if I am not paying attention. It is a world filled with reality… the original reality show. The only way for me to enjoy the space I am in and to proceed spectacularly into the next sentence, paragraph, page or book is to uncover the treasures that I am taking for granted day to day. YES, there are things that I aspire to be doing. Yes, there are things that I am doing that I aspire to be doing better… or more… but the fact remains that I am in the only chapter that I can be in. This is my life and it’s probably best that I make the best of it.
.. but I really wouldn’t mind being on the Amazing Race and travel around the world on adventures… and it doesn’t have to be the TV show. 
Be Happy. Be Well. Be.