…That I am alive and well and on a holiday?
No I have not dropped off the face of the Earth.
The month of May was a busy one. That is not, by any means, a complaint. I am fortunate on my path to be afforded work that I do well and the appreciation for having done it from others and within myself. Granted… I don’t always enjoy the work as much as would like and GOD knows that I don’t always feel the appreciation (you know that, right, God?) But I am blessed in having realized through the past several years that I do not require the constant validation that I did in my younger years. My intentions and the understanding of the path that I am on has become the validation I seek. I am responsible and I am working towards a healthy dose of selflessness that will produce the proper result of work well done and the reward of having done it.
I am, however, very human, so the next stage of said path must always be in the awareness of weaker thoughts and actions and the practice of faith oriented tools that pull me out of the potholes my life produces and back on to the path that I am walking.
There are no real lessons without a bit of trudging. I am convinced, as much as I don’t want to admit it, that the periods of trudging are the most valuable of times in my growth as an individual and man amongst men. I am not better than others nor am I the best… but I am better than I have ever been and the best that I can be at any particular space in time. My life is about learning more, striving to be better as I continue and grow and acceptance of the mistakes and problems that occur along the way. Any solution oriented being with tools at their disposal will see a problem as a unique challenge and a chance to move out of comfort zones and build a better experience.
Does this all sound a bit like mumbo jumbo? Perhaps. But it is proving more and more to be the very foundation of how it is that I will find the happiness that I have always been seeking. And it is quite all right to admit that I continue to seek it even as the results of the program I practice produce the happiness in the moment.
I am happy as I write this. I see the blessings of my life. I am on a holiday in my favorite place on the Earth, it is a gorgeous and warm summers day, and I have friends to visit and spend time with and new friends and like minds to get to know. There really is nothing more that I can ask for. I get up in the morning and I ask for the day to be as it should be…. and the sense to do with that what is prescribed… with an attitude of solution and faith. At night I am grateful for the experiences, the lessons and the achievements. I review for what I have seen, learned and all the potential the day has unlocked.
Yesterday unlocked a new door, I feel that. Today will do the same.
I have missed my blog in the weeks passed. I am back and very happy to say that I will be working in the solution here for a long time to come. Have a wonderful day wherever you may be and remember to do the best that you can… with the right intentions even the mistakes and problems have meaning.
Be Happy. Be Well. Be.