"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal."
anonymous
This is a good one for me today. When my life seems like its full of more obstacles then possibilities, I need to remember this. It’s hard when life seems against you to step back and gain perspective. It’s so easy to get wrapped up and forget that you have a choice about how things play out. You have a choice to see things the way you are seeing them. This is why meditation is so great because it forces you to sit still and quiet the mind. Only in a quiet mind will you find your way to a peaceful life. The idea that the more you do and the more you check off your list the closer you get to it, whatever it is, is a farce. You get to have some completion which is great but ultimately in the midst of anything and any tough time, to be able to find your center and know that what is before you is merely your path. Don’t get hooked on momentary set backs. It’s a process and the more you can smile through it and be unattached yet focused on your goal the more peaceful and purposeful you life will be.
I hearing my words and remembering. I think I took my eyes off my goal. I think I forgot what my goal is. I am grateful to this blog to help me remember. I hope it helps you to remember too.
It's easy to get caught up in the next "action item". The past year has brought me to a place of pointless lists of things that I have no passion for. Lists whose sole purpose is to keep me form seeking that passion and following it. I am lost in my space here and I am crying inside, full of regret and being haunted by decisions I've made that can't be undone. I've hidden from this blog, from your thoughts in a self defeating spiral. I commit today to reading through all of the posts and to letting the words really wash over me. I commit today to reconnecting with and seeing your light shine. I love you and miss you and I am sorry for being afraid to listen and to be heard.
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