What does your mind see into the future?
What do you ENVISION?
I talk of success and happiness an awful lot, but almost without exception, my mind ENVISIONS pain, challenges, hardship...
WHY?
Maybe life has taught me that you need to be ready for pain and loss, so I exercise my mind, and actually take great pride in my confidence to withstand any hardship.
I have envisioned my children dying before me, losing my job, getting run over by a car when running... NOT in a masochistic way, but my mind constantly envisions things going wrong to:
A) Find and fight for ways to avoid those scenarios.
B) Be ready when some of those eventualities, such as my own death, do come... and so that I may face them gracefully, courageously, deliberately...
But, WHAT THE HELL? REALLY?
Why doesn't my mind ENVISION happiness? Why don't I spend time SEEING happiness?
Walking on the beach without hurry... holding my wife's hand.
Sitting by the fire in a beautiful great room, with my children and grandchildren by my side.
Finishing an IRON MAN - strong and thrilled...
Reaching $100 Million with EMG, or reaching the first $10 MM with a brand new company that I created?
If I spent more time ENVISIONING my dreams instead of potential hardships, perhaps my moments would have greater harmony and less disharmony.
In my effort to constantly envision failure or pain to avoid it or be prepared for it, perhaps I am creating disharmony constantly along my path. Perhaps I am failing to celebrate and fully own all that I am and all that I have, because I am always leaning forward...
There is something really powerful here for me... and maybe for you...
I am strong. I will always be ready for whatever life hands me. I know that with certainty.
The question, really, is not whether I a survivor, but rather am I a thriver... am I a catalyst and a pillar for happiness in my own life...
The places my mind goes never scare me... but also, seldom inspire me. What a wasted opportunity.
I am going to work on ENVISIONING happiness... success... love... a beach house... sunsets, deep breaths and long walks... I am going to ENVISION my life as I intend to live it...
I want to take more pride in my ability to ENVISION JOY than I do in my ability to envision pain.
Where does your mind go... when you set it free?
ENVISION HARMONY,
Nestor