So much of our angst comes from wanting more...
So much of our disharmony and our discontent comes from our desire and expectation for more...
And, at the same time, so much of our drive and our desire and our hope comes from wanting those same things...
Is it wrong to want for more?
Is it wrong to want for better?
I think both of those are fundamental human reactions, desires, behaviors...
And, every enterprise in America is fueling and speaking to your desire for more (and most often MORE of what you don't need... more beer, more burgers, more spending, more, more, more...)
So, two thoughts on this cloudy Monday to keep myself focused and in harmony...
1. FOCUS ON ACHIEVING BETTER, NOT MORE...
Better tends to make me think more about performance, about mindset, about behavior, about life... MORE tends to make me think more about things...
2. And, second, stay focused on achieving BETTER... TODAY!
When I start to think or more or better in totality, it quickly if not immediately becomes overwhelming.
So much to learn, so much to improve on, so much to resolve, so much to do...
I think it is a delicate balance and in some ways a subtle point.
It is our DESIRE for better that fuels us and inspires us, and yet it is our desire for more that frustrates us.
It is our DESIRE for MORE from LIFE in the absolute that makes our efforts and our progress and our success feel so inconsequential, so minimal, so meaningless... And, yet, it is our ABILITY to take some step toward being BETTER TODAY that makes us smile, that fills our hearts and our sails... that gives us the confidence and that makes today worthwhile and tomorrow possible...
Whatever it is that you desire, dream about, WANT for... don't judge it... embrace it...
Don't define it as SOMETHING you don't have today, but as a better version of the life you are living. Don't look at your life today as DEFICIENT of it, but rather as able to improve upon it...
Don't WISH you had it, WANT to accomplish it.
It's not wrong to want for more. It's just better to want for better... and your only ability to achieve it... is to act on it today.
It's Monday... everything is possible...
in harmony,
Nestor