Why are you where you are?
Monday, December 1, 2008 at 7:50AM Many people focus on where they are headed, the future, those things that have yet to happen. You may have a test coming up and you prepare. You mind may be on your next vacation, your goal of getting a promotion, of getting somewhere you want to go.
Human beings gain more knowledge during difficult experiences. Why you are where you are is not always obvious to your conscious mind, but you figure it out. You may assume you got to a meeting to take in what has been planned on an agenda, but the real reason if not what you assume. You may assume you stopped at a gas station to fill your tank, but you actually had to see an article in a paper. There you discovered an unforseen opportunity.
When you take a particular bus, you may actually do this because of a person you meet. That person may become your business partner, your spouse or, assumesome other meaningful role. Youa re not going to know exactly whay you are somewhere until later. Share a story of events that have unfolded for you.
Reader Comments (6)
You always make me think. You know, when I first was in recovery, I used to live in either the pain of the past--or in the fear of the future. One of the hardest things for me to learn to do was to live in the present--and not worry too much about what the future would hold (other than trying to do the right thing in the present, which makes it more likely that we will have a positive future experience). I learned a great deal from a job I had, working as a taxi driver--and one of the contracts we had were to drive developmentally disabled people from their group homes to work (or from the REACH center that helped them to live more independently). I learned so much from these people because they truly did live in the present. I would see them have an argument in the morning but in the afternoon, everything was fine--they didn't let their past disagreement harm their basic friendship.
People were surprised when I told them how much I learned from my REACH clients--but I really did learn such a valuable lesson.
Take care, friend--
Melinda
Oh dear Liara! This is such a fun way to live one's life. I can't really relate a specific incident here as there are so many they just merge into my whole life; it's the way I look at and live life.
I find this whole reality very exciting and freeing. It gives purpose to everything we do, everywhere we go, and everyone we meet. It's like the magical journey of Life. I picture all the souls moving toward me and all the soul I am moving toward, each to meet the other, all the events culminating to bring about learning and change and it is just wonderous and so profoundly magical that I feel like a happy kid.
The profoundity and ramifications of livng life this way are just staggering....and so reassuring. Timeless and infinite. Always held in safety and love.
Oh thank you for sharing this one.
Hugs,
Robin
On the Easter break, I noticed that there was a drama weekend course nearby and so I enrolled and attended..hoping that I would improve and that he would then notice me when I returned after the break.
When I got to the course, I found that he was conducting it :)
A month or so later, he rang a drama college and drove me down to London to attend an interview...I was successful. It was a major step in becoming a professional performer.
henry