A married
woman tending her garden sees a plane go by and dreams of travel. The
traveling salesman on the plane sits next to an old man, which starts
him dreaming of retirement. The retired old man sitting across from a
young family yearns to be young again. The young mother is looking at
the teenager sitting in front of her and can’t wait for her toddler
to be self-sufficient. The teen is looking out the window at the
woman in her garden and wishes she was older so she could get married
and have her own garden.
We often
look away from where we are to the past, the future, or to what
someone else has that we think we might enjoy, instead of being where
we are in life. The grass isn’t any greener anywhere else. Life is
what you
experience. Enjoy your own life instead of wishing you were someone
else or in a different time in your life. Each part of your life will
be different from the others, but each is worth experiencing while it
is here. Whether you are young, old, single, married, traveling, or
being a homebody, appreciate it.
Lesson:
You
can’t enjoy life if you are wishing you were someone else
or
focusing on a different time in your life.
Exercise:
Become
aware when you are wishing you were in a different phase of your
life. This train of thought devalues where you are right now in life.
If you find yourself caught up in time
travel thinking, bring your
awareness back to the present. Begin to focus on gratitude and
appreciation for where you are right now in life.
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