Can we all agree that what we have been taught to strive for in the superficial world has left us feeling pretty empty, paranoid, greedy, and unhappy?
A shift happens when we stop looking outside, start looking within, and begin to ask ourselves honestly what it is that we are striving for and why.
We begin to see that what we are striving for is not wealth, success, popularity or money. It is FREEDOM, HAPPINESS, SECURITY, and RESPECT.
We want what we want because we think we will feel better in the having of it.
“Once I make enough money, I’ll be happy and feel secure”
“Once I prove my worth to others, I will feel included and important”
“Once I get my body down to a certain size, I will feel better about myself”
“Once I get that promotion, I will feel like I’ve made it”
All we are really striving for is to feel good – and we’ve been conditioned to believe that these external things will achieve that, when it so rarely does.
The wonderful news is that even if your outer circumstances haven’t changed (yet), when you begin to live from a place of LOVE, GRATITUDE, and HUMILITY, those things will come, and with a lot less effort.
You’ll soon realize it wasn’t the size 2, or the promotion, or the acceptance that you were needing to feel better – you just needed to FEEL BETTER… period. What’s even better is you will have enjoyed yourself along the way and your level of fulfillment will be greater than you could’ve ever imagined.
Talk about living with purpose!
