Something I am struggling with at the moment is both a lack of plans and also a willingness to let go of plans and ambitions that I have. I feel like we're really living day-to-day and a lot of time is going by wasted.
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
Part of the problem is I'm often seeing the stuff that we haven't done and not seeing the stuff that we have achieved.And part of it is just a lack of planning, routine and habits that are either non-existant or not serving us well. And part of the problem is having so much that I want to do and only so much time in which to do it.
And part of it is the feeling of frustration in the time that it is taking to address the behaviours and actions that need to change in order to get to where we want to be.
I feel stalled.
"The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears." - Samuel Johnson
This quote came through in my email recently and it struck a chord so I pasted it into this weeks post to explore. As I read it now I struggle to put my finger on what it is that speaks to me about it. I just know that my happiness right now is 'disturbed'. And I think it comes down to three things mentioned above. I know what my desires are- but perhaps I need to write them down to really clarify and solidify them for myself. I have an idea of my griefs but no idea as to how I can work through them. And I really don't know what my fears are.
I'm obviously going to have to think on all of this a little more because I'm keen for more great stories and I'm also keen to recognise the great stories that are already happening every single day.
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