If you can’t live with pain. If you can’t live with boredom. If you can’t live with failure and disappointment. If you can’t live with repetition and rejection.
Then you will not be ready to embrace the opposite.
You will not be ready to embrace life at all.
When a dream fades, there are two types of pain to deal with.
One comes from the loss of the dream itself.
One comes from the lack of space – energy, time, emotions, thoughts – needed for another dream to come replace the first one.
I find the second one more difficult to figure out and deal with.
There are a few things that are always good for your mind and body.
Exercising.
Meditating.
Eating healthy,
Cooking your own food.
Sleeping.
Taking regular breaks throughout the day.
Keeping a journal.
Yet, we always find excuses not to get to them. Time is important, even more important is what we do with it.
Some flames burn fast. They are powerful, fiery, exciting. And when they are gone, what’s left is pitch black.
Some flames burn slow. They are steady, warm, comforting. And when they are gone, what’s left is a halo.
You’ll experience both in your life. And it’s important to know what to expect in return.
There’s a difference between doing something because it’s what makes most sense, here and now, and doing the same thing because the opposite makes you feel sad, scared, uncomfortable.
Being with someone because you enjoy their company instead of being with someone because you dread being alone.
Being in a job because it’s what better serves your purpose instead of being in a job because you need to pay the bills.
Going out every evening because that’s how you feel you are contributing to your well being instead of going out every evening because that’s what everyone else does.
Intention is the difference. And we can all benefit from claiming some of it over our actions.
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