Ok. Maybe it doesn’t seem simple. It sounds simple enough. It’s a great idea, right? Yeah, be thankful. Blah, blah, blah. Are you where you want to be? It’s actually as simple as your choice. Yes, first you have to choose to want where you are. Then, you begin being where you dreamt of being.
Yes, being thankful is the key. However, it doesn’t mean that you choose to live in a situation that is challenging or depressing. I can live in a situation where I am surrounded by incompatible people, culture, food, climate, etc. I can be thankful to ‘be’ in that situation or any other. However, it is not the ideal. Being thankful doesn’t make me ignorant. I am aware that what I choose may be very different than what I am currently experiencing. Like I told my son, many moons ago. There are gnats to help us to appreciate the times when there are no gnats.
The traffic cones in life are just as gentle as the ones on the road. We can ignore them and run them over. Bulldozing on through.
The funny thing is, I sound like a salesman sometimes. The reality is far from it. I am not selling anything, just offering the free gift I have enjoyed. I am exactly where I wanted to be a few years ago when I really started focusing my thoughts on creating my experience. I am in a place that I could not even imagine when I was young.
The other day, my new wife and I bought a new set of pans. The very cheap and mismatched set that some single guy had was no longer sufficient. Once again, they were actually affordable. Well, the only complaint I had about them was the knobs on the lids. They were really short, making them hard to grab.
Being a fixer, I decided to change them. For immediate needs, I thought I would change one knob with a lid I already had. I found that they weren’t as simple to exchange as I thought. I had to put it back for the moment.
Being a guy, my finesse abandoned me for a second while I torqued the knob from the new lid back in its original place a bit too tight and the plastic just cracked, so the knob was no longer usable. This was my cue to visit my favorite hardware store and get a new knob. This new knob with a hand-selected screw that was a bit shorter and two washers cost me 45 cents.
Yes, I can live somewhere less agreeable. However, I can also live somewhere that is exactly what I have dreamt of for many years. I can be thankful for whatever I experience and thus have a more amazing experience than I ever imagined.
Five things I am thankful for today:
- Choice. The ability to choose what I experience.
- An awesome perfect inexplicable unpredictable Universe.
- My preciosa. The connection I was not sure I would ever find.
- Cool weather and sore muscles.
- Ursus, the gentle giant. My big baby boy.
Listening to: the popping and pinging of the tin roof under the sun and the shower heralding the forthcoming experience.
Questions, comments, rants are all welcome.
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