“The person who lives life fully, glowing with life’s
energy, is the person who lives a successful life.” ~Daisaku Ikeda
In everything we do, we seek happiness. Or at least what
we think will bring happiness.
But this goal can often get us into trouble. It’s how you
find yourself in a career that doesn’t represent you, consuming things lacking
real value, and living a life that misses its impact on the world.
Most of the things we think create happiness, don’t.
We get caught in a spiral and life suddenly becomes a
race to be won instead of a game to be played and enjoyed. Our focus on
‘success’ as society calls it, blurs our more important intangibles of life–our
relationships and experiences.
The fear (and sad reality for many) is that we wake up 30
years from now, stressed, unhealthy and unfulfilled, wondering what on earth
happened to those wonderful dreams we once dared to dream.
I’ll tell you what happened. We fell into the trap of
being what others felt we should be as opposed to who we were meant to be.
Other’s dreams became ours, only to realize they never mattered to us in the
first place. We adopted the world’s definition of success instead of
understanding and pursing our own.
Well there is good news. No matter when you wake up to
this reality, it is never too late to take a stand and travel down that fresh
path.
In all of my experience as a friend, writer, husband,
personal freedom coach and citizen of the world, there is nothing more
consistent with unhappiness than spending your time in a way that doesn’t serve
who you are. And to the contrary, there is no more profound source of
fulfillment and happiness than knowing you are traveling your own path and
making the dent in the world you know you’re capable of.
Thank You -Scott Dinsmore
In His Love
Leslene
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