Thursday, 9 February 2012

Instead of thinking who we are, let's just be


Why do we do the things we do? What gets us out of bed every day? What motivates us to get dressed and walk out the door every single day?
Why is it that some people are very organised while others are not? Why are we here?
I am full of questions today. So full of wanting to understand the why? But what I realise is there is no simple answer to any of these questions because we are all different. All here for many different reasons. Consequently we all have different motivations for why we do what we do.
Each one of us is driven by our heart’s desires even if we don’t quite know what that means. We are constantly striving to be where we are meant to be. Never satisfied that we are already there. Never really embracing the moment even though we tell ourselves we are present moment dwellers. Yet our minds are constantly flicking forward trying to glimpse what is yet to come. Or flashing back trying to rewrite what was.
Always at the centre of our drive is our quest for success. We are always trying to do more because we think in the end we will become more successful. And the irony of success is that it comes in many different guises so much so that we don’t even see it when it is right in front of our faces. Or if we attain the success we dreamt about or beyond what we dreamt about, we find it is still not enough and we raise the bar once again – looking for more.
Why is that? Have you ever wondered why? It seems a lot of us are facing the sobering reality that we cannot be successful at everything we do. In order to be successful in one area, by default, we are neglecting something along the way.
So I’m starting to believe that success cannot be measured by what we have achieved from a material perspective, status or what we do. Success can only be measured by how well we feel we are living our own lives, our own dreams, our way and our way only. Success comes from accepting who we are, where we are, and being grateful for every bit of our journey -  good and bad, darkness and light. Because every experience forms a part of who we are – shaping us.
So let’s all hold this quote near to our hearts, “The only obstacles to realising the truth of who you are is thinking who you are.” In other words, instead of thinking, let’s just be.

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