LXXX (80) Grave

A reframe that I love is changing “why is this happening to me” to “this is happening for me.” And the why is something that we get to fill in. Dean Graziosi talks about success tax, that if you want to be really successful, there is a price that we have to pay, and it often comes in the form of a future tax. We pay now for success later, if we stick to the path. So roadblocks, rejections, good old-fashioned banana peels, are actually signs that we are on the right track, if we choose to look at things that way.

Or we can make a choice to stop, to turn away, to reject the call and give in to our doubts and fears. To accept the fate that somebody else has bestowed on us. But that way will only lead us on a downward spiral, so we might as well look up. Appreciate where we are right now. It’s called the present, because it’s a gift.

A little secret about me: I was told once, by a random person at a party, that I have one foot in the grave. And that was almost 20 years ago. I’m not nor have I ever been terminally ill, nor am I dissatisfied with life. Quite the opposite. I have no plans of leaving this plane anytime soon. One definition means close to death, and in a sense, that’s true. I partially exist in the spirit world. Life is the empty space between birth and death, that we fill with so many things. This is the journey that we’re all on. Lately I’ve been trying to remember to be in the moment more in my life, to meditate, to stop and smell the roses, and to practice gratitude. Because we only get one of these lifes. I mean, I think we experience many, but this one, each one, is unique. So let your unique life be the greatest it can be.