Taking Things for Granted
Sadly it is part of the human condition. The poor dream of being rich and when they are they dream of something else. The illusive quest for happiness is many times reduced to nothing more than a mirage. It does not have to be a mirage but sadly many times it is.
Think of all the times you have reached your intended goals and then still fail to enjoy the moment. The satisfaction is temporal and fleeting.
It is the unquenchable thirst in us that causes us to relegate our dreams to the heap of dissatisfaction.
We need to make a conscious decision to appreciate and keep the fervor and delight alive, otherwise things become mundane and common place.
We are also part of the equation. We can choose to keep the excitement for those parts of life we hold dear, or we can become as wanderers in a desert in search of a non-existent Oasis.
We are both the problem and the solution. The answer is many times in ourselves. How we process the gifts life brings us. Do we place value on our wonderful gifts or do we reduce their value by forgetting to appreciate them.
Appreciation can be a valuable lesson for us if we heed the importance of it. What is it that holds our fancy when it comes to our dreams and longings? We are at the root of everything we experience and we are responsible for how much we enjoy or fail to enjoy. It comes down to how much we trully believe. The one who believes the most gets the prize. Believe this to be a priceless gift and it is. The problem is that to believe can take a lot. What we think matters. What we believe is important and powerful.
There is no panacea or one size fits all elixir. We all need to take an introspective look at how we appreciate the gifts in life.
Depending on how I look at things I can see my life today as rich beyond my dreams or as poor as my nightmares. Much of it is up to me. Not all, but a great deal is in my hands.
It many times is my choice and how I will look at things from this moment on. Will I quiet the noise that has been programmed into me by years of ignorance? My ignorance combined with the ignorance of others is a lethal and poisonous mixture.
Years of lessons bent on getting me to hate myself. Lessons that were passed on by society’s view of cross dressers as a whole have been deleterious to say the least. I have chosen to unlearn those lessons. Many times I do a pretty good job at house cleaning but they are so powerful that I have to dust from time to time because their effects have been so far reaching in my psyche that I could not even begin to fathom how deep they go.
I have chosen Joy and Love and that is my quest. It is also my wish for all of you.
Love yourself and Love others.