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Maybe you are using a desire you
can't fulfill to distract you from truly engaging the blessings you
already have. When it comes to the things we want, there
always seems to be an endless list. No matter how many times we get something
off that list, we add new things to replace it. In life, this drama of
wanting and getting and wanting is all part of the dance. The things we want
motivate us to get up and get them. And yet, at the same time, we can torment
ourselves with our desires, especially when we want something we can’t have
or can’t find. It is in cases like these that it might be fruitful to
entertain the idea that maybe what you really want is right in front of you.
Maybe you are using this desire that you can’t fulfill to distract you from
truly engaging the blessings you already have. It may seem like that doesn’t
make sense, yet we do it all the time. It may be easier to see this in other
people than to see it in ourselves. We have all heard our friends wishing
they were more this or less that, and looking at them, we see clearly that
they are everything they are wishing they were. We know people who have
wonderful partners and yet envy yours. We wish we could give these people a
look at their situations from our perspective, so they could see that what
they really want is right in front of them. It’s not too far-fetched to consider that
we might be victims of the same folly. It can be scary to have what we want.
We get caught up in the chase and forget to enjoy the beauty right in front
of us — like a child who never wants the toy she has in her hand but always
the one just out of her reach. Take a moment today to consider the many
things you are holding in the palm of your hand and how you might best
appreciate and delight in them. |
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