Dining area by the lake - “I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.”We can't always have everything we want! One woman laments that she wants to be a bear. Actually, what she says is this:
"If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.
Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that, too.
If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.
If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. I could deal with that, too.
If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
Yup. I wanna be a bear."
We can't always have everything we want! One person said this:
"As a rule, man's a fool. When it's hot he wants it cool.
When it's cool he wants it hot, always wanting what is not."
Our age is characterized by the ability to get what we want, and the inability to want what we've got. It is characterized by discontentment.
In 1988, one woman won twenty-two million dollars in her state lottery. Her family and friends are gathered around her. The television lights are blazing. Even the network news is there. She was ecstatic. "This," the woman proclaimed, "is the happiest day of my life!"
But a mere five years later found her looking sullen. She was shown again on television shaking her head in disbelief. In a matter of a few short years, she went through a divorce, the alienation of her children, and an investment that turned sour. A judge had now garnished her lottery winnings for life. The closing scene showed the woman sitting on the steps of an apartment building in utter despair. She had won $22 million, but it was not enough to save her from unhappiness.
You have the ability to get what you want. You probably have everything you need to be completely satisfied. Do you also have the ability to want what you've got? Do you have peace of mind?
From Lifesupport.
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Great post! We really have so little control and often deceive ourselves about an imagined control in this life. Battling head and neck cancer has given a perspective about life that really has changed what life is about and the purpose one has in life.
It is complex to deal with mentally, but simple to apprehend from the heart. At the core is Love which is everlasting, whole and undefeatable. The more you give and receive love, the more understanding comes and the more one discovers our true nature, which is love.
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