A great place to be
If you're unhappy with what you already have, then getting more is not going to make things better. Instead of fighting against what is, make full and loving use of it.
Instead of striving for what you think you lack, simply change your thinking. Realize that where you are is a great place to be.
Achievements and possessions will never make you happy. They can, however, serve as tangible expressions of the happiness you have chosen to create within yourself.
Do you feel that something is missing in your life? Most likely, the only thing really missing is your commitment to fully accept and live the abundance that is already there.
That abundance comes to you in the people, places, things, events and situations that flow through your life each day. The way to connect with it is through sincere and sustained gratitude.
Be truly thankful for it all, for the ups and the downs, the pleasures and the pains, the progress and the setbacks. Joyfully accept what is, and you'll surely find it is a great place to be.
-- Ralph Marston
Shanon sent me this link, The Fear of Falling, a little while ago - early May I think. I flick through it; but for some reasons didn't really translate the content in my head.
More recently, Chai (my colleague) talked about this glass cube (I'm talking ceiling, floor and walls) in Eureka Tower where you walk in there while it is blurry. Then, they'll flick a switch, you'll hear a crack sound and the glass will change from blurry to transparent. Geez - it sounded very cool!!! Then and there I made up my mind to go and check it out! :P
Then today I was going through some of my to-do list and this link was on the list - so thought I'd read the post properly this time. Ick!!! How annoying. If I had read through the post properly - I would have known about it first!!! :P hahahaha *Kia-Su*
Anyway, it's definitely on my places-to-visit-list.
PS: Found another interesting blog of a Melburnian - Metroblogging Melbourne. Check it out!
A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband.. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:
You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increases as the shopper ascends the flights.
The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.
Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and help with Housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the Sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor - there are NO men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opens a new Wives Store just across the street.
The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex and have money.
The third through sixth floors have never been visited.
... just let yourself fall.
Messing up.
It's what makes a person.
It's how we learn, where we find joy.
And the things you don't plan for are things you never see coming.
The thing about plans is they don't take into account the unexpected.
So when we're thrown a curve ball, we have to improvise.
Of course, some of us are better at it than others.
Some of us have to move on to plan B and make the best of it.
And sometimes what we want is exactly what we need, but sometimes what we need is a new plan.
