When all is said and done - when you clear the clutter, quiet the chatter and ask quietly, "What do I really, really want?" - what do you desire?
To love life. To be so filled with wonder and awe and excitement that life feels exquisitely full and precious.
To be satisfied… and to feel excited for what is to come.
Why do we feel this so deeply? Because this is, in fact, our purpose: To love life. We are here to fall in love, for when we are in love, we are lighter, more accepting, more engaged, more loving. We are smarter, more insightful, more creative and better problem-solvers. We have better ideas, enjoy the doing and, when we are tired, it is that luscious "good tired" that comes from exerting great energy doing what we love.
So we go about trying to control life so that we might feel this way - the right job, the right partner, the right house, the right thought. "As soon as" becomes our mantra. But life gets in the way and "as soon as" seems to slip away over and over again. We keep bumping into other people trying to control circumstances in ways that don't match ours. We keep bumping into ourselves as the different parts of our life want different things - kids, partner, health, career, dreams, money… On and on the list goes, and there we are trying to "get it right" in every arena, so that we can finally feel good.
But loving life comes from loving life, not controlling life. A life filled with people and circumstances that we love comes from the practice of loving the people and circumstances of life. Crazy, I know! But when we allow ourselves to fall in love with life, to see and focus on all there is to love, and to even fall in love with our wanting, then the people and circumstances of our life seem to line up in a way that was never possible when we were trying to control it all.
This is the paradox and this is the power. Utterly satisfied with where we are… and eager for more.
I've been collecting snippets of interviews with joyful and successful people f0r the March 20th seminar, What Do I Want? How Do I Live It? As I do, I am amazed at how consistent this dynamic is. They all loved life when they were poor and unknown. They all are deeply curious and awe-struck by the journey. And they all are still eager for more.
Here's how it looks for me: I just can't wait to spend a day with a room full of people who want this. I can't wait to both inspire and experience that deep and profound wanting. I can't wait to see and feel the joy of discovery and that uncontainable energy of tuning in and turning on to possibility. I know how this changes lives and the thought of it alone inspires me and pulls me forward. This is the feeling that create worlds.
To love life. That is life.
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