The myth of one singular event: I'll wake up one day and know...
May 05, 2022
People want to know how to be happy
They want to know their life purpose
They want to know when it’s their time to do their thing
As if one day, in one singular moment, it will come to them
They’ll wake up and they’ll know
Or they’ll take a short quiz
Or have a session with a life coach
Or sit in meditation
And it will be revealed
Intellectually they know this isn’t true
But they act like it is
Because they try things for a short period and the singular event doesn’t happen
They stop short when the real work is about to happen
And they say it isn’t working
Maybe deep inside they know what the wise ones have always said
That happiness is the path
Instead of desperation to make something happen (it only leads to more desperation, have you noticed?)
That life purpose is multiple, ongoing, and ever-changing
And the time to do your thing is now
Instead of after the kids have grown, or that project is over, or you get out of debt, or after your headache goes away
Because the world will always want as much of your time as you are willing to give and more
And you get to decide how much of it you’ll give
You start to feel purposeful when you become a better steward of your own time
And your ongoing, ever-changing life purposes have a common thread: to feel more like you
And when you fall, because we all do from time to time
You don’t have to break
You can bounce
Love, Savitree
