"A man's life becomes what he thinks about.”
— Marcus Aurelius
So often our heads will get stuck on what’s lacking, what’s missing, what went wrong in the past and what might go wrong in the future.
In one sense it’s true.
Life is rarely ideal or perfect in terms of our ambitions, our expectations, our beliefs. There is always more, room to move, room to grow, room to make a difference and to get – and it’s important to be aware of what you want and where you’re heading.
But there’s an important rule of life:
What you focus on, grows.
If you focus and spend all your time and energy focussed on what’s missing, lacking, and wrong in your life … guess what?
That’s all you see.
What is wrong, missing, and lacking becomes your life.
The other very real truth is that you have so much, you just don’t see it. You can get so focussed on what you don’t have, you don’t see what you do. We all are extremely guilty for taking large chunks of our lives for granted.
When you focus on what you have and what is right, here and now, and how blessed you actually are, then that becomes not only an incredible source of contentment and fulfilment but a powerful foundation for getting more and rectifying what you see as wrong.
The hunt for more without the appreciation and enjoyment of what you already have is always a tough, hollow – even miserable – way to live.
Create your own meaning, your own foundation for life – and base this creation by seeing the good, the right, the blessings, what you do have. Don't let it be created and defined by chance or by falling into unconscious negative thinking.
What you focus on grows.