Be content with what you have;
Rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
The whole world belongs to you.
– Lao Tzu
When I first saw this I was drawn into the photo. Thoughts of “the road less travelled” and what the mountains look like after a summer rain and curiosity about what’s behind the bend, filtered through my brain. I’m a very visual person – reading the text was secondary.
Then I read it.
HELLO!
Isn’t it amazing how some people can just sum it up in a brief, few short lines? I’ve never been able to do that. I’m wordy. My sons don’t even listen to my voicemail messages anymore. They just see that I’ve called and phone back.
(Of course if they would LISTEN to the message, they could call me back with the answer in hand and save me a lot of explaining but oh well . . . youth!) Back to my point . . .
I have a very difficult time in rejoicing in the way things are. I’m content with the things I have, no problems there. But the way things are? Not so much. I believe that is a harder one for me to achieve. Most especially the way things are that I have NO control over. I’m NOT a control freak, but when things happen to me that I have no control over? My world shifts and I lose my balance.
I don’t like losing my balance.
. . . When you realize there is nothing lacking,
The whole world belongs to you.
This one is going to be difficult because I’m one of those people that can look at a situation and definitely see what’s “lacking”. I vow that this year I will try to head around the corner in that photo above and find that world that belongs to me.
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