What am I waiting for?
A new Year, A new decade and I have made a long list of things I want to do, be, have ..
Once I made the list I thought that I needed to make a 5-10 year plan for myself too.
An hour later I was on the phone with my brother discussing some plans and he said “ When we were in our 20’s and 30’s we had to plan ahead and think differently about our lives. But now in our 50’s lets plan for now and do what we really want to “
And that’s when the tube light went on!
“ WHAT AM I WAITING FOR ”
I should do what I want to now and stop waiting / procrastinating .. I am only being dishonest with myself by not doing what I want to do.
We always find some excuse , some story , some reason to procrastinate.
But the only person we are harming in this process is ourselves. We have this craving in our heart which is not fulfilled. If we cannot feel fulfilled then, how can we be totally and completely happy with ourselves?
As Dr. Wayne Dyer said “ Go for it now. The future is promised to no one “
I am not saying that we have to do everything we want to right now .. But if You can, then why not?
Often I hear myself saying – Ok let me wait .. I really want to do this, but let me wait till next year as there is quite a bit happening now. But there will always be quite a bit happening in our lives as that is what life is all about.
There are so many things we all feel we want to do, we want to feel, we want to have, we want to be. And the longer we wait, all we are doing is making the list longer.
Life is beautiful .. so let’s enjoy and cherish and stop waiting ..
Do you also find that all our lives have become busier over the years?
The years seem to be passing by faster?
There just don’t seem to be enough hours or days to do all that You want to?
And we try and juggle so many things in our lives ..in the bargain not giving importance to what we really want to do, say, be, have ..
So now, as I turn a year older soon, in my heart I have decided to take steps to start Living more in the Now.
Often we don’t share what we want to express to people. So I will start by saying A BIG THANK YOU to all of You who read my blogs and encourage me in the process to write and share more.
I want to have more discipline in my life for myself .. more balance and that You will read about in my next blog 🙂
Spending time in whichever way possible with friends and family is something I always do .. And now I have promised myself to make sure I spend quality time with myself too.
I have been thinking about going for a quiet retreat the last 3 years .( the last one was 3 years ago a 10 day Vipassana course ) I keep reading and researching all the different places. Today as I type this I have booked my flight, my retreat and am off the end of this month for a 7 day retreat.
Now that I think back – What was I waiting for?
Nothing in my life can change unless I decide to change it.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama
So I have decided to motivate myself and YES!! I do feel fantastic when I feel motivated.
Would You like to be motivated to?
Don’t wait till tomorrow .. Start today.
Today, take the first step towards doing , being, having, saying all that You have been wanting to.
Ask yourself, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Here’s to a Motivated New Day, New Year and a New Decade.