Less Is More...

Here's some news for you. You think Keshi has it all. You may think she gives credit to too many things that don't deserve it. You may think she finds joy in places that you won't usually even spend a minute. You may think she's got lots of time to dream and lots of things that you don't have. Well to be honest, she hasn't got many things that many others have. and her life is far from perfect..very far! There are things that I don't wish to tell you all about...cos it's best to go about life like it's my last and enjoy it to the fullest. What's the point dwelling on what cannot be changed. And who knows, my days could be numbered too! But then how come Keshi sounds so happy, confident and on top of the world all the time? That's cos she has one thing that many others don't have. Contentment with what she is AND what she isnt. I'm what I have and I'm also what I DON'T have. That's what makes me who I am. And that realisation is what keeps me content and not whinge about things that I don't have in life. I'm no Wonderwoman or some Superhero, but that realisation keeps me grounded in life. We all have terrible things happen to us in life, we all have unfulfilled wishes and probably even die without reaching them, but the difference is that I choose to bloom fully, even while standing in deep mud and total isolation. So have you got your priorities in life set straight too? Read on.



Does more 'Comforts' mean real Comfort?

I have a relative who's rich and continues trying to be richer. I have no probs with that..it's her life and it's her wish. But watching her trying desperately to make money puts me off big time! She's got many houses here in Aus and overseas, she's loaded way over what she 'needs', she's in her late 60s now and all her kids are well-settled in life too. So what more do you want in life? It seems some people's 'Wants' keep growing every single day until those Wants become their life. They keep seeking more and more 'comforts' in life that they forget to enjoy what they already have...and time passes them by, never to return. Every moment that passes you by is irreplaceable.


The other day a friend said this to me, 'Keshi I don't have a man yet and I don't even have my own house...I haven't done anything in life'. I was pretty peeved at what she said. Is that all my friend? I mean is that all your life lacks? Wow then you're life is quite grand. Now do you have to be married or own a house to have done 'something' in your life? Do you have to have what some others have to be 'comfortable' and 'content' in life?


Once I was at a funeral of a friend. She was unmarried. And guess what everyone was feeling sad about? That she died without getting married! Now is it Marriage that defines someone's life or gives that person's life some value? I don't get it. Any life is valuable without any additional statuses, assets etc added to it. Or else we would all have been born married and with things! Who knows, though she wasn't married, she may have had found happiness by other means in her life. Like being content with who she was, as a person. Why can't people realise that?


The comfortable Contentment
What is comfort to you? To me, my comfort is being myself...being content with whatever I have right now. Now I know everyone has dreams to achieve and that's ok...I'm not dissing them, cos there's got to be some aim in life. But to chase those dreams too fast, and to overly seek comfort in external things will never get you to true 'contentment. Cos, both true comfort and contentment lives within you. You're stuck with you all your life, not with others. Others and other things may come and go in your life, but it is you that you always have, until you die. So seek that comfort in YOU, and you shall always be content. In life you don't get everything that everyone else has...you have what some others don't have, just like they may have what you don't have. Everyone misses something in life, just like everyone has something special that others don't have.

The key is to be content with what you already have and can 'afford' to have. Work with what you've got. Having Less is actually having More...think about it...cos then you get to devote 'more' time and dedication to what you've already got, be it family, friends, career, yourself etc...and that adds to the Quality of life. If you're someone after Quantity, forget about reading this post. So, Having Less is More and chasing More is Less...


Question for you...
As a learning experience to be more comfortable and content with ourselves, I'd like each of you to list what you think you have been 'gifted' in life with...what you already have AND don't have that makes you YOU. Cos that's what you should find comfort in, be content with and be thankful for - cos that's what wouldn't change, that's what will most probably stay with you until you die. So tell me about the 'gifts' that you have been blessed in life with, and find your own comfort and contentment...the ultimate place to rest. It doesn't matter how many things you have in life, what matters is how much you enjoy the things you already have. After all we only bloom for a little while...so enjoy every 'moment' of your life for it's not gonna last forever.


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