November 10, 2009

Are You Living on "Someday I'll"?   "There is anIslandfantasy A "Someday I'll," we'll never see When recession stops, inflation ceases Our mortgage is paid, our pay increases That Someday I'll where problems end Where every piece of mail is from a friend Where the children are sweet and already grown Where all the other nations can go it alone Where we all retire at forty-one Playing backgammon in the island sun Most unhappy people look to tomorrow To erase this day's hardship and sorrow They put happiness on "lay away" And struggle through a blue today But happiness cannot be sought It can't be earned, it can't be bought Life's most important revelation Is that the journey means more than the destination Happiness is where you are right now Pushing a pencil or pushing a plow Going to school or standing in line Watching and waiting, or tasting the wine If you live in the past you become senile If you live in the future you're on Someday I'll The fear of results is procrastination The joy of today is a celebration You can save, you can slave, trudging mile after mile But you'll never set foot on your Someday I'll When you've paid all your dues and put in your time Out of nowhere comes anotherMt.Everestto climb From this day forward make it your vow Take Someday I'll and make it your Now!"   By Denis Waitley, excerpted from Seeds of Greatness   Have you put your happiness on "lay away"?  Stop living on "Someday I'll" and start living NOW!     "Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."   "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."   "It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit."   "One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project."   Quotes by Denis Waitley       I've been guilty of living on "someday I'll".  Someday I'll be a star, someday I'll vacation inTahiti, someday I'll be a world-renowned speaker, someday I'll be a best-selling author, someday my phone will ring off the hook with opportunities of fame and fortune, someday this and someday that.  What am I waiting for?  Happiness is not meant to be put on "lay away"; it is meant for NOW.  And now it is.  Choose to be happy - where you are right now.   Have a fantastic week and take "someday I'll" and make it your Now.   Stephanie   P.S.  If you admit to never living on "someday I'll" I want to hear from you. I'll share your insights with my readers.     We grow by "word-of-email" so please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone whom you think might benefit from and enjoy it. Thanks so much! Contact Us: stephanie@7steps2abalancedlife.com