Life Is Perfect

Life is perfect is a way of living for me. If I understand nthat I have the ability to create my life by the actions I ntake, then I understand that both the life I live today nand the life I will live tomorrow is perfect in that sense

Except when it is not.

Last week we had the flu bug. (Actually, the little sucker nis still hanging around!) Our five year old was having nsuch a hard time getting a breath that it hurt just to nwatch him. I have been able to lay in bed and on the ncouch for a couple or three days. Did the actions I take ncreate this in my life?

When you are not feeling your best, and things seem to nget out of control (as they sometimes do), then one begins nto question the strength of their beliefs.

Am I on the correct path? There are so many from which to nchoose! Will I really be able to reach my current goals?
Why does it sometimes seem so difficult? Do I really needn to write another article? Who is even reading them?

This is the place where I used to buckle up and get to nwork. I would remind myself that thoughts like these are nmy fears surfacing, and I must squash them before they ncan do me harm. Now, however, I think a little differently.

I am not afraid of my fears, and I do not treat them badly.
I accept them, let them surface and look at them very ncarefully.

Is there anything here I need to consider that I might be navoiding, or hiding from? Am I doing what I want to be ndoing according to my defined values and my definitions nof success?

I can also go back and review where I have come from, nand where I appear to be heading. Am I pleased with the nresults? Am I excited about the future? Am I excited about ntoday?

So, with all of that said - what about today?

I am going to take a bit of time, stand back and review. I nwill look back on what had been accomplished, congratulatenmyself, and be grateful for the help I have had. I will nlook ahead and reevaluate my plans, and ensure that they nare still right for me. I will take a deep breath and ncommit to the principles of values and my definitions of nsuccess to be absolutely sure I am doing everything in my npower so I have a... you guessed it... perfect life!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life nyou have imagined. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)