Wake Up to Your Life

Are you one of the many people who wake up in the morning thinking, "It wasn't supposed to be like this?" You had a plan. You had goals. There was a vision.

But now, here you are, miles away from even a vague resemblance of that picture. You ask yourself what went wrong, curse the heavens, and decide to give up on the dream of a happy life. Others seem to have known the secret, but perhaps you just weren't meant to have what you had for so long desired.

Well, you're wrong. Firstly, just because others seem to have easily reached their goals by now does not mean they have some magic formula to do so. Furthermore, what makes you think they have reached all their goals? Perhaps they are just as envious of your life as you are of theirs. Secondly, if that dream was so precious to you, you wouldn't be so quick to give it up. If you truly do care enough about it, you will work to eventually make it happen.

There is only so much you can control though. If something is meant to be, it will occur, but perhaps not on your time schedule. Yet, instead of waiting for it, live your life working towards it. Trust that whatever your life looks like now, you are always a work in progress. Enjoy each moment you are given for what it is, and let go of expectations of what it should be. You might just wake up one day and realize that what you do have is better than anything you could have imagined.