I need to reach the next stage of my development before I can be happy.

I need to reach the next stage of my development before I can be happy.

Is this true? Yes.

Can you absolutely know, 100%, that this is true? No.

How do you act when you believe this thought?

Constricted, tight, worried, rushed, always in a hurry, impatient. I’m unkind to others that I perceive to be standing in my way of happiness; of my next stage of development. I’m rigid, unsympathetic, unempathetic; did I mention unkind.

Can you see a reason to drop this thought? (And please don’t try to drop it.) Yes.

Can you think of a stress free reason to keep this thought? No.

Who would you be if you didn’t believe this thought?

I’d be fluid, happy. I’d be more able to see my path, and the next steps of achievement, i’d be free from the constrictive weight. I’d be free in general. I’d be able to be happy, and content, and to enjoy the journey whilst i’m on the journey.

That’s right, life is what happens when we’re on the path to our goals. I’ve been holding too tightly to the idea of my goal. We never reach our goals, like the paths of the forest; our path might wind and bend, and we may get disillusioned, disenfranchised, dissatisfied. We may just get lost, unable to grasp direction from our perspective. The leaves and branches all look the same sometimes. The moss grows on the north side of trees.

I may take a different path, and then my goal, evolves and changes.

Turn it around.

I don’t need to reach the next stage of my development to be happy. I am willing to not reach the next stage of my development, I look forward to not reaching the next stage of my development. Because it leads me to The Work.

~inspired by The Work by Byron Katie~

Thank you, and blessings.