Are You Just Drifting Through Life?
If You Feel Like You're Drifring Through Life, Then You're Wasting IT.
Are You just drifting through LIFE?
The question I ask many people is:
What do You want?
Often when I ask this question I get this blank stare and then some people would answer what do you mean?
I then ask the same question again
What do YOU want?
followed with.....
What do You want out of Your LIFE?
The stare becomes more bewildering.
Many people that I ask this question will say "you know I have never really thought about that"
They just flow through life. Getting up, going to work, looking after loved ones, going to sleep and repeat.
Never really having the time to sit and think. Too busing going through the motions.
This brings me back to the quote of drifting through life. If you do not know what you want then what are you really doing with your life?
I personally do not believe that many people don't know what they want out of their lives. I actually think that many people are afraid to say what they want.
Why?
Because they may feel that if they say it out loud or share it with an another person, something will happen.
YES it will
You will cause something to happen.
You will then feel the need to act.
Cause and effect
Action and reaction
Remembering the times when you dared to dream and you didn't think how you were going to get there you just knew that is what you wanted for your life.
You will remember how it made you feel inside.
Then somewhere down the line other things got in the way of that dream and then it got smaller and smaller until you can't even remember the last time you even thought about it.
Or you started to think your dreams were silly and not possible.
Well they are not silly or impossible - THEY ARE VERY POSSIBLE
You are reading this for a reason
It is time to start making it happen
You are in the right space to start the process
You are in the right space to make it happen
Start working on your impossible because ANYTHING is Possible if your put your focus on it.
Making it happen in 2019
The choice is yours, You can either continue doing what you are doing and keep getting what you have got.
Or
You can do something different to get different results.
Making it happen starts today.
Oh but I haven't got the time
People always find time for things that are important to them. A year is a year.
Here is a short story
I was once at a funeral and the heard this that I am going to share with you because I have never forgotten it.
On a headstone there are two dates, the date the person was born and the date that the person died.
It looks something like this. 1st January 1901 - 1st of January 1998
The important part is the - (the dash)
Why?
Because the dash represents the life of the person. What that person did or accomplished in their life.
What are you going to do in your dash?
So it goes back to my question.
What do you want?
Thank you for reading
Jennifer
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Recent Comments
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Nice post.
Some people are afraid to know what
they want, that's right.
As you make clear to us, we must not be afraid to succeed!
The worst that can happen is to be happier or
fail and start again.
Don't be afraid to follow our own path, misfortune is
so easy to catch, while we have to fight to catch our happiness.
What a reward when we finally get there!
Thanks for sharing
Ingrid
Thank you Ingrid for your comment and support much appreciated
Yes I agree that we should stay true to what makes us happy.
If we fall we can always get up
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
Good ideas here, Jennifer. It reminds me of a workshop I attended some time ago, connected with a company I worked for. They gave a two-day required workshop on discovering your purpose in life. It was very beneficial, because it gave us an understanding of our direction and our role, going forward.
It doesn't hurt to take some time to try to put your feelings about your purpose down on paper. Then your goals can aim you in that direction.
Thank you Fran for your comment / feedback and support I really appreciate it.
Yes the good old pen and paper, One of the best inventions.
You have shared a really good point there.
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
Great post! I was asking myself the same question a couple of months ago. So I joined WA and will focus on my goal!
Thank you Anh-Tu for your comment and support much appreciated.
Congratulations to you for finding your answer.
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
Thank you Ibrahim for your comment and support much appreciated.
Making it happen in 2019 is a must
All the best
Jennifer
Great post, Jennifer. I'm all about self-improvement and motivation, so this is right up my ally. EVERY SINGLE DAY i remind myself that a dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work...
Thank you Koda for you comment and support much appreciated.
Yes I agree that we do have to continually remind ourselves, so that we stay on track.
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
I'm so excited about my life and what's going on and what's going on right now with the dogs? Is the teacher going to tell you that your story is with your story and your dreams and does not mean much to his or her students? You do not always have to take the test as you know it is hard to understand, but I'm just trying to help the students so much more than I do not know how easy it is to write a lot of writing in English. Thank you so much for my brother
This also reminds me of something I read this morning that if you don't spend your time building your dream, then someone will hire you to build theirs. Good job! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Lenzo for your comment / feedback and support much appreciated.
Yes I have also read that quote it is very fitting to this post.
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
I do so LOVE this!
The 'dash'.... WoW!
You knocked it out of the park with this one!!
Thank You for the thought provoking message.
Shaunna
Thank you Shaunna for you comment and support much appreciated.
Yes the 'dash' make me really think about my life.
Glad that you found it thought provoking. Job done. lol
Making it happen in 2019. YAY
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
Hello Jennifer, great blog. I remember also hearing at a funeral the question “what is your dash.”
Thank you Harvey for your comment and support much appreciated.
Yes I have heard a good few times now and it really sits with me.
Making it happen in 2019. YAY
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
The same to you and your family Jennifer, merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Great post, Jennifer. Life is too short to live a drifting life. A big hug to those who are serious with their lives and they know that each step, no matter how small, will lead to something great. Good day.
Joseph.
Thank you Joseph for your comment / feedback and support much appreciated.
Yes every step is important no matter how small. A step forward is a step forward.
Making it happen in 2019. YAY
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer
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What's hard in pursuing one's dream is the fear of the unknown, the fear of getting out of one's comfort zone, the fear of trying something new.
All of these can be fought head-on through an ATTITUDE MAKE-OVER!
I'm in the process of that Attitude Make Over by instilling to my self this quote:
Negativity is your great enemy; Positivity is your great friend!
Thanks for this wonderful post Jennifer!😀
Cheers!
Jhie
Thank you Jhie for your comment / feedback and support I really appreciate it.
Love the quote. and the ATTITUDE MAKE-OVER
Heres to making it happen in 2019
All the best
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year
Jennifer