You can convince yourself that life will be better

After you get married

Or after you had a child

Or even after you had that second child

 

Later you feel frustrated

Because they won’t leave the house fast enough

And you think life will be better

When they have started their own

 

You are convinced you will be happier

Once that step is reached

 

You think your life will be more fulfilling

When things start to get better for you

For your partner

When you have a powerful car

Or even when you will have that country house

When you will go on holidays to paradise

Or even when you will retire

 

The truth however is that there is no better moment

To be happy

Than right NOW

Than the present moment

 

Life will always be filled with projects

Targets, goals and deadlines

It is better to accept that for fact

And to decide to be happy now

 

For a long time I was looking

For the real start of my life

Yet all I met was barriers

Problems and roadblocks

An unfinished goal

A debt to be paid

Time not in hand

 

Until I became aware

That those barriers are part of life

And that there is no journey to ultimate happiness

The journey IS happiness

 

Every moment is special

Treat them that way

Then there are no more barriers

And happiness will be your life!!

(Adapted from a Flemish text – Author unknown)

(Patrick Mercie – 11-06-09)

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