A long-standing client once asked if I was happy. “Yes” I replied “100 percent happy!” Her reaction? “Oh, that’s very sad!” But, happiness is to be found within (where else would you expect to find it?) and just because I’m happy doesn’t mean that I don’t want to achieve more, that I don’t want more out of life. I said “want” but, actually, what I mean is “prefer”.

You see, generally speaking, we haven’t got a clue as to what we really want. And although a self-styled personal development “guru” recently told me that that is why most people are unhappy, how could the normal mind know what their heart really desires, when all the other normal people around them are judging their happiness in terms of how they compare to all the other normal people?

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This is a reminder for everyone who’s been working hard to live, including my self.

First I was dying to finish high school and start college.

And then I was dying to finish college and start working.

And then I was dying to marry and have children.

And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for school so i could return to work.

And then I was dying to retire.

And now, I am dying…

and suddenly I realize I forgot to live.

Please don’t let this happen to you. Appreciate your current situation and enjoy each day… old friend.

To make money we lose our health,
and then to restore our health we lose our money…
We live as if we’re going to die,
and we die as if we never lived.