Over the years my desires have definitely changed. In the past, I wanted to make more money, better cars, bigger home and material possessions. Now when I think of these things they are not as important.
Yes, of course I want to make more money. However, the trade is that I give up truly living.
I worked in the retail setting and worked hard. No matter how much or how hard I worked, it was not good enough. Politics ruled over hard work. In my last six years I was so miserable that my health was affected. The day I was demoted to make room for someone else was the best day of my life. My desires changed.
I began to find the way back to my true self. Things that I had not really done or experienced became important to me again. I got divorced soon after purchasing a home and moved into my mothers house. I started reading. Self help books, fiction, non-fiction and trade magazines. My desires had come back. I wanted to learn, to grow and to do a few things on my list.
I was me again. Not what someone else wanted me to be. My true self was alive. In my true self I found some old desires but also some new ones. There is no limit to what I can do.
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