It's All About The Journey
Joe's Coffee again. I am finding stopping here each evening is really helping me feel a sense of connection to my neighborhood that I have been missing since breaking my food lead to me being a bit of a shut in for a while. It's no Vincent's Ear, but it is one of the better coffee houses I have patronized.
Today was alright. I was up until six in the morning and ended up late for work because I slept through my alarm. I need to get a real alarm clock. My phone doesn't do a very reliable job. Fortunately it just meant a shorter day at work, which was nice. I volunteered to work on King Day to make up the lost hours, so no real loss. It isn't like I have anything going on Monday afternoon anyway.
I have been pretty happy lately. Not so much because I lack things that I am unhappy about. I have just found the serenity in myself to not fixate uselessly on the negatives in my life so much. I have been saying a lot lately that 2013 gave me a bunch of lemons so I made a big batch of lemonade and spiked it with vodka. I'm not going to tear myself up over things I have no power to change and I have been doing what I can to change the things I can affect in a positive manner. So the rest comes down to patience. I have more of that than most. I am not perfect, but I have my virtues.
I may not be moving mountains and redirecting rivers, but I am moving forward making my life bit by bit closer to the one that I always dreamed of. Maybe I won't get all the way there before I die, but that isn't the important part of having purpose. Destination is merely a waypoint to guide me when I begin to feel lost and the journey gets more scary than fun. I always know where I am trying to get to even if I'm not always sure how I'll get there.
Today was alright. I was up until six in the morning and ended up late for work because I slept through my alarm. I need to get a real alarm clock. My phone doesn't do a very reliable job. Fortunately it just meant a shorter day at work, which was nice. I volunteered to work on King Day to make up the lost hours, so no real loss. It isn't like I have anything going on Monday afternoon anyway.
I have been pretty happy lately. Not so much because I lack things that I am unhappy about. I have just found the serenity in myself to not fixate uselessly on the negatives in my life so much. I have been saying a lot lately that 2013 gave me a bunch of lemons so I made a big batch of lemonade and spiked it with vodka. I'm not going to tear myself up over things I have no power to change and I have been doing what I can to change the things I can affect in a positive manner. So the rest comes down to patience. I have more of that than most. I am not perfect, but I have my virtues.
I may not be moving mountains and redirecting rivers, but I am moving forward making my life bit by bit closer to the one that I always dreamed of. Maybe I won't get all the way there before I die, but that isn't the important part of having purpose. Destination is merely a waypoint to guide me when I begin to feel lost and the journey gets more scary than fun. I always know where I am trying to get to even if I'm not always sure how I'll get there.