ENDING OF 2013

As the end
of the year beckons, I have been doing my
review of the last twelve months and re-
Thinking  back at my 2013
goals as well as musing over events of the year.
I winced and laughed to myself as I looked over
my goals for the year and recalled how I
prayed, cried and did everything I could to
manifest some of my desires – and on more
than one occasion cursing karma and the Uni-verse for not giving me what I wanted.
The things always said, “You can’t
always get what you want, but if you try
sometimes, you might find you get what you
need.”
Most of us are familiar with this concept but it
really struck me the other day during my 2013
review to the point where I found myself
thanking the Uni-verse for at times not
answering my prayers and giving me what I deserved.
Desire is important – in fact it the basis and
foundation of all achievement – it serves as the
fuel and motivation to push forward to live the
lives we want.
But the problem can lie in the essence of our
desire. Sometimes our egos get in the way and
our desires do not serve our souls, our life’s
purpose or our greater good.
At times we can become so fixated on achieving
our goals that we don’t pause to see whether
we should indeed even be pursuing them. The
truth is that what we want isn’t always right
for us, and our desire doesn’t always come
from the right place.
Whether it is a relationship, job, or a possession
– sometimes we focus so much on getting what
we want that we lose sight of what underlies
that desire – and what it is about that thing,
person or goal that we really want, and,
importantly – whether it truly serves our best
interests.
It is easy to be blindsided by desires and the
subsequent pursuit of goals.  We see not
achieving our dreams or obtaining the object of
our desires as failure or a curse when it can
actually be a blessing because it wasn’t the
right time or right thing.
There have been so many occasions in my life
when I have spent time and energy pursuing
goals which were not ultimately in my best
interest.
Like many I am sure, I get fixated on obtaining
my desires, forgetting that in the time since
wanting something or committing to a goal
things have changed within my psyche, and
actually what I want doesn’t serve my greater
good, and, more often than not, isn’t what I
want after all. Or on occasion the timing isn’t
right and even if I got what I wanted I
wouldn’t actually be ready for it.
At last one of the lines I read on Facebook
"Maturity is knowing that new year doesn't gonna change anything in your life."
But I guess- "Maturity is also knowing things will not change until you are willing too".
Being optimistic and finger crossed - HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.