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“You must cultivate activities that you love. You must discover work that you do, not for its utility, but for itself, whether it succeeds or not, whether you are praised for it or not, whether you are loved and rewarded for it or not, whether people know about it and are grateful to you for it or not. How many activities can you count in your life that you engage in simply because they delight you and grip your soul? Find them out, cultivate them, for they are your passport to freedom and to love.”
~ Anthony de Mello, as seen on James Clear’s site, https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/november-9-2023
Greetings all!
How often do we hear or say ourselves “The grass is always greener on the other side”?
Fun
fact: This phrase is often attributed to the Roman poet Ovid, who wrote,
"The harvest is always richer in another man's field". What is not so
much fun is that we are not on that other side, so why focus on the HAVE-NOT?
Recently I received an email from Reid Tracy, the CEO of Hay House, and I definitely love this outlook better!
Reid says, “I’ve always loved the quote “The grass is greener where you water it.”
Funny enough, I heard it from a professional football player who was being
asked whether he was going to be switching teams, and whether he felt that the
grass was greener on the other side of the fence.
I really love the idea that you don’t have to go anywhere to make things
better; you just have to put effort into making things better where you are.
It’s so easy to look at a situation from the outside and think, “that
person has it better,” and the only solution is to move in the same
direction and try to achieve or get what they have. But the truth is, their
success is likely a result of their actions, not simply because they are in a
different place.
I know I’ve done that before while working here at Hay House. For example, I’ve
attributed the success of other companies to better circumstances, not because
they worked hard to nourish it.
And of course, I have also done this on a personal level (as I think many of us
have). I’ve found myself feeling envious of someone else’s situation, not
realizing they probably put in a lot of effort to get to where they are. Again,
they took the time to water the grass.
So this week, I challenge you to think of some things in your life that you
want to improve, and take at least one small step towards achieving your goals.
Of course, it may take more than a week to see the result you want (this week,
you're just "watering" it), but hopefully you will see some progress.”
What did you think? Drop me a line! And in the meantime, have a great week and remember to water your grass!
“And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.”
~ Mark Anthony
Source
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