The topic of today's short article is
The gift of becoming
i've talked to a lot of peoples in my practice over the years, and some of the men that i've spoken with are extremely accomplished and successful many of them have amassed fortunes of career, have completed advanced degrees,
have a wife and children, and have established themselves socially in the network of human relations.
It's not uncommon for these same folks to tell me that the happiest days of their lives were when they were young, broke, single, and striving. That is they were happiest before all their success and achievement.
When they had a purpose, When they had a mission, When they had a vision of the future that they hadn't yet attained. This was when they were hustling and building and sacrificing and struggling.
They were in so many words in the process of becoming, and this happiness is the gift of becoming. This is a dirty little secret about people, they're generally happiest when they're in the process of becoming, not when they accomplish what they set out to become.
People are typically more fulfilled when they are struggling up a mountain than they are when they arrive at the summit. When folks are in the process of becoming they're hopeful for the future, focused in the present and motivated by their past.
They acquire meaning because meaning is generally associated with a renunciation a giving up rather than an accumulation showing up. Once you attain to that which you set out to become, then you just are and your work is to reap and maintain until you embark upon your next process of becoming.
If you're currently feeling unfulfilled in your life despite whatever accomplishments you've already accumulated, you might consider creating an opportunity for yourself to enter into a new process of becoming.