Friday’s thoughts
If we don’t have a time in our lives when we might learn to strive we are apt to lapse into an attitude the gives in and gives up. There must be some sense of striving in our lives.
If we live through our lives and never get to a stage of thriving we are apt to become so competitive and grasping our values become distorted and we are unhappy. Thriving means we are happy with what we have become and with what we have and our cup overflows. In the thriving stage we cannot help but reach out to others. We become generous and helpful and a positive influence in every aspect of our lives.
If we have an opportunity we can come to a stage in our lives when we are arriving. Not everyone evolves into this stage. I know about it because I have observed it. There are people who are so comfortable with their lives and so appreciative of what they have received that they are not afraid of death. They see death as a part of life; a fulfillment. They are not morbid about the future; they are filled with hope. They are not worried about what will happen next; they are expectant.
Striving, thriving, arriving: which stage are you in?
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Charles
