Helping others become even better versions of themselves
The sand trickles through the timer
Grain after grain
Unstoppable
Mesmerising
Uncertain as to how long is left
We can watch each grain
Become anxious and coiled
Like a spring ready to ping
Maybe we can step away from the timer
Accept we don’t know how long is left
Maybe we can walk through the wheat fields
Run our hands through the tall wheat
Across the fields of dreams
Feeling the wind, the rain, the sun
Feeling alive
And no longer waiting for the final grain of sand to fall.
Sometimes in life, we want what we can’t have more than we want what we already have.
We overlook the amazing people in our lives, we overlook all that we already have and yearn for something we can’t have.
It becomes like an obsession, a thing we have to have.
Sometimes, we get the things we think we can’t and when we do, there is often a disappointment.
This is most often the case with material things, promotions, bigger cars, bigger houses, a new this or that.
We live in a house and think often about how much we can sell it for and how much money we’d make. We could just be happy that we have a house and live in it.
We could opt for not wanting, for having no expectations and for settle for life as it is.
That doesn’t stop us pursuing our dreams, in fact, the happier we are, the more likely we are to succeed in reaching our goals. The thing is constantly wanting things we don’t have is a drain, a distraction and is mainly about short-term gratification.
Life is as simple or as complicated as we choose to make it.
Philip Dodson 