Tag: success

The fire of gratification

Posted on by philipdodson

The fire of gratification once lit is always hungry for more things to burn.

It’s a fire of addictions, not just drugs, alcohol, food, downloads, social media, but many more. There are many addictions in our world, all giving that instant hit of gratification. It is a short-term burn, a short-lived buzz, shallow and unfulfilling.

We will look back on our current times and reflect that the progress we thought ‘instant everything’ was, was not in fact progress, it was a regression. Having everything just a click away has removed the joy that slowly building something of meaning brings to us.

Deep versus shallow.

We need a to put out the fire of gratification and search for a slower burn, one that brings joy longer term.

It will pass

Posted on by philipdodson

Whenever we feel down, or things are not going our way, or someone is unkind to us, or whatever that is affecting us in a negative way, I am increasingly learning in life to let it go.

Sure the first reaction is to feel sorry for ourselves or perhaps blame bad luck or others. We feel sometimes that the current bad situation will last forever.

The moment we decide to let it go, to not worry about it, to place some perspective and to realise it will pass, it always does, that is when slowly, but surely, almost like magic, things start to go our way.

The moment we stop resistance in life, that is the moment that the skies clear, the gloom lifts and the universe works with us to guide us to things that we could not previously see in our doom and gloom.

There is an amazing life for us all if we choose.