THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER

 

“It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got.”

                                        Sheryl Crow

If only I had this, or if only I had that. Ambition can be a good thing.

Desire can be a good thing. Ambition and desire can lead us to where

we want to go, assuming we know where we want to go and that is

where we want to be. These things can also be a distraction or an

illusion. I will be happy if ..., I will be satisfied if... This conditional

happiness can be a trap. Not to be confused with legitimate goals.

The key is to love the process, love the journey, be happy in the

present and the path we are on. If we are always chasing rainbows

or walking towards horizons we will never get to or any closer to, we

will lose sight of the beauty we are standing in the middle of. The

grass is always greener where you water it. What we are surrounded

with. It is like wanting what you cannot have, that forbidden fruit, it

is because we can’t have it that we want it. We do not really need it.

We already got it. It is not about wanting what you cannot have, but

rather wanting what you already got and being thankful and grateful

for what we do have. Chasing the most can be rewarding if we love

the chase, but not if we are only doing the chasing because we want

the more, the greener grass.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: ENOUGH

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: ENOUGH:   “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”                                          Walt Whitman How much is enough? When is...

ENOUGH

 

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”

                                        Walt Whitman

How much is enough? When is enough? Be happy with what you

have. Do not be envious of what someone else has or what you do

not have. We may just find ourselves spending our whole lives chasing

“money” much to the detriment of our health and family. Then we

find ourselves spending our “money” trying to get back our health and

our family. How do we define enough? Because our house is paid

for, car is paid off, bank account is full, kid’s college will be paid and

there may even be $1,000,000 in the bank. Now what? If we define

enough by money, we may never have enough. But just as we are

not defined by what other people think we are, if we define enough

by always striving to serve and help other people, to make our world

a better place, then there is never enough. There is always someone

who can benefit from our help. Do it for the right reasons- purposes.

Help because that is what we do. Elevate others. Make our world a

better place for you being here.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: WEALTH

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: WEALTH:                                                                              “It is a wise man who does not grieve for things which he has n...

WEALTH

                                                             

“It is a wise man who does not grieve for things

which he has not but rejoices for what he has.”

                                        Epictetus

When we hear the word wealth we immediately think of money. How

much money does a wealthy person have? How much money do we

need? Yes, money makes for a better life, there is just no doubt about

that. We need to pay for a house, car, and other things we truly need.

Money is important when we seek money or use money for our own

right reasons. But wealth, what is true “wealth”? Wealth is having

someone to hug. Wealth is someone who has your back. Wealth is

the ability to make choices, freedom of choice, how we choose to see

what is before us. (Our choices are always in our control, no one can

take that away from us). Wealth is the privilege or ability to say no.

True wealth consists of sleeping through the night with no worries.

Looking in the mirror and knowing you have done the right thing, a

clear conscience. Never being jealous or thinking you want something

else or what someone else has. Being grateful. Staying in shape and

having physical energy and stamina. Wealth is a happy microbiome

and a good poop. Laughing often with friends. Laughing often by

yourself. Dancing in the rain. Listening to the birds. Wealth is not desiring

what you do not have. Wealth is wanting what you do have. Being

wealthy or happy is wanting everything you have. Being miserable is

constantly chasing more. Wanting something else. Desiring what you

cannot have or do not really need. Desire less, need less, crave less.

The more stuff you have the more problems you have. Yes, ambition

is good. This is not to be confused with complacency or laziness. We

must be pursuing or chasing our dreams for the right reasons not to

just get status symbols, fuel our ego or have something someone else

has or just to get “more stuff” to impress other people we probably

really don’t care about and may never see again anyway.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: SIMPLICITY

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: SIMPLICITY: “In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”                                          Henry Wa...

SIMPLICITY

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things,

the supreme excellence is simplicity.”

                                        Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Simplicity is the result of long challenging, demanding, hard work. The

simple life. Simple needs. Be happy with what you have and whatever

hand life deals you, and you always have a hand in what life deals

you. Whether it is how you view it: “this is good this happened to me

because I am the better for it.” How you live your day-to-day life of

values and virtues. Shape how others around you behave. Whatever

the nature of the universe puts on your plate or how well equipped

you are to deal with or accept whatever happens, make the most of

it. Simple. Simple. Simple in desires, wants and words. Happy is the

one who desires little, for it is easier to meet those needs. The chaos

and rush of life will lead to overwhelmingness. Be happy with what you

got and figure out how to make the most of what you got and at the

end of the day you always have you. Keep it simple stupid. Confusion,

complexity, ambiguity, exaggeration are all your enemies. More is less.

Less is more. Make the best use of what you have.

You can get the International bestseller The Shi*t I Wished I learned in College here:

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