To me, the quote above speaks of the need for motivation, ownership, discipline and effort.
Feeling "trapped or locked" in my life is anathema to me - life is supposed to be something amazing, fulfilling and meaningful, not to mention happy and enjoyable, and so I refuse to be a passenger, or worse still, sit in place, inactive and ineffective in respect of designing and creating my life my way.
I live in the present, I enjoy it and have a pretty great life but that's because of what I did before the present came around - I've planned for a good life and a good future and still do. Sure, I don't know what's around the corner; I could die anytime but if I don't plan for a future, when it comes, it'd not be a very good one. I know this because I'm currently living a future (my present) which I planned for in the past "and it's a legit present."
I feel like I'm looking through a window, metaphorically speaking, and into my future when I plan for the things I want, places I want to go, who I want to be, how I want to grow and develop, whom I want around me and so on. In the present, it's what I see through that window and what I do about it that matters...or will matter when that future comes.
Having vision, the vision to see one's future and oneself within that future, is a critically important step in designing and creating a meaningful, happy and fulfilled life. What about you?
What do you see "through your window" and what's in place to move yourself to it and to that meaningful and fulfilled life you want? (Assuming you want a meaningful and fulfilled life of course.)
Feel free to comment below with how you perceive your future, what it may hold for you, how you will attain those things, what are the roadblocks and how are you going to work around those roadblocks. Maybe explain what you did on the past to deliver a better present. Or explain why you're happy to remain trapped or locked in your current reality and why you fail to plan ahead.
Design and create your ideal life, tomorrow isn't promised - galenkp
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When I'm watching the window I only see the future, well the planned one, my mind always thinks works towards that I can't help it, I know the present is important but the planning side of me is stronger... I see the target and all possible towards leading to it, not mutual, but interchangeable... Sometimes in the past life happened and fucked up everything, for example when wife became pregnant a couple months before the fixed work contract, when that fucked up the plans I made quickly a new plan, holding the best ways possible with limited finances until a new work for her would start a couple years later
I think, looking forward, seeing the goals and making plans to get them, can help to mitigate the effects of the unexpected and even bad aspects of life. Having a vision and goals will always trump not having them.
This is called visualisation and without it there is no future, if it can be seen in images or designed in mental images a future can be achieved. The second step is action, if this is not done it will remain just an image and nothing more.
My past was black, very black, until I became aware of it and decided to change it. If I didn't it was going to be a cyclical life. I design my mental images such as living in a house, not too big but comfortable with a view to nature, a quiet life, working until my body can't, always working on what I like, because I don't allow myself to be doing nothing. But to work at what I like. But a detail, dreams and images should not be counted, the big dreams and projects. I work on them every day!
I'm glad you mentioned action, because "seeing" the desired outcome won't ever make it happen without action.
It never will, without acting accordingly there are no results, standing idly by brings nothing at all, only emptiness.
Indeed.
Every time I try to move on to the next chapter...
Every time! Another road block...
My best laid plans were blown up many years ago. And the contingency plan B, C & D were also. But onward I go. Looking for another bridge to cross.
Untill the wheels fall off. I will keep on truckin'.
This last one is a real life true story. I actually did this very thing when I was young and dumb. Current situation... Old and Dumb.
Lol...I would pay money to see you replicate the last gif right fucken now!
I still got the bent crooked bottom teeth and scar from a hole clean thru my bottom lip. Broke my nose. Still crooked too. When I face planted that was not bad enough. I managed to not smack my face on the ground. But when I turned my head. The bicycle jackknifed like a big rig. The back wheel of the bike came down sideways on top of me and the bolt holding the rear tire on hit me right in the face.
I wanna see the ending of that one...
Haha, yeah it's be interesting to see how this kid ended up after face planting in fire. I guess someone saw it, just not us.
I've face planted a few times as a kid and always gave off second best to the ground. I survived though, barely.
My window is a bit foggy right now as I contemplate what the next steps for my life will be. I've already mentioned enough times that I will be able to retire soon. I'm still not sure what that will look like.
Keep looking (and thinking), the way it'll look will reveal itself. It's those that don't look who end up in a world of hurt.
Thank you for that.