Ralph Waldo Emerson [1883-1882] famously wrote that "We are always getting ready to live but never living."
Instead of cherishing what is and being thankful for who we are and what we have, we spend our days endlessly getting ready to live: We get ready and we wait for something that may or may not happen.
[Having goals, dreams, and expectations is fine and dandy...
How about living now, figuring the details out as we go, day after day?
Coaching question of the day:
"What are you getting ready for?"
I think we are all, in some capacity, "guilty" of this.
Instead of cherishing what is and being thankful for who we are and what we have, we spend our days endlessly getting ready to live: We get ready and we wait for something that may or may not happen.
[Having goals, dreams, and expectations is fine and dandy...
as long as we keep living while we are pursuing them
instead of waiting for our life to "start" under better circumstances]
And yet we keep waiting and getting ready for something we believe will be what's necessary for us to start living our life to its fullest, at last: A dream job, the perfect body, lots of money, the "right" friends, validation and acceptance from relatives and strangers from the internet, the next exotic holiday or the next spacious home to move in to, success, fame, eternal youth, a love story like the ones in the movies, the end of a pandemic...
How about living now, figuring the details out as we go, day after day?
In the end, that's all we can do.
Coaching question of the day:
"What are you getting ready for?"
Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Quotes, Waiting, Savoring, Self-limiting beliefs, Time management, Thankfulness, Mindfulness, Being in the moment
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