Viruses in our life
Author: roseanne28 Apr
“Remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.”
— Horace
Today we hear of different viruses cropping up everywhere — colds, flus, even our computers can catch some. Well, I’m here to add a new one to your list: mental viruses.
These are very clever and are virtually undetectable. You may not even be aware that you have them right now. They start off looking very normal and quite innocent. And really, you often don’t even know you are experiencing one until it is too late…
Here’s how they work. You have a goal or a dream. You start on your path with the clear idea in mind of what your passions are and even though you may not know exactly how to get them, you keep on going forward finding a new clue on the road and moving along from there.
Then suddenly, a fantastic opportunity or idea crops up ahead. You know deep down it has nothing to do with your life purpose, your goals, your dreams. But it is something very inviting nonetheless. So you start exploring this new path. Perhaps this is the one you were supposed to be on all the time, you figure. I mean, it is so promising, so engaging. Yet — so distracting.
Time passes, and that virus has left you in the cold. You don’t know why you are there, you aren’t sure how to get back to the main road. And this road is turning into a dead end.
Keep on your true path and avoid the mental viruses that can lead you astray. They may seem like a quicker route to happiness, or abundance, or simply a pleasant diversion. However, they will end up taking you further from your destination and that is what you need to keep clearly in your view.
2 Responses for "Viruses in our life"
What if we considered for a moment the opposite point of view, that in essence our life does not have a purpose? Maybe we have been asking the wrong question. What if those of us who are healers simply enjoy being healers? What if we enjoy being the conduit of healing energy? What if those of us who are readers simply enjoy being readers and watching the spark of recognition come into the eyes of those people we read for? Aren’t inventors often driven to create a machine or a software that can do this, this and that more efficiently? They didn’t dream of doing this since they were babies. They simply see this as a puzzle to be solved, and they enjoy solving the puzzle. By now we are all familiar with the Edison story. Did he really try 2,000 different ways to invent a light bulb because that was his life’s purpose? Or was he simply challenged by this puzzle and he pursued it until he found a solution? When email was invented, was a person just trying to see if they could create a method to communicate more quickly than regular mail and cheaper than long distance phone calls? Or did they think of this as their life’s purpose? For those of us who are more metaphysical, perhaps we prefer to regard life as full of mysteries, rather than puzzles. When a singer or musician creates a beautiful new melody, are they just reveling in singing or humming this melody, or are they considering this to be their life’s purpose? Are all doctors doctors because they consider it their life’s purpose, or do some embrace the joy of solving puzzles, devising ways of keeping damaged hearts beating, when previous doctors said that it couldn’t be done? Are all architects and interior designers in those professions because they consider it their life’s purpose, or simply because they enjoy creating beautiful living spaces? Are some people great chefs because they consider it their life’s purpose? Or do they simply enjoy finding different ways to create with food? Yes, the sales of millions of books with this concept or phrase in their title seem to indicate that people have a hunger to discover their life’s purpose. But what if there is no purpose? What if some of us simply enjoy what we do and people pay us for that? Some of us get well known for that which we choose to do, and ultimately get paid more. The other night, the History Channel showed a special on Edgar Cayce. It mentioned that he did not charge set fees for his work, but simply accepted donations and that he did it because he was doing what he felt best doing. Could it be that each of us does not have a purpose that needs to be discovered? The evidence seems to be that we will be most happy if we simply focus on doing what we enjoy doing, and find a way to do more of that. There is no little vault somewhere that we open that tells us what we are supposed to be doing and what our life purpose is supposed to be, so there is no point looking for it. Instead of asking what our purpose is, perhaps we are better off asking how we can spend more of our time doing what it is that we really love to do.
Hi Dan,
Thanks for your viewpoint on life purpose. I agree with you that many people spend so much time trying to figure out “what” their life purpose is, that they miss out on the “doing”of life… And yes, doing what we love to do is usually a clear indicator that we are indeed living our life purpose.
In other situations, I see people who think they are truly on the path to their life purpose but it brings them no joy. And it is in those circumstances where I would call it a “virus” that has lead us astray.
I think it is a wonderful suggestion to simply live life and see what comes our way. Life is an adventure and as we have heard the expression before — it’s not the destination, but the journey that counts.
Thanks for sharing.
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