Dreaming of the future……
A lot of times humans get caught up in thoughts about the future. What it should look like, how things will work out, who will be there and how will we make it all happen. We want to skip ahead to the ending, to the place where we have everything that we think will make us happy. We think our brain can predict what awaits us “there” and “there” always looks better than “here.”
We fantasize about the house we’ll have or the lifestyle we’ll live without actually having a way to make it happen. Our brain sees the end result and blurs out the steps it will take to make the dream a reality. It gives it to us in a nice story wrapped in a bow with nothing real inside.
Sometimes this is a fun activity for the brain. A way to pass the time but not really make anything happen. It’s easy for the brain, it can’t see the lines of fantasy vs. reality and only sees the picture of everything already done.
Thinking is not doing, but to the brain thinking is good enough. You see, it can't tell the difference between thinking and doing. It will keep giving you the same future story over and over. It shows you the end and how it thinks the future should look but ask it how to get there and it can't really see that step so it gives you more dead-end thinking.
Sometimes we must gently call the brain’s attention away from its made up future stories and have it look at the here and now. Here and now is all we ever have. That's what I call the "Middle". We are always in the middle. Right here in the middle of LIFE. There's no real tangible "future". Any idea of the future that you have is pure fantasy. Right here in the Middle is where all the creation happens. Things happen when the brain calms down with all of its storytelling. It takes a break for a minute and that leaves an opening for a new thought to enter. This is where you may get a glimpse of Wisdom and the next logical step to take you closer to what you want. In the Middle is where life is being lived. It’s the journey and the DOING that will make your dreams a reality.
Then the mind will slip into fantasy again. It's ok, it's a great and entertaining storyteller.
All of a sudden we are back in the moment. Something else pulls us and calls us one step closer to our dream. The middle is the important piece. We might really "SEE " that the Middle is all that you get and all that you’ll ever have. The fantasy looks enticing but the middle looks like where the actual work gets done. Now it doesn't seem so scary. The work you do here is actually creative and fullfilling.
Focus on what’s right in front of you and create the life you have always wanted. The next step will show itself and ideas will come all on their own. Something will be born out of nothing. We have that ability already inside. You don’t have to struggle or control it. Clear your mind and let it happen. That's exactly how I wrote this story.......Never skip the Middle.
If I can see the path , I'll light your way.
I've gone before you into the darkness
Follow me until you find your own way
Then run free without me.
I'll find my way and pull you with me (if you return).
I'm asking the experience of those that have gone before me
Passing on what I've learned.
Wisdom is our guide, we will never be lost.
WH for LH ❤️
