Recalibrate to Celebrate!

Recalibrate to Celebrate!

Photo By: Matt Reinbold

 

I believe it is safe to assume - with an extremely miniscule number of exceptions - that as a child enters the world, he or she does so surrounded by abundant, boundless love.

After many months of gestation, it's time for a celebration.  Anything can happen, of course, but as that infant emerges, can there be a more joyous electricity in the air?  Can any other event in life come close to matching the explosive outpouring of affection and gratitude?

So, if we're born into a place of abundance, with unbounded love surrounding us, how does that get turned around and misdirected as we grow up?  Why do we get raised into poverty by concentrating on what we lack?

That is not the equation for happiness, contentment, and peace on our lives.  We need to recalibrate that equation back to a bias for gratitude, acceptance, patience, respect, and love.

In my travels with the Center for Victory, I've been blessed to meet people from all over the world, in all walks of life, and from every point on the economic spectrum.  I can tell you with absolute certainty that many people living in tents in remotest Africa with barely enough to scrape by are happier than executives in Manhattan upset that they're "only" making $600,000 and not $800,000 a year.

There's a word for this.  "Insane," I believe it's called, "Unnecessary" may fit the bill, too.

Recalibrate the equation in your life.  Don't waste another second dwelling in remorse or regret by trying to live someone else's life.  Happiness is always a choice.  The Creator tells us over and over that we are hard-wired for love.  Act on that wisdom.  Focus on what you have - the people who value and accept and love you.  Just like when you were a little baby and were celebrated with joy.

~Eric