Solve The Problem

Imagine a blacksmith manufacturing a lock and then forgetting to make the key necessary to open it. That would be a silly situation, a useless piece of work. Such “silly” situation can be compared to the one you find yourself in when you say, “This problem has no solution”. Every problem has a solution. What you must accept is the idea that at times such solution is not the one you want, the one you were hoping for. An example: Let’s say that the problem is about you being compelled to stay in a work environment that you don’t like. What could the solutions be? The ones you would like: quit or have all your co-workers fired. Neither is possible. So? The solution that you don’t like (but which is the wisest one, due to the circumstances): change “your” judgment about the work environment that you loathe. If you really want to solve “your” problem, you can do it.

To Face or Not to Face?

Life is definitely “not” a piece of cake. It certainly has many good moments but it also has a lot of difficult ones. And when you start to pay more attention to the difficult ones, you feel overwhelmed by the challenges, you might even think that you are not up to facing them and that, maybe, it would be better to give up trying. But you would be wrong. As hard work is required while climbing to reach the top of the mountain, so some courage is necessary to attain fulfillment. If you stay at the bottom of the height, you will never enjoy the beautiful view available from the top. If you refuse to face your problems, you will never feel the satisfaction of having solved them, thus giving your life a sweeter flavor.

Theirs or Yours?

Look at how you have always been. What do you see? What kind of individual are you? Examine your character and your behavior. Then, let’s say that you decide to change something in yourself in order to re-create your life for the better. You now want to eliminate what is no more useful to your wellbeing. So, you actually make the change and feel much better about yourself. Bravo! But don’t expect others to be happy about it. They will probably resent you for not being your “usual” self, the one who was caring about “their” wellbeing more than your own. Are you ready to take the challenge? What is more important “to you”, their selfishness or your fulfillment?

A Discovery

At a certain point in life you have to face some questions that you have avoided, ignored, overlooked for quite some time. Actually, you can still keep on avoiding, ignoring and overlooking them. It is up to you. But if you do, you miss out on the opportunity of discovering what is really important, of finding out what is missing, of becoming aware of what “Life” is all about. (By the way, what is “Life”  - actually - all about?)

Nothing or Something?

When I say that I feel I am almost a ‘nothing’ in the economy of “Life”, am I putting myself down? And - when I say that I, as small as I am, still have a role in the unfolding of the universal existence – am I trying to give myself an importance that I actually do not have? I honestly don't know. I haven’t found out an answer to such an existential question. Have you?

The "Cart"

If I think about “Life”, I imagine it as a big cart that is moved along by many wheels. Some are huge, others big, others small and others just tiny. I see myself as one of the tiny ones and I tend to see myself as almost useless. Then Positive Thinking makes me realize that, as the beach would not be complete if even one grain of sand was missing, I, too – as tiny as my impact might be – am contributing to the “movement” of the cart.

"Friends"

An Italian proverb says, "Better alone than in bad company". Do you believe it to be true? I do. It seems that nowadays many prefer to mix with "whoever" in order not to feel alone. There is here a hidden need to feel popular, to feel liked, to feel loved. But... be careful. It's not the number of friends that call you, that invite you, that are on your Facebook list that can tell you how "worth" you really are. Your worth is something that is determined by what you do, by how truly helpful you are to others, by how engaged you are in improving yourself. Therefore.... check out all your "friends" and see who is really a positive, inspiring presence in your life and who is just a "name" that actually doesn't mean anything.