It’s Everything in Life

I’m going to surmise it’s safe to say when any of us were kids we never said, “when i get older I can’t wait to get engaged, but then break it off” or “when I get older, i’m not going to be able to have kids” or “when I get older, i’m going to have cancer.” Thoughts like that don’t cross the mind of a child. And you know what, I’m pretty sure they don’t cross the mind of adults either. The difference is when things like that happen, as adults, we have the ability to process them and life shifts. We then ask “why me?” or “why is this happening?” waiting for a clear explanation hoping to make some sense of it all. I think i figured it out though, the answer to the “why me” and the “why is this happening” questions.  Now pay attention, here it goes. LIFE HAPPENS. 

Now that may not be a good enough answer for some, but for me its the only one that makes sense.

Being forty-five, I think I’m slightly before, or at the halfway point in my life. I have a lot more living to do and when I’m 90, I’m still going to be dancing in my kitchen. Or my living room. Or anywhere in the house. Anyway, let’s get back to the age thing. Age is definitely just a number, however there is one thing that I believe determines “true age.” This is life experience. Life experience can either beat you up or you beat it. Now remember, this is just how I see things due to my life experience. Having had over twenty addresses by my age, that screams the words life experience. I have had plenty!

My point of all this….mindset. It’s everything in life. I am one hundred percent guilty of allowing the darkness to take over my mind throughout many times in my life. I have felt my body and spirit decay when my mind was not strong. Body, mind, spirit is such a real thing. Mindset is one of the most, if not the most, difficult things to maintain in check. Without emotion, without anxiety, without negativity, and without worry the mind can be at ease. But I mean, how realistic is that? Not to have all those things invade our mind in this thing we call life, sure, not happening. We do have the power to maintain our mindset, but just like anything else it takes hard work and practice. 

These days my mindset is like the Himalayan rollercoaster we use to ride as kids at town carnivals. I feel when it’s about to start spinning and I know when it’s slowing down, this is because I am the controller. Sometimes taking the ride is necessary, sitting in the station doesn’t get you anywhere. The ride is eventually going to stop, it just depends on when I want it too.