A REAL PROBLEM

TODAY'S QUOTE:
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem...
Richard Bach

Indeed you do...  that kind of dependence creates disastrous conditions inside any relationship. You assign someone else a position guaranteed to fail and resent  every new disappointment. Bitterness grows within them as well due to lofty expectations they can never hope to fulfill.  Everyone is worse off; both are equally unhappy, and all that could have been deep and real is buried under a mountain of negative emotions. The needy one  piles blame and the confused stacks questions until a solid wall separates them... all because of a treasure hunt conducted in the wrong location. The X marks the spot is within you... always has been... always will be. The blessing is yours, and so is the adventure of discovery.

We have the power to enhance someone else's happiness but if we do not possess it on our own any pleasure is short-lived. Other's can complete our happiness, but they cannot create it. They may change our residence, redecorate our surroundings, or upgrade all our conditions, but if our heart is wadded up and our mind is twisted none of that will get us any nearer to true joy. All the puzzle pieces reside within; behind the bitterness... under the poor me... beneath the baggage... scattered far and wide inside and it is up to each of us to gather, sort, select and assemble the best we can.

We may not end up with a perfect likeness of what was intended before all the damage of life began. We may tire of the search long before all the pieces are within reach. The struggle may seem to be hardly worth all the bother. Doubt may whisper and fear may scream, both seeking in their own fashion to discourage further action. The notion of the slim possibility that someone holds the key to our freedom may tempt us to turn our back on the certainty of doing it on our own. Well trust someone who walked that path... you cannot get there on someone else's dime. To earn the profit you have to invest the time. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!