We're trying to "make it"... to achieve something... something that will make everything better.

We're all trying to get that person, that house, that job, that award, that thing that will change everything.

Very few of us are present.

Very few of us enjoy the moment we are actually living in....

because most of us are hoping for some better future moment...

somewhere else that is not here, somewhere else that is better than this moment.

But what if there is no where else?

What if that somewhere else never comes?

What if it does come, and it doesn't change how we feel?

What if we achieve everything we believe we want yet still feel empty?

What if that place we are all seeking is really only a feeling?

What if we could stop seeking and start feeling how we want to feel without needing anything?

What if that feeling of importance we seek is all an illusion, a construct of the world, nothing more than our ego trying to compete with other egos?

What if we've been playing this human game all wrong our entire lives?

What if we would let it all go?

Not the striving to be our best.

Not the wanting to be our healthiest or happiest self, but the ego's never-ending and ultimately impossible search for significance.

What if we could be kinder to ourself?

What if we didn't need validation from others, validation from achievements or status or winning?

What if we didn't need anything outside ourselves to be happy?

What if we didn't need anything outside ourselves to be at peace, to enjoy life now?

What if we could focus on what matters?

How we feel.

The only thing that matters.

What if that was all just one decision away?

Maybe we should all take a moment to think about it.