One of those Strawberry Experiences …
I bit into a strawberry the other day … 🍓
It looked perfect! A Big, bright-red shiny, ‘no-additional-advertising-needed’ clamshell beauty that promised to be *bursting* with flavor. But, that much anticipated first bite was NOT what I expected.
It had absolutely No Sweet.
I have memories of ‘first strawberry bites’ so sweet and juicy they dribbled down my chin … and I didn’t even care because they tasted so good! This looked to be that kind of 🍓 experience but without the sweet?
It wasn’t even close.
One of those Life Experiences …
We all have those experiences in life that are just NOT what we want them to be. They look perfect, but the actual experience is just off … missing something. Maybe like the strawberry, there is No Sweet.
Why is the experience not what I want?
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The answer to that isn’t helpful until we turn the question around. Simple really, but it’s where the ownership is … and the power to change it.
Why am I not experiencing what I want?
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A New Experience with Life
A few months ago, I started going to counseling.
Honestly? I went to figure out how to deal with all the “messed up people around me”. But after that first session, I came away realizing I’m “one of those messed up people” too! I spent so long pointing the finger outward and assuming that’s where all the problems were … I didn’t stop and take time to see what I’d find if I pointed the finger in.
What a painful, but cool, experience to start *learning to look in* first, before looking and pointing out. I realized I have so much more control than I thought!
Changing the experience I’m having is not about trying to change the things I can’t control …
It’s about choosing and changing the things I can.
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A new Experience with Strawberries
My next strawberry experience was a small, nondescript carton of less-than-perfect-looking berries, with a price tag that seriously made me shudder! I was tempted, briefly, to rationalize that the cheaper clamshell beauties couldn’t be as bad as I remembered.
But I knew, that wasn’t the experience I wanted.
Taking my first skeptical bite, I couldn’t help but grin as sweet, juicy, beautiful strawberry bliss dribbled down my chin! THIS was the experience I was looking for!
I paused for a moment, surprised to see what perfection *actually* looked like!
My smile shone like heaven as I took another bite 🍓
How about you?
How is your life experience?
Is it what you want it to be?
Or are you wanting something different?
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Remember! You are the one that can change it!
Changing the experience you’re having is
not about changing the things you can’t control …
It’s about choosing and changing the things you can.
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Honestly, it’s about learning to experience life differently and
discovering how to live (and love!) the life you have …
One crazy ~REAL~ adventure at a time!
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