Now, I don’t read minds… But if I had to guess what the majority of Americans are thinking today, I would say that it is this, “How can I get what I want faster, cheaper and easier?”
Just look at how we communicate with each other when we are at work, driving a car or waiting for the bus. Man… I hate waiting. We are an instant gratification society. This is obvious through our disinterest of each other and our intellectually inquisitive sleepiness.
Ask yourself, when was the last time that you actually questioned what you do every day? Why do you drive the same route every single time to the grocery store? Why do you buy the same gas from the same gas station? Why do you buy the same brand of toothpaste every single time?
You may think not, but this is where it starts. That nagging feeling that you are doing the same thing over and over again without thinking about it. You are living habitually. We all do this at one time or another. You know, those times that you are driving and you get home and you think to yourself… “I don’t remember how in the world I got here.” We ingrain our daily living habits so far into our minds that we can practically do them without thinking.
What does this have to do with anything? Great question! In order to truly understand ourselves, we have to understand why we do things. How do we get better? How do I improve myself? Where do I go from here? How do I get to where I want to be?
These are the questions that we want to be asking ourselves. You see, when we get stuck in the habits of daily living, we are not fully awake. We are sleepwalkers in life. However, we can wake ourselves up by asking ourselves who we want to be. What is in our way of getting there? Why are we satisfied with mundane and simple crumbs of life, when we could be eating a feast?
I want to say hello to you as we start this journey into the rest of our lives. I hope that we can start today asking ourselves who we want to become.
