Our One Wild and Precious Life…

“It’s okay to be happy with a calm life.”

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“My job is killing me. I work all the time. If I don’t, I’ll get fired or dinged on my performance review. I need this job to support my family.”

“I am so tired, I cannot rest worrying about my kids.”

“I cannot turn off the news at night; what is this world coming to?”

Can you relate? What’s your story? What story do you tell yourself that interrupts the possibility of a calm life? What stands between you and a reasonable level of happiness?

What could you change about how you think and what you do that would reframe your perspective? Can you give yourself permission to create a reasonably happy, calm life for yourself?

I know habits may have to change; hard choices may need to be made. But, as Mary Oliver says, THIS IS OUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE! Why would we waste it on chasing our tails? Or, metaphorically speaking, chasing our tales?