I started out in life so carefree and happy. I was like a little butterfly with beautiful wings and a world of flowers to see. Life seemed wonderful as I looked to the future.
It didn’t take long and my views changed. I realized I had to perform to be accepted. Life seemed like a circus. There were hoops held out far into the future. If I jumped through the rings I received approval. If I didn’t -well-everybody else did
Life become a performance. Leap through the rings; make the football team, or the cheer-leading squad, or to the honor roll. Go to the right college and get a degree, I did somethings I wished I hadn’t, but everyone else did them – so -go- on and hope to forget. Get a good job and make lots of money. At the right time get married, have the correct number of children, buy a house-a nice big house, a a better car. I think I’m getting tired. Join the club – jump, jump, jump. Retirement, I have to think about retirement-buy stock, sell stocks-hit some bumps, go, go, go.
And suddenly, I stand before the last hoop. But it isn’t round, it’s rectangular, and it’s in the ground. The grass stops at the ragged edges. Here is where it all ends.
What happened to me anyways? Life wasn’t supposed to be this way. Where is the little butterfly with the beautiful wings? What happened to the flowers? Was I truly happy? What about my soul? Is this what is all about?
“God, what happened?”
Reflect on it often to find the truth and change the course of your life. Happiness and fulfillment is not hard to find if you put effort to look deep inside and ask right questions
