What If This Is As Good As It Will Ever Get?
I am going to ask you a question that may sound negative; but once you grasp the principle behind it, the answers you give have the potential to profoundly change your life.
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I love asking myself hypothetical questions, and I believe that when they are as close to reality as possible, through the answers we give, hypothetical questions can help us shed light on:
- What we truly want
- What we ought to be doing
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Here is my question for you:
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What if this is as good as it will ever get?
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What if your life (as it is now) is as good as it will ever be?
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Think for a while:
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What if you will never get that perfect partner that you have dreamt of having since your teenage years?
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What if you will never get that 6 figure US$ income that you have looked forward to since you left high school?
What if your recently published book will never become *the* best seller?
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What if that backache will never go away?
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What if things will not get any better than they are?
What will you do?
A number of things perhaps … and to be honest, one of them is that you may get depressed, begin living a miserable life and die! Depending on how you react, that is a possibility but, not one I want to focus on tonight.
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My focus is on some of the positive attitudes you may likely adopt in your life given this predicament.
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1. Appreciation .
I think that you would become more appreciative of the things you have now; you would begin focusing on the bottom half of glass that is full and not the empty half. This can be in your relationships, social networks, health, finances and all the other aspects of your life that you value most.
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2. Innovation
I think that you would become more innovative with the resources you have now; you would begin to make the most of the things you have without having to wait for perfect circumstances. This can be with your time, your money, your knowledge and all the other resourceful things of life.
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3. Happiness
I also think that you would be happy; you would begin living fully NOW. You would never again wait for perfect times to go for that vacation; spend more time with your family; go watch that movie and do all those things you have been postponing.
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The beauty is that with these, your life would very likely get better with time.
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Take Home Lesson
The lesson I want you to take home is embodied in two seemingly opposing statements which the people who have mastered their lives have come to know as representing one truth:
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- You will NEVER have ENOUGH
- Whatever you have is ALWAYS ENOUGH
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Therefore, never postpone living your life NOW because you are waiting for a perfect time in the future … because:
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- That time will never come
- That time is Now
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Contradictory perhaps, but true;
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Thank you.
Please Note: This is My 3rd Toastmasters Speech (as prepared for delivery, today 22nd April 2010)