Always Greener

It is currently a whopping 5 degrees (F) above zero here today and the sun is shining. It got me to thinking how much I've been whining about the weather being so cold (an annual event here in Wisconsin) and how we spend a LOT of time looking over the fence at the greener grass so to speak. In fact I think we probably miss about 90% of what is good right here right now because we are busy gazing and wishing for what might be. At least I find myself doing that.

You know the thoughts:

"When we have some money in savings it will be better . . ."
"Won't it be nice when the kids are grown up."
"when I get that new X-item then things will turn around for me"
"I just need more time to do the things I want"
"If I were just BLANK (smarter, richer, in a better job, thinner, stronger, wiser) THEN it will all work out for me"
ETC ETC

Now it's not bad to want to keep moving on in the journey of life but being too focused on the distant view as better than the current reality can become a real stumbling block. And most times the view, when you get to it often fails to be as idyllic as your vision from afar.

I've hiked a few small mountains - they are beautiful, wild and majestic. However there is something you don't see from the bottom looking up, the incredibly strong, icy cold, invisible wind. Oh yes, the view is amazing but it comes with a price.

The point is that a constant longing for what we don't have robs us from the joy of where we ARE . . .

Just a thought.