A State of Being

One’s state of being is best defined as not ‘having been’ or “will become’ but rather what we are, in the moment. We may visualize ourselves to be something we aren’t but in truth we are always who we really are, not who we’ve imagined ourselves to be, or who we wish to become.

New Year’s resolutions abound this time of year and center around what we wish or want for ourselves. It’s a fact that simply wishing something doesn’t move us any further down the path to where we desire to be any more than wishing to win the lottery but never buying a ticket. We must first acknowledge the truth about who, where and why we are by confronting the shield of lies, half truths and manipulations we create to hide our true state of being from ourselves. On life’s journey we must know and acknowledge where we’re at before choosing the best path to take us where we desire to go.

In truth we are not who we think we are, or wish to become, but rather who and what others see and perceive us to be. To find our our calling in life, or true Smile as I prefer to refer to it, we must reconcile our state of being with what others believe us to be. The greatest gift we have, and can share with others, is to exercise the power within ourselves to control our state of being by living in the moment and seeking the calm within the perfect storm that we truly are.

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