and that gets changed, there will always be something else,
waiting its turn and putting off that happiness until some later
date. If you were to suddenly find that you were slimmer/fitter
or whatever, then you’d probably find yourself wanting to be
richer or that your partner was more loving. You’d find other
things to wish for to make you happy.
Forget bigger and better and richer and thinner. The key is to
appreciate what we’ve got right now and yet still dream and
plan. That way we’ll be a little happier now than if we’re con-
stantly looking to the future, where happiness apparently lies.
And don’t go thinking it’s all right for me; it’s not. I too, need
to lose a few pounds, certainly get fitter, get more stuff (and
how we all love stuff). But I also value the way I am and
appreciate what I’ve got right now because—and this is the
secret—it is real. The me that is now is the real me; the future
one isn’t yet born and may not happen. (You mean I might not
lose that extra weight or get fitter? Yep, right.) And the stuff I
have now is at least real, tangible, solid. Dreams are great, but
reality is fine, too.
DREAMS ARE GREAT, BUT
REALITY IS FINE, TOO.