I am satistied

"I am statisfied , don't be upset for me " this is the last word that a 80y old mum told he daughter before dying.

I was listening to a lecture from a doctor about her experince and this word stuck with me. Her mum had found a way to be happy and the last words were as her life been satistied.

Remeber she was not questoning it, this is a statement - I am satisfied.
, what is you statement? appart from i am tired, i am frustated, i am lonely that clutter you head and occupy your precious time. I you dont have one to guide maybe is time to write a new one.

This reminded me of not so long ago a convesation i was having with a mature lady of 96 year. She had a smile in her face even when she was not talking , that smile was stamped in her face muscle because this is the muscle she has used most in her life. I like to ask people what is secret to their happiness in life, and she replyed "Live and let live". At 96 years she was still enrolled in some clubs where she played cards and games with people of her generation, she liked to do shopping and read books of different subjects. That was the moto for her long lasting marriage and happy childrens , now in their 70s.

It makes you think, is it this easy to have happiness? But when somebody is 96 and happy and sharp , you have to listen they know something that only experince can give.



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I remembered a talk by T.Robbins that i went sometime ago. He was saying it is our stories that guide us, it is our question that guide us. If your question is how can everybody like me ? you are going to have problems because not everybody is going you and your decision as we are diffirent and our expectation and experinces differ. If you are stating i wont compromise in life to get what i want, it might sound good and most of the time will bring great success but life has many variables that don't rely on you and you need to be open that something might happen and  have an open mind  to deal with them.

Later in the lecture the dotor was saying that were 3 man , all working in rocks and turning them into blocks. They asked the first man, what was he doing. He got a bit angry, don't you see what i am doing- they brings me blocks and i shape them into blocks.
When the second man was asked he replyed, I am earning a living for my lovely family and children and my beautiful home. Last was the 3-rd man and he replyed - they were building castle, far, beautiful oblects with this blocks for meny people to admire.

What i got from these stories is that is not what we do in life that make us happy but what meaning we put to it and the story that we tell our self.

Have a great day
let me know what story are you telling you self , what question guide you consciously or unconsciously