Change of Thought: Perhaps We Are Being Saved

To think about the lengths some people will go to just to have what they want is mind boggling. Our prison systems are full of people who have wanted something--be it money, power, sex, love, material things--and were so impassioned by the thought of having what they wanted that theft, deceit and, in many cases, murder was deemed the best course of action to fulfill that want.

For the rest of us who prefer to live harmoniously with each other and our legal system, we are left with two options: to put forth the honest and necessary effort to acquire what our hearts desire or to deal with the fact that some things are not meant to be. Ideally, we would all accept this graciously, but with the latter, disappointment is often the first response. Enough disappointment stemming from not getting what we want can ultimately result in reflecting upon life with a bitterly unfulfilled sentiment.

A fact reigns true for all people in that, throughout our lives, there have been and will continue to be things that remain out of reach. No amount of money or influence can change this. For those whose degree of want has no defined limit, life will be one circuitous route after another that may never lead to and end reward. But, perhaps the journey is worth it.

My relationship with my sense of want has evolved as I have matured. We can all relate to not getting what we want at some point in our lives, but how often do we express gratitude for that want literally not being fulfilled? It may sound strange, but this evolution of reasoning is perhaps the best insurance policy against disappointment that one could possibly have.

By not getting what we want, or not getting what we want when we want it, perhaps we are actually experiencing a sort of intervention; being saved from that which is not in our best interest at that point in time.

A good example are unreciprocated feelings of affection. To want someone to want you is something that most people will experience, but the laws of attraction are etched in stone. You cannot force someone to feel false emotions. Disappointment is very real in this situation, but what if there was a far greater mutual attraction in store for you? It may not be within your peripheral vision at the moment for you to immediately bound to, but with a few billion people on the planet, surely there must be someone.

The saying goes, "love is blind" and thus, we may not realize that our attraction to someone may be simultaneously forcing us to turn a blind eye to what would be cause for concern or questioning under more logical circumstances.

In short, to dwell in disappointment is unhealthy. If we are able to turn negatives into positives, we will undoubtedly attract that which is positively meant for us and avoid that which is deceptively ideal.