I have always had the problem of more. If it feels good, I want more of it. If a little is good, a lot MUST be better, right?! It hit me two nights ago while making a smoothie dessert for me and my kids. As I put EXTRA cacao in the blender, capitalization essential to reflect the amount of extra, I expected that more would make the rich chocolatey taste even chocolatier, and then, at taste test time, I was hit with the bitter truth. Ugh, more was NOT better.
I have experienced this MANY times in my past with alcohol and sugar too, when more led to hangovers and more very quickly went from better to worse. It’s becoming apparent though that the problem of more can permeate everything. More money, more travel, more presents, more validation, more significance and so on. The truth is, living a ‘more’ life is exhausting.
No MORE!
It’s time for me to let go of the problem of more and settle down with the solution of enough. No more seeking success, significance, or being well known, or well liked, or even remembered. Instead, it’s time for me to appreciate ‘enough.’ I am enough. I have enough. I do enough. This one life I have lived, in the way I have lived it, is enough. It is SO enough that I need not be remembered for generations. It is enough my having held a purpose here just in this present period of time.
Mae West said, “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Instead of striving for successes, this season is about seeking contentment. It’s about freedom, flexibility, gratitude, acceptance and simplicity. I don’t need to be the best at anything. I don’t need my name and works to live on for generations to come. This time my soul experienced life on earth is enough in and of itself.
It’s about letting go of doing in service to being. I want to be someone that makes people feel seen, heard, cared for, understood, appreciated, respected and loved. If I can be that, it is MORE than enough.
