This Is As Good As It Gets

We are all looking for the fruits of our actions.

We are waiting for that next big thing.

The culmination of a particular event that we have been striving for.

We are forever lying in wait.

But when that event comes, it passes. And then we move on to the next one. And eventually that passes as well. We hop from event to event. Picking up the scraps of momentary happiness along the way.

Shall I tell you the outcome of your life?

Shall I be truthful?

Shall I spoil the surprise?

What you are right now is all you will ever be.

What you have right now is all you will ever have.

Right this second. Look around you. Look inside you. That is it. That is all there is.

Are you happy with it? Does it bring you joy? Are you content with this? Is it enough?

If your answer is NO, it will be NO forever.

The only thing that will change between now and the end of your life is your understanding that this is all you have.

Events will come and go. One will replace the next, as seasons replace each other. You will grow older. Your possessions will become less novel. Your dreams will go on evolving.

And then you will die.

And when you die, threads will be bare. Things will be left unfinished. Some dreams will be left unfulfilled. The books will remain toppled on the shelf. The kitchen will remain half cleaned. And the lives of your neighbors and those of the rest of the people in all of society will go on as if nothing happened.

Less than a minuscule fraction of the world will even know that you have gone. And even less will know that you ever lived.

Is this okay with you?

Does it make you smile?

Do you accept it?

Do you understand?