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I decided to continue the discussion of Joyce Meyer’s book “Enjoying where you are on the way to where you are going”. In the second chapter, she states “Make the Decision to Enjoy Life”. I have often asked the question, “How do you make your current job, your dream job?” I think that the answer lies in chapter two of Joyce’s book, “make the decision to enjoy life”. If you make the DECISION to enjoy life, then you can learn to enjoy your work and your accomplishments as well as the ride to work in the morning, the sweet aroma of that first cup of coffee in the morning, the chirping of the birds on a bright sunny day, etc.
“The Station is tucked away in our subconscious. It is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train” -Joyce Meyer. The “Station” is this imaginary destination. We say to ourselves, “When we land a job we will…..when the kids grow up we will….when we get this paid off we will do that…..when we retire we will…” So we wait and we wait and we wait. In the action of waiting, we forget to live. We are so busy planning for what we will do next that we forget that we are HERE NOW! I know that I have been guilty of this for soooo long.
The trip isn’t about what will/may/might/could happen in the future. The trip is certainly (to use a cliché) the journey itself and every ounce of enjoyment we can squeeze from each and every moment. So, I CHOOSE to enjoy life. I CHOOSE Happiness. In the words of Jana Stanfield, I CHOOSE to “Enjoy the Ride”.
“Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough” – Joyce Meyer
Wow! I really enjoyed reading this post. It has a lot of great quotes and thoughts about living life. Thank you for sharing, I think I will buy this book, it already sounds uplifting.
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