Eat a little better, exercise a little more
Get more sleep
Decide on the perfect diet
Have mindful sex
Clarify your purpose for your work and your life.
Be a better parent, child, boss, friend.
Organise your desk, clear out the wardrobe,
Pay off the mortgage,
Get that power of attorney sorted.
All in the quest for peace of mind,
For that elusive something that will ease your suffering.
It’s all a quest, a restless striving
To get there, a perfect place we haven’t found yet.
And let me tell you, if you continue to seek,
To place your hopes in the next workshop,
The next nutrition resolution, the next relationship,
The next book, the next client, the next moment,
You will remain restless and discontented.
Stop.
Stop the seeking, the belief that it can get better.
Just stop.
There will never be another moment.
This moment is all we have and all we need,
But our in our seeking we mortgage the perfect now for an impossible imagined ‘there.’
