content or happy?

Many times I find that it is difficult to find a home for the puzzle pieces of life. Sometimes it seems, as though the puzzle pieces are double sided. You take a puzzle piece, arrange the sides so they work with the part of the puzzle that is already in place, and then push it into place, that is, of course, if all the sides match up. Sometimes it fits but not always. The tricky part I am figuring out is that there happens to be at least two sides to my puzzle of life. Just when I think I found the piece that fits all the sides, the actual picture doesn't match. The benefit to this, is I get to re-evaluate what pieces I want to flip over. It would be nice if I had a box of life to see exactly what picture my puzzle is creating, but then again that would take the mystery out of life.

Currently, I feel as though my life puzzle has four options in categories of both professional and personal. I could choose to put any one of those four sides down and be content. Content isn't what I thought life was about. Content seems to be about going through the motions. Maybe, I have been viewing life from the wrong angle, and people do live life for contentedness. Here, I thought we were suppose to live life from the "take my breath away" approach. No, you don't need to push the limits in every single situation...but why settle for a lifestyle of being content? I ask myself how many of my puzzle pieces are in the correct place. How many pieces have the correct picture facing back at me? How will I know that I made the right choice in putting that piece into a spot?

I enjoy that life continues to give me new opportunities or challenges to face on a daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly basis. I recently have given new life to the idea of "me." Getting back to the core of "me," not settling for second best or a life of contentedness. Although, it is difficult to leave the comfort zone, there are only so many times that you can look the other direction when things get rough. I have to continue to remind myself that the comfort zone isn't always wonderful...it is what it is, comfortable is beginning to seem as though it is a life of contentedness. I to have been guilty of wanting to stay in the comfort zone, even if it wasn't always the most spectacular. I have been freed from my life of content, and am ready to embrace the "take my breath away" approach. If only I had known, that I actually had the secret to free myself from a life on content all along.

I wish that everyone finds that "take my breath away" approach to life. If you do find that approach, may you appreciate it, cherish it, and hold on to it for eternity. May you love life, laugh often, and hopefully you will find that special someone to share it all with.

Make it a phenomenal day!