Can You Detach From Outcomes?

I believe in setting goals, planning, and spending time trying to figure out how to create a better future. The problem is, life can change in a heartbeat. I will guarantee that every person reading this - yes you – that your life has not turned out in every way the way you planned it, hoped it would or thought it would.

If you would have told me when I was 25 years old, that by age 65, I would have written 65 books, traveled to over a twenty countries and spoken to over a million people, my response would have been, “you must be talking about someone else.”

You and I have done things we never planned to, both positive and negative, and we have not yet done some things that we have planned to, thought about or worked toward, for many years. Am I right?

When we attach to outcomes we are unconsciously or consciously trying to manipulate our life into what we think it should be. I am working on a new book, entitled, Want To make God Laugh? Tell Him Your Plans.

Each of us has done more and less that we thought we would have years ago. Each of us will do more and less than we want to in the future. That’s life!

We can each whine about what we have not been given or we can be filled with gratitude with what we have been given. Not everyone gets the same stuff – adversities, failures, problems, achievements, successes and gifts. But in the end we each received in proportion to our;

-desires
-dreams
-effort
-knowledge
-plans
-attitudes
-behaviors
-courage
-beliefs

So why not just relax and enjoy the life journey. Why not just say thank you whether you are given adversity or success. Why not keep dreaming, hoping and planning but while you are doing these be careful not to get too attached to your desired outcomes. I am not suggesting by any means here that you settle only that you accept what crosses your life path with dignity, gratitude and poise.

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