Take a break

Has your life been one long struggle to scale new heights? Do you feel you are on a roller coaster and not able to get off. Do you feel like everything is passing too swiftly for you to grasp anything, like the view from a speeding train? Then ….. it is time to take a break. Let the break be something you will benefit for the rest of your life.  Start this by taking time to switch off the cell phone, turn off the i-pad and really try to answer that difficult question – Quo Vadis? Whither goes thou? This is the time to detach from all your distractions and discover life’s real purpose. Why are you here, why do you exist, what is the meaning of your life on this planet?

There is the story of Zen master who held up two cups of tea and said to his student. “Both these cups are full. One cup represents everything I know about enlightenment. The other cup is everything you know. If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge you must first empty your cup of your knowledge. So enter your “break” with an empty cup, the beginner’s mind, curiosity and innocence. Take an empty page and write “My true purpose in life is ……keep writing till what you have written moves you and makes you feel like crying, overcome by a surging tidal wave of emotion. This may take you 20 minutes or 20 days or a year. But when you see the correct answer you will know it.

Here is what I arrived at: “To celebrate every day, live mindfully, igniting everyone with enthusiasm and courage. To die with no regrets”.

Once you discover your purpose make sure that you live for that purpose minute to minute, day to day, for the rest of your life. I am sure you agree the break was worth it!