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How To Get What You Want In Life Is Like Shopping In A Supermarket
I just finished the weekly shopping at my local coop supermarket…
Carried 3 big bags home in the taxi which makes the job easier…
I was reflecting on the process of my weekly shopping and how I went about it…
Most weeks I would buy similar items so I pretty much know what I want from week to week…
I will check out the fridge before I leave home and add a few more items to my already existing mental list…
By the time I arrive at the supermarket I already know what I want and it’s just a matter of going through the logistics, putting it in the trolley, paying for it and taking it home…
It’s an easy process to get what you want at the supermarket, isn’t it?…
Yes, that’s right, it is…
Now in life some of us behave in a different way…
Instead of focusing on what we do want we seem to put a lot of attention and focus on what we don’t want…
I don’t want…
⁃ To be lonely…
⁃ To be poor…
⁃ To stay home tonight…
⁃ To be unhealthy…
⁃ This job I have…