Lately I have been looking for instant gratification. A new material item, iced coffee in the morning, or someone at my beck and call when I need to talk to someone. It all ties together you know. I also know why I indulge the behavior. Here is what I have learned about it. If you’re doing these things for personal gain, self indulgence, or pure selfishness is it ok? Why wouldn’t it be? Other than the fact that it won’t get you further on the path than you already are. I believe we call it personal R&R. Sometimes humans need to decompress. There is a difference between indulgence and destructive behavior. Are you continuing on a path where life revolves around you and you alone? Doing for yourself is a very healthy thing. Taking care of yourself and creating a self sustaining world I may add, is healthy. As long as there is no expectation of others involved in that world-you’ll be fine. It is when you live on the expectation of others that you deviate from the path and sabotage yourself with disappointment.
It really comes down to need versus want. Are you creating and more importantly sustaining an environment to fulfill your needs? Or are you surrounding yourself with false pretense of wanting continually. Please do not misunderstand me. It is good to want things. It is good to want to achieve and constantly strive for better in your life. It is only when the wants turn selfish that you destructively chip away at your own foundation. And if you continue to want selfishly, you end up with no ground to stand on.
Check your emotions, check your environment and check your influences. These three things are the core of your being. If you do not have balance in one, then your entire world is off kilter. These to me are the holy trinity of human existence. What is the purpose of todays thought? Instant gratification of course! You get what you give kids….we know this right? So be good to yourselves and project what you need or what into the world. Pay into the 401k on a daily basis, so that on the days you need to take your personal withdrawals, your karma account will always be in balance.
Filed under: Little Miss Sunshine | Tagged: instant gratification, karma, life balance
