"You Have Arrived At Your Destination"

 

A couple weeks ago I received a comment to one of the posts I shared where basically the commenter was suggesting that what I had worked hard on needed to be completely redone.  I’d like to believe that this wasn’t meant to be rude or critical, but to a certain extent it could’ve been, hard to say.  Although I have a strict policy to only allow positive and kind comments I decided to go ahead and allow this one.  Because, again, I thought it quite possible it was coming from a good place.  More importantly, it confirmed something I had long suspected.

 

I’m doing really well.  Comments like that are a whole lot less about me and tell me far more about the person writing them.  Regardless of the intent behind it, I wasn’t reactive or hurt, I was reflective.  This comment didn’t bother me because I am rock solid.  I am happy and content with what I have and I don’t need more or something different to try to make me happy.  I don’t need the latest and greatest in order to feel content.  I’m already there.

 

If you’ve read my blogs for any length of time you’ve probably come to learn that I’ve never really been one who is motivated by material things.  Bigger, better, best is not my mantra.  My happiness and joy is not derived by having the latest and greatest.  I have no desire to purchase or acquire more things.  In fact, quite the opposite.  I don’t constantly need to have something new.  Good enough, is good enough.

 

I personally would never criticize someone’s choices or dare to suggest how someone should spend their money, but that’s just me.  I do know that there are a lot of people in this world that do that and they probably do it a lot.  Again, I think that speaks more of them than the person they are talking to.  I choose not to be one of those people.  And, I’m not.  In anyway.  And I love that about myself.

 

I am someone I can look in the mirror at each day and smile with confidence and a sense of peace about the person I’ve become.  I love who I am.  I’m also extremely happy with my current lifestyle and home.  Even more importantly, I’m really grateful that I’m not easily influenced or adversely affected by the way other people treat me.  I feel like I’ve been on a long journey with tons of bumpy roads to get to this point, but now I know the truth.  I’m good.  I have arrived.