quote of the day

[topaz]

Spotted in a friend's journal:

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

--Joseph Campbell

Oof. Yeah.

Comments

[harimad.livejournal.com]

How does one know which life is waiting? How does one distinguish between what was meant to be, and laziness? (This is already starting to sound like a discussion of free will vs. fate.)

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

What I think the quote means -- at any rate, what it means to me -- is that "the life that is waiting" is the one that you're in, right here, right now. As opposed to "the life that is planned," which is somewhere over the horizon, or may even feel just within reach and yet somehow eludes you every time you think you're there.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"The devil laughs when we make plans."

[jacflash.livejournal.com]

The life that was waiting is the one you're having, whether you're feeling lazy or not today. The question is, do you want to engage it mindfully or spend your time making other plans?