I found this in a magazine I got years ago, clipped it and taped it onto the front page of that year's agenda (that'd be 2002). And I thought it's really too good to be hidden in a box or on a shelf so I decided to include here (and it sort of seemed to fit with my previous entry):
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, we have a baby, then anotehr. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
We tell ourselves that our life will be complete whenour spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are ablet o go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself adn decide to be happy anyway.
Alfred D'Souza once said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinisged business, time still to be served, a dept to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on methat these obstacles were my life."
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