Open Ended

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

-- Carl Bard

What's done is done. No use playing with the psychic feces that remain in your brain. Let it go.

You're here now. This is a new dawn, the first day of the rest of your life -- you know, all that trite crap that you see on bumper stickers! Trite but true. What your future looks like will depend much more upon your today than upon your yesterday. The first three chapters may be written, but the rest of your novel life is nothing but blank pages.

Let's try and put it in the form of an equation. Reality + Imagination + Serendipity = Future. In other words what is, added to what you imagine, plus an uncontrollable, unknowable X factor equals your future. Exciting! It is not written. It is not predetermined. It is not fated. It is open ended, and you have at least some degree of influence on how it all turns out.

But ironically the best endings are created by not focusing on the ending at all. Pouring your energy, your mind, your heart into the present is the best way to increase your odds of having a magnificent future.

So, begin. Right from where you presently stand. Right from this point in time. Do what needs to be done next. And next and next and on and on. And do it all with both eyes and heart wide open, with enthusiasm and joy.

You see, joy is an endless feedback loop. The more you put into the world, the more that comes back to you, which means you have even more to put into the world, and it's like an infinity sign of joy looping back on itself and building momentum moment by moment. Me? I'm off to take a joyous shower. G'day!