There will be times in our life that we chase things that we know are no longer good for us or are things we have outgrown. We stay on autopilot, building our daily habits on chasing these things, when in reality they aren’t the things that can take us to the next level.
What we focus on grows and becomes our reality. In the movie Collateral, the character Max played by Jamie Foxx, is a cab driver. He started driving a cab as “temporary” means to make money while he built his dream business, Island Limos. Vincent (played by Tom Cruise) casually asks him how long he’s been driving a cab for after Max tells him that this job is just temporary while he puts some things together, referencing Island Limos. Max looks at him in the rearview mirror and responds, “Twelve years”. Instead of focusing on building his business, Max got comfortable in his daily routine, which didn’t support him building his dream.
We tend to chase the things that we think will bring us comfort or lead us to where we want to be. We get stuck on that focus and develop tunnel vision, not seeing other opportunities or paths that might be better for us.
There are two things we need to do break out of this mindset.
1.) We need to be present in the moment.
2.) Then we need to be attached to nothing and open to everything.
Being present allows us to experience and appreciate what is happening now, without any baggage from the past or anticipation about what the future holds. It slows things down. And when we slow down, we see more.
When you have a mindset where you aren’t dependent on one outcome, or where you can just be open to anything and everything, you allow all the right things to find you. These things cannot find us when we are set on a specific outcome or way of doing things.
You can still be firm about your goals and what you want and be flexible about your methods.
Are you giving the right things the chance to catch you?
