Day 24: To... (Dyer - The Shift)

     There came a point in my life when I realized that having the great job and living downtown wasn't fulfilling me the way I thought it would.  For the last 15 years I worked hard at school and then my career realizing that I was still left with the question of, "Isn't there more?"  I began by researching other possible careers that might make me more happy.  Maybe I needed more friends or to do more activities.  I soon found out that those things were great but I didn't enjoy them as much as I could because I was still struggling with the question of, "Isn't there more?"  Dyer says that the ego will take us to this place and will continue to nag us to be more and to have more.  Eventually, we realize that what the ego wants alone cannot satisfy us.  It will always want more because that's it's nature.  In this next shift that Dyer talks about is when go back toward our authentic self and we begin to understand what our purpose and origination is on this Earth.  Dyer says at this point, "we begin to shift from doing more to doing less."  Trusting more in our source and detaching ourselves from the desires of the ego; we become humble.
     Heading back toward our authentic self we find that there is meaning and purpose in our life.  We can enjoy wherever we are in our work or home life to be as it is and to accept it.  This is exactly where I am supposed to be.  Right here is where all the lessons and joy are for me.  I just need to humble myself and squelch my ego's desire to have more.  I do have more, already.  The ego will always want more and it will never be happy with exactly what you have right now.  I began my shift from restlessness to contentment when I began to realize everything that I have now, a real assessment.  I have a great boyfriend, close family, great job, good money, and good friends.  I will continue to work on these things as time goes on but as my humble self not my ego self that wants more so it can define me as more important or better than others.  I don't need more stuff to prove my status; I am proof of me not my things.  I will have more as life goes on and that's great but I'm going to be happy with what I have right now, today.