Whatever it was, it made me pause and reflect my life.
Am I happy with who I am? Am I happy with what I am doing?
Am I happy with the situation I am in?
Would I have been happier if I had taken the road I had given up on?
And then I remember the story of the insatiable woman-
There once was a building that sold men.
A woman entered and was told that the building operated in the manner that, each flight of stairs she climbed, she'd find floors filled with different types of men.
The higher the floors, the better the men.
Excited, she hurried up to the first floor.
There, she saw a sign that said 'Wife-beaters, liars and two-timers'.
She turns her head away in disgust and rushes off to the next floor.
On the 2nd floor, the sign says 'loving men'.
She thinks to herself, 'hmm... this sounds better than the last one.... but I won't settle for someone who can only offer me love!'
So, off she goes to the next batch of men.
The sign on the 3rd floor reads 'rich and loving men'.
The woman ponders, "This sounds better! I could do with this... but... I wonder what's on the next floor?"
She runs up the flight of stairs and is delighted to see the sign that said 'rich, handsome and loving men'.
"Ooh! I could REALLY use a rich, handsome and loving man.... but... what if there is something better on the next floor??"
She strides up to the next floor in anticipation.
However, when she arrives, all she sees is a sign that says, 'I'm sorry, there are no men on this floor.... you women are just too hard to please!'
I guess I can't say that I'm unhappy with my life. On the contrary, I like what I have now. I am happy that I'm completing a degree- an accomplishment!
Yet, I still do at times wonder- what if?
Is it bad? I've been told that if I didn't I'd be too complacent.
Then again, where do you draw the line between being too greedy/fickle and being too complacent?

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