“I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.”

– Vincent van Gogh, post-Impressionist painter

Image from Nasa

The other night, I was watching a show about Mars and the current plans to send a manned mission there by the year 2033. The complexity and enormity of this undertaking was inspiring.

I guess it is within our very nature as humans to seek and strive for new levels of knowledge, adventure, and accomplishment – and yet, some of us slow down and even stop in these efforts. We sometimes find ourselves in dead-end jobs, dead-end relationships, and general life ruts where we feel stuck or trapped.

Exercise:

Complete the following statement:

I am looking forward to ……….

Keep asking yourself “What else? What else? What else?” with all your heart, until you revive the seeker and striver in you.