I have learned that my virtual fish like it better when their tank glass is clean! Then comes the feeding and they swim around happy as...well virtual fish.
Now let me say that some days I wish I hadn't started the aquarium. It takes daily tending and if you do not tend it...the fish look sick and sad and the tank ... well it gets pretty gross looking.
So here's what I have learned...actually it happened yesterday as I was using the virtual brush to clean the virtual fish tank (I know...don't I a have a life?!!!) but here is what I learned...our lives are exactly like the fish tank. It hit me like a giant ah-ha moment.
Our lives and our visions need daily tending or we can becoming sad and sick. And lord knows with neglect... our tank can get looking pretty gross.
So what does this mean? It means number one that we clean our tank and really know what we are looking at. Clear out the junk with our virtual brush and let us have a clear look at what we have and what we want in our lives. We cannot be happy if our lives are full of so much junk we can't see straight.
Once the tank is clear..what's our vision? What do we want our lives to look like and what are we doing every day to tend to that vision?
I know this..when I did not tend my life because I simply couldn't...things got pretty murky. I was floating around like those very sad fish...not being tended to. I survived it ...I am standing back up but the journey there has been long and very painful.
I am ever so grateful that I came through everything I did. Now it's my responsibility to tend my life every single day to make sure my vision is clear and it stays that way. It takes daily tending. It takes knowing what I want and being committed to getting it. Some days I am better at that than others.
But here is what my little virtual fish and I have in common. We know the difference between living in a murky, scary environment and one that is clear and full of life. I think you can see it in our faces and I can feel it in my body and soul.
I choose daily tending for me and my fish. I am choosing clarity. I am choosing a life that is clear. I am choosing an environment that is full of life. I will have that for me and my little virtual fish. I am not there yet but I know the way...
Tomorrow is my 365TH post...an achievement I will celebrate with great joy. I am going to tell you what I have learned over this past year, where I am headed and the tools I will continue to use along the way.
Don't worry my post won't be as long as "War and Peace" but I believe there was some war and peace involved!!!
But for now... I need to go check on my fish! :)
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