Be careful how you hear it. Be careful where you hear the emphasis.
"It doesn't get any better than this!" isn't a complaint bewailing an
unsatisfactory quality of Life. I'm not emphasizing it that way - just
the opposite in fact. "It doesn't get any better than this!" is an
acknowledgement of the sublime quality of the "this" in
the phrase "This is IT!".
It's this acknowledgement of a sublime quality of Life at every moment
under all circumstances which comes with the onset of
transformation
and which is embodied in the esprit de corps of all people
everywhere who experience
transformation
for themselves - which is to say of all people everywhere courageous
enough to generatetransformation
for themselves.
In addition to "It doesn't get any better than this!" as
an acknowledgement of a sublime quality of Life at every moment under
all circumstances which comes with the onset of
transformation,
I'll also ante up with "It doesn't get any
easier than this!".
Again, be careful how you hear it. Be careful where you hear the
emphasis. "It doesn't get any easier than this!" isn't a complaint
bewailing how hard Life is. I'm not emphasizing it that
way - just the opposite in fact. "It doesn't get any easier than this!"
is an acknowledgement of the already
workability
of the "this" in the phrase "This is IT!".
Together these two givens "It doesn't get any better than
this!" and "It doesn't get any easier than this!" provide a launch
platform from which to live Life powerfully. Living Life
powerfully doesn't make Life better. The launch platform "It
doesn't get any better than this!" says it's already
as good as it gets.
Living Life powerfully doesn't make Life easier. The launch
platform "It doesn't get any easier than this!" says it's already as
easy as it gets. Living Life powerfully in order to have a
better life or in order to have an easier life, is a conflict in
terms. It's unclear on the concept. There's only one
authentic reason to live Life powerfully ... and that's to live Life
powerfully.
What about the fuel (so to speak) which
powers living Life powerfully? Is there enough? Some days
everything
works
powerfully without any effort on my part. Fuel seems
plentiful. Other days it seems my
tank
is empty - I have it that fuel isn't plentiful. Things
don't
work
so well, and those which may
work
don't
work
powerfully. I notice it's the days when everything
works
powerfully, which seduce me. I want more of them. It's more than that
actually. It's I can't get enough of them. I prefer them.
I want fewer of the days when things don't
work
powerfully. I want fewer of the days when fuel isn't plentiful.
In an epiphany, I see this preference is a trap. It's a trap because
it goeswith (as
Alan Watts
may have said) a sense that Life's
workability,
which is the fuel for living Life powerfully,
is somehow scarce. It's a sense the fuel for living Life
powerfully is somehow in short supply.
But it's really not. It's not scarce. It's not in short supply. There's
enough of it to draw on - all the time, any day. Life's
workability
is available, prolific, generous, and abundant. It doesn't have
to be rationed, hoarded, or used sparingly. Use it boldly. Use it
lavishly. Use it wholeheartedly and unreservedly. There's
ample to go around - for everyone on all occasions with all projects in
all situations at every moment under all circumstances. It can never be
depleted, exhausted, or used up. There's enough today. There'll be
enough tomorrow. There's enough to last forever.