This is one of the many illustrations (click on it to expand) I drew as I was brainstorming for my new book How To Be Alive: A Guide to The Kind of Happiness that Helps The World (you can get a free chapter here and the free workbook here).
Here is the text in the drawing, from bottom left to bottom right to top right:
“We have been like horses trapping ourselves in a small coral in a huge pasture. We have been scared to leave the coral and the farmer who brings the hay–even though grass grows everywhere.
“But now the pile is nearly gone, and our worst fears have come true.
“This frees us to explore the pasture which is filled with fresher grass.
“Much happier is the horse that roams freely through the mountains and valleys eating green grass.
“There is fresh, green grass everywhere.”
Or, as I put it in the opening paragraphs of How to Be Alive:
“Everything seems so suddenly unstable.
“We can all choose to live in fear about that. Or, we can look to a new set of aspirations and life choices that many people are already nding exciting and inspiring.
“I don’t mean the problems and the suffering are exciting, of course. I mean the opportunities are. Because as things shift, you (and I and everyone else) have the opportunity to make new choices and build new lives where you not only get to feel secure and enjoy your life but also get the chance to contribute to solutions that help other people, and feel like your life really means something in the process.”
That, by the way, is what How to Be Alive is about: “The quest for a joyous and meaningful life while living in a frightening, confusing world that needs our help.”
What are your opportunities for a safe, fulfilling meaning life in our world crises? Don’t keep scrambling after the farmer’s last scraps. There is green grass everywhere. What step can you take today to find it?
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