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Always be looking for new ways to enrich your life
Friday, 11 January 2008
One problem I notice a lot is people stomping over the same ground all the time. They find a few things they like, or that reward them, then they just keep trying to wring out every last drop of juice from those sources.
What they might notice, if they cared to look up from their long obsessions, is that the world is full to the brim with opportunity for reward. And often, it's easier to gain benefit from a new discovery than it is to drink from an already depleted well.
So you should be always looking for new ways to enrich your life. Whether it's a new TV show, holiday destination, person in your life, or recreational interest, drink in all that the world has to offer.
To achieve this is relatively easy. All you have to do is devote an amount of your energy into exploring the unknown. Step outside your familiar circle and venture into wild new lands. Yes, it can be a little scary and uncomfortable sometimes, but that's half the fun.
What I've found when I search for new things in this way, is that most opportunities for enrichment are unsatisfactory. I think this is what puts most people off following this path in the fist place. But if you persist, you'll soon find you have all sorts of interesting new additions to your life.
With most opportunities for enrichment, the good ones you find are really worthwhile having. Even if you only find one interesting new friend a year, for example, you can often gain an astonishing amount of rewarding experience from such a person. Surely it's worth a few relationship false-starts to find them?
Always be looking for new ways to enrich your life. It's the difference between a mundane and an exciting existence.
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