Options.

I met a really incredible man this month.

In his 60’s, wildly successful in business, happily married for decades, father of 4 successful children.  He just looks like he won the life lottery.

My colleague asked him what makes his life so happy.

He said “Options.”

“When I realized I had options I kept going in life making the best choices I could but always looking for the options I had.  They kept getting better and better the more aware I was of what I could do with what I had around me.”

And then it hit me. 

I had been feeling so stuck.

And as if the universe heard me loud and clear…I was at a crossroads with work and facing decisions that were challenging.  Suddenly it was clear.

And then I saw the options.

They were always there; I just couldn’t see them clearly.  I had been so wrapped up in daily life and functions that I wasn’t seeing things as they were.  Now that I’m more freely looking around the list of options is growing by the day. 

And that list includes things I have always dreamed of doing!

So thanks, Dave. 

Thanks for the clarity.

Thanks for being so damn happy.

And thanks for reminding me it was always about my options!

-McGee