Milestone or Anchor?

Milestones or anchor points; pressure or pleasure?

You have reached milestones in your life—experiences you were happy to meet, savor, and celebrate. You paused in their warmth, felt the goodness of them, and then set your sights on the next one that would feel just as good.

But you have also known anchor points—moments that weighed you down, held you in place, or tied you to a feeling you did not choose. These might be disappointments in yourself or others, or major events that bring a pang of unease or sadness. Both types of moments hold a place on your timeline.

One to reminisce on and feel lighter — more buoyant, a feeling of self-pride and value.

The other brings disappointment, sadness, or shame.

Which are you tying yourself to?

Which one are you visiting most often, feeling akin to or associated with?**

Whether an anchor was created by you or handed to you at birth, it is still your choice—your right—to unhook yourself from anything that keeps you circling a painful vicinity or believing “this is just how it is.”

At any moment you can feel, within your current situation, past experience, or future dream, the buoyancy—the hope, the levity, the natural floating offered by the optimism of your own personal sense of satisfaction. Not in comparison to anyone else. Only for you.

Savor that.

Dwell there.

The law of physics and of the universe itself will generate more to magnetically draw more of the feelings you are consistently emitting toward you.

You alone have control over your internal atmosphere—your moments of happiness, your revisits to your own milestones, and the sense of satisfaction that springs from within.

Allow yourself a pat on the back.

Feel your own love emanating from within and enveloping you.

You will attract more and more of that goodness, expanding in the direction of what you are harboring.

Be a safe harbor for yourself, and reap the benefits of that feeling as your waypoint, your milestone, your anchor in life.