This Apple is REALLY Good

Within every situation, no matter how it looks, there’s something of value and something that you want to know and understand.  There’s nothing that you live that isn’t of value to you and you’re the one who gets to decide whether or not you’ll find the value within the experience.  When you decide to compare your current situation with what used to be, or what you think should be, you’re not appreciating what-is and you’re not in a place of allowing more of what you want to flow into your experience.  Liken it to comparing an apple with an orange and wishing the apple were more like the orange.  Sort of a silly idea, right?  Why not just enjoy the apple for what it is….an apple.  It might be different from the orange, but it’s supposed to be an apple and not an orange, so you don’t spend much time wishing the apple were an orange, do you?  When you let it be an apple, and let it be the apple that you’re eating right now rather than comparing it once again, only this time to other apples you’ve had before, the apple becomes, in this very moment, the best darn apple you could ever have…right now.  You’re not making a comparison of what it should be, or that you’ve had better ones before, or that this one isn’t as tasty or sweet or firm as the apples you’ve had before; all that does is make you not appreciate the apple you have right now, and it diminishes your present moment, wishing it were different from how it presently is.  So when you’re acknowledging what-is, you can either accept it as it is and see it as a good thing, or you can get all hot and bothered and tense up against it and wish you could zap it out of your existence and see it as not a good thing.  Two choices.  And which attitude do you think will help you make peace with where you are quicker?  And which choice do you think gets you jumping off the platform and down the zip line to more of what you want?  Right!  What a smarty-pants you are!  So if you can come to know that there’s pleasure and value to be had wherever you are on your journey, and allow yourself the satisfaction and enjoyment before needing the circumstances to change or holding out on the pleasure factor for the perfect circumstances, your journey can be a happy one along the way to more unfolding for you.  Everything is in constant change and it changes to whatever drum you’re beating.  So why not choose your mood and attitude and find the benefit in what-is and enjoy the ride?  Only more good can come of that.  Why wait for more to come before you enjoy what-is?  Or, why wait for the best or the better apple when you can enjoy the one you have, which is the only one you have.  Why not jump in and enjoy what-is on your way to more that will be enjoyable?  Sort of a win/win, don’tchathink?  There’s potential for joy and fulfillment and meaning and fun every step along the way and there’s no need for the conditions to be perfect before you experience all of that.  There’s something to be appreciated about that apple you’re eating right now, there really is…and I bet if you decide to look for it, you’ll find it.