And afterwards. When the excitement has died down. The new car is no longer new. The memory of the holiday is fading. All the home projects have been finished and the novelty of being able to sleep in has worn off. What then? What’s missing?
The truth is that a belief that the “things” that we “value” soon lose their appeal. Once they are obtained, we want more. And once we get more, we want even more. It seems an insatiable appetite for more yet there never seems to be a gaining of true fulfilment. Something is missing……but what?
Our society has conditioned us to believe that all of life’s trimmings will bring satisfaction and gratification. The truth is that this illusion has to be perpetuated in order that our society can continue to function. If everybody had a far greater degree of satisfaction with what they had, there would be less need for new things. Manufacturing would slow or in some cases stop. Business’s close, people would be without of work. Generally, there would be chaos.
If “things” don’t do it for us, then what does? Most people never really get to this point, to ask this question. What ARE we looking for? Maybe a need to serve in some way. Perhaps to teach. Or it could be just how to be a happier person.
Trying to understand what exactly this may be can often result in frustration. Without the ability to perhaps understand what questions to ask, gaining this awareness can be impossible.
Coaching can help unlock this awareness. A coach asks those questions, at times questions that are difficult, even painful. Questions that may begin to unlock some hidden truths. A beginning of new understanding that may eventually lead to answering that question, “What is it that you really want in life”.
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