I was enjoying a Pumpkin Spice latte this morning. The cafe was crowded and every chair was taken. The table beside me was occupied by a 
portly gentleman and, what seemed to be, his employee. A friend of mine once told me that God wouldn’t let you overhear a conversation unless you were meant to. So I felt I had God’s permission to eavesdrop.
I gathered that the gentleman either owned or managed a fitness store (note my reference to portly). The employee had taken up fitness training which meant that he wasn’t available to work as much as the boss wanted. I guess he was a good salesman too.
The boss said something that almost got me into the conversation. He told the young man that he didn’t want him to make a mistake with his life. Ten years from now where would he be if he chose to pursue fitness training instead of a stable sales/retail career. The boss really felt that the guy had great potential in working at his store.
Now let’s be clear. This young guy was not straying down the dark dirty road that leads to damnation, or welfare, or jail. He was doing something that he liked to do, that he made a living at.
Who was he, the boss, to say, what ten years from now looks like? Maybe, fitness training will be the premier career? I couldn’t believe that this man was prepared to cut his employee’s dreams at the knees.
Studies have shown that we are not good at predicting our future happiness. Deciding something today because it will bring you happiness in the future doesn’t work.
Better decide what will make you happy today, make sure it won’t hurt yourself or anyone else and live your perfect life now.
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