Has anyone seen the movie “Click”? While Adam Sandler movies are usually not at the tip top of my list, this one actually goes down as a favorite in my book. The general gist of the movie is that Adam’s character recieves a ‘Universal’ remote control, that allows him to fast forward and skip through parts of his life that he doesn’t particularly want to bother with. If you’ve studied anything about the Laws of Attraction, you will quickly see that this ‘Universal remote’ is quite a good metaphor for how the Universe really works. When ever there is an activity that the character wants to skip through, he hits fast forward. But to his dismay he later realizes that the ‘Universe’ (remote) responds by remembering his requests, and always fast forwards over that particular activity (i.e. a fight w/his wife, and then unfortunately even making love with his wife!). In the end he realizes that by having lived his life with the ‘as soon as this is over with’ approach, he winds up at the end of his life having lost all that was truly dear to him.
To me this movie is a great reminder that (as some wise person said):
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
This can be a tough one to accept, but important to at least try to embrace along the way. I think about it often when I’m feeling stressed, or like ‘every thing will be fine as soon as (blank) is over with’. There is always another twist, another turn and another challenge in life waiting for us just around the corner. The bigger challenge is to embrace the ride - twists, turns and all - infuse it with grattitude and magnetize happiness along the way.