What Are You Chasing?

As I sit writing, I watch my dog chasing spots of light against the wall coming from the reflection of my iPad in the sun. The light bounces around the wall, wildly. Completely entertained, but also intent, my dog runs and barks and bites, but to no avail. We sometimes feel this way, don’t we? We expend a lot of energy and effort toward grasping something, and it proves to only be chasing the elusive, the imitation, or the imagined. Chasing the unattainable can hold a potential for high achievement, but at some point we tire of the pursuit, and long for a deeper satisfaction.
What is it that you really want? What inner need, that may have gone unmet, are you chasing? Where do you want your energy to be invested? Sitting down, and looking at the wall of your life for just a while may just shift the energy. You get to choose. Now may be the time to lead, rather than follow.