Are you sleeping through life? Do you even know it? And if you do, why are you doing it?

What I mean by sleeping through life is that you are just letting life happen and not taking control of your life in some way. There are people that just cruise on through and never stop to examine what is happening to them. These are the same people that complain that the same bad things happen to them over and over again. Gee, ya think?

For me every day is part of a continuing examination of the life I am living. Daily lessons on how to live and what I can do to make things better are offered for my taking. I watch the world and wonder what else is possible and see others that are either living it or letting it all pass by.

One of the things I see more of lately is that people refuse to see the good aspects of everything around them. When I drive the cab I usually ask “So did Vegas treat you well?” Usually the people start complaining about the losses at the gaming tables. So I counter, “You know, I was not talking about just the games. There is the dining, shows, and shopping, the whole package. So did Vegas treat you well?” and then they admit that they had a great time and I was right, the trip was not completely about the games.

What this shows is that people will assume the worst, dwell on it, and not look beyond what is immediately on their minds. These people are running on neutral and do not take the extra effort to see the whole picture. Sad isn’t it? But to be fair, there are a few that answer the whole trip was a wonderful time and they did enjoy it even through they may have lost on the tables. Those people are awake and have seen beyond the losses. Good for them.

Personally, I do not understand how people could live their lives without some examination of what is happening to them. But they do. You know it, I know it, do they know it? I know we can all get into a groove, things moving along in a comfortable routine, but does that mean we show just don the blinkers and keep going? Couldn’t we make things even better?

We have to live in the real world, not just the one we make around us.