So many of us want something more out of life. We want a better job, a better life and to just be happier. Well have you thought about what it would take to MAKE you happier? Have you really put some thought into it?
What took me a long time to realize was that the life I had was the life I created. Even if it wasn't the life I wanted. All the decisions I've made, all the circumstances I've been through have brought me to this place, right now, right here, right exactly where I am. If it could be played back to me in a movie, like my life flashing before my eyes, I bet there would be parts...no, I know there would be many parts, that I'd want to edit or change or rewrite. But it is the choices I've made that brought me to here. For some people that is REALLY uncomfortable! They don't want to think about it or explore it and most certainly don't want to take responsibility for it. It can be a big pill to swallow.
We've all done things that we regret, or said things that we wish we could take back and some of those things are huge! Scary and huge and we'd just rather forget them or put them back in the dark and never bring them out again. But I'm here to tell you that you must let the scariest of things into the light because they are like a fungus... they just continue to grow in the darkness. In the light they don't appear so big and once you handle them, they get smaller.
I encourage you to look back at those things with forgiveness in your heart. Not just for others, but mostly for yourself. Forgive you for the mistakes you have made and then move on.
I have been haunted by the thought sometimes of "what if this is all there is?" What if life where complete today? Would I have accomplished the things I've wanted to? Would I be the person I wanted to be? Or would I have regrets and feel like so much was unfinished. But I do know that if I'm constantly looking back on what could have been, it is the wrong place to put my efforts. I can't do anything about what's already been done. I heard once "it's not important what you've done in the past. What matters most is what you do with today and forward." What matters most is who you are from now on.
So why don't I have exactly the life I desire? Why don't I have all the money I need, all the friends I can handle and all the love one person wants? I think about these things often. I dream about my "perfect" life and what exactly I'd want out of it. So what is it that I am doing to hold it up? Am I always thinking positively about it? Or am I wishing it away for some reason? All things are energy that you are either attracting to you or pushing away from you. What is your body and mind sending out as energy? For me it is fear. I can't nail it down for you or tell you exactly what it is I'm afraid of all I know is that at times I am frozen by fear. So I begin to sabotage myself. By not making the best use of my time. By restarting projects and not finishing what I've started. By beating myself up for the past instead of truly forgiving myself for my short comings. All these things hold me back and send out the wrong energy.
But what I've come to realize is "what am I waiting for?" Really? What needs to be all lined up and right all at the same time in order for me to move forward toward my dreams? All the lights are never green all at the same time! You can't set sail until you put your sails up in the air where the wind can catch them. You will drown if you do not swim! The answer is "there is NOTHING to wait for!" Now is the time, right now, today! If I don't feel confident about something I probably haven't done it enough. If I'm worried I'll fail, I haven't tried enough times and put in enough effort. Now is the time. I have to take action and the action puts everything in motion and draws the good energy of all the things I want out of life to me. Without action the SCARIEST thing will happen. I will remain the same. Nothing will change and in 5 years I'll be right here, where I'm at... waiting for something to happen. I don't have that kind of time. Frankly, time is running out every minute of every day and I know God did not guarantee me a tomorrow, so I may have less time than I even realized.
Act today! Do it today! Make it happen today! Start right now and BE the person you want to be and in a few short months you'll realize you are becoming that person and if you don't stop long enough to let fear creep in, you will BE that person you've always wanted to be, doing what you've always wanted to do and then you can look back at your life with pride and no longer have regrets. Obstacles will come, they always do, but it's what you do with them, not what they do to you that will make all the difference in where you end up!
Go out and live your dreams starting right now, today!!
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