I bet you all wonder what in the world will be working on my nerves this week, because I blog solely on what is getting under my skin at the moment. Essentially that is what a blog is for, to temporarily relive your thoughts, and compare them with other's thoughts.
This week my mind got carried away with thoughts when I saw a tweet from a younger guy I went to High School with. It’s his senior year, and he said “Has life planned out & im gone stick to it.” This really got me to thinking.
I remember when I was in my senior year of high school I knew for certain I had my life figured out. I was going to graduate, move in with my high school sweetheart, go to community college for two years, transfer to nursing school, get married, move a bigger city, have children, and live happily ever after. WRONG.
This is where we mess up in life. Everyone is on the fast track. We’ve got all these plans that we’re so certain are the way we envision life is how it will end up. But, life doesn’t work that way. The only thing that stays the same is everything changes.
We need to slow down. If you keep on a fast pace of life you’re going to miss the actual life part. My new motto is “Whatever happens, happens.” We can’t predict what will happen to us tomorrow. Everything could change within seconds. The sooner we embrace the fact that life is an ever changing fast pace marathon that has to be paused and enjoyed every once in awhile, is the time that we can gain true happiness.
You see, life can’t be planned. In my own personal opinion life’s foundation should be your faith. In my case my faith is in the Lord. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen.” Hebrews 11:1. We have to believe that the things we hope for will happen if they are the right things for us. A lot of time we are hopefully of things that aren’t meant for us.
Take for example the way my mind was set on the life I thought I was going to have. I had faith that God was going to take me where I needed to be, and that just happened to have nothing to do with my plans. I graduated, stayed at home with my parents, went to community college for two years, still haven’t made a decision on a nursing school, have no intentions of getting married, or dating, I moved out with a friend, and I’m simply enjoying life.
Life is way too short to only be focused on long term goals. What about this moment? All of these days in between are your life. Don’t miss your life because you’re planning the life you want to have. Take it one day at a time.
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries, today’s trouble is enough for today…” Matthew 6:34
Excellent blog. Dan Ford
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