Do you ever find yourself in a bubble of time where you regularly vacillate between analyzing your past and dreaming about your future? Perhaps you experienced wounds or failures that can threaten how you perceive your destiny potential if you don't 'clean house' and move into victory mode. Maybe today is painful and it would be easier to escape into another time zone somehow.
Reflection is a super, necessary tool, as long as we don't allow ourselves to continually camp out in 'Analysis Paralysis'.
Dreaming BIG stretches us, sometimes so much that we can get frustrated if we are not walking into those hopes and visions NOW. It does take time to build those blueprints into concrete reality.
In the process of learning from our past experiences and moving into what's ahead though, often we forget to live in the Present. If our eyes are looking simultaneously in the rear view mirror and the windshield as we fast forward through life, we might fail to notice the person sitting next to us, what Spirit is revealing to our heart for the day, or some sweet memory-in-the-making. We only get to experience the gift of NOW once.
There are plenty of seasons of my life that I simply do not remember any more. Part of the reason, I think, is because I was so busy looking backward or forward, that I missed being fully aware and alive enough to remember those times as they were unfolding.
Let's make sure we don't neglect to be 'nowfully' present. Sit in the floor and play with your children while they are young, today, because one day soon they will grow up. Take time out from your hard work to enjoy THIS moment….it will keep you grounded and grateful so that you are primed for what is next.
There's never a list for it
Of cons and pros
You find what you love, and you commit
The road so well
That you could forget your crown
Isn't just somewhere else
Don't Miss Now
Spot on Merry, very encouraging, Thanks. At times we can become so focused on something negative that is happening in life we can forget to remember the good things past and present.
Mary Ann, dreamlab7.com/dreamsETC
Hit the Nail on the Head!
You just described me in a nutshell. It's so hard not to be overcome by disappointment when you have such big dreams and day after day you don't see them happening. So you keep looking back and over-analyzing what you did wrong or didn't do at all or what you could have done that maybe turned you on the wrong path to your destiny. So much worrying. When really, it's gonna happen because God is telling you it's gonna happen. I think some people are just introspective and nostalgic which can be nice, but linger in that zone too long and you cross over into depressed, and as you said, missing out on life. We should look at ourselves now and then, for sure. But if we get stuck gazing back at our lives in a way its almost some sick strain of vanity or self pity. Do you think you made a mistake? Get up and try not to make it next time. But at least get up and try to enjoy life NOW! Thanks for this article. It really spoke to me. -Marysia
Thank you for reading and
Thank you for reading and commenting, Marysia. Perhaps we can spur each other on to live in the NOW--and keep a good balance going so we can reach our destiny full steam ahead. Blessings!