Monday, March 15, 2010

"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become". Charles Dubois


Stuck. Some of us get stuck. We get caught up in our activities of daily living without realizing we've let go of our goals - the life we envisioned living. This doesn't mean we're a bad person or a loser or someone with low self-esteem or low self-worth, it just means we've been sorta kinda like on a vacation for awhile, taking a break.

Not to worry, it happens to everyone. The laundry, the grocery shopping, work, friends, getting from here to there, family...etc. It's called real life.

The great thing about it is, though, we can incorporate who we are with who we want to be. We always have the possibility of choice and change; it just comes down to how much we're willing to sacrifice in order to get where it is we say we want to go and while sacrificing can sometimes conjure up a great deal of fear, facing that fear and overcoming it, helps us achieve what we want to become.

Lord, I don't know how many times, I've stopped and started and started and stopped and how much fear, I've had to overcome, and it's still here! Each and every day provides the opportunity to try something new - go in a different direction. Just sitting down to write this blog, I'll wonder whether or not the words will come and if so, will they be intelligent, insightful, thoughtful and helpful? I don't know, but I certainly won't know until I sit down at my laptop and give it a try and then when I do, sure enough, the words flow onto the screen and when the words flow onto the screen, I begin to work toward who I want to become. A writer. A writer who has life stories and experiences to share with wishes, desires and goals for the future just like you. It's all about connecting. Connecting with others, to embrace everything life has to offer. The joy and sorrow, pain and hurt, laughter and tears, good times and bad - just living and sharing.

Life is good.