An old friend of mine taught me a great lesson earlier this year. Following is what I wrote back in March 2009 about that lesson. I found it very enlightening to go back and read my thoughts from this spring, to reflect on that time in my life when I first wrote this, and my positive perspective despite all that I was dealing with then; and now, at the end of a very significant decade (1/4/10 correction - so I have been informed that the end of the decade is next year...duh my bad. haha) to realize how this lesson has applied to my life not only throughout this tumultuous year, but every year before and how it will continue to apply every year I am blessed to enjoy hereafter.
When you quit worrying and stressing about the things and people in your life that really don't matter (ahh! my room is a mess, i have to get my oil changed, my car needs to be washed, does my hair look okay?, why doesn't he/she respect me, like me, love me?, is he/she talking about me behind my back? blah blah blah...you get my drift) then you have soo much extra time and energy available for the things and people that really DO matter. Those are the people that make life the gift that it truly is. They should have been your main priority all along...
When you quit worrying and stressing about the things and people in your life that really don't matter (ahh! my room is a mess, i have to get my oil changed, my car needs to be washed, does my hair look okay?, why doesn't he/she respect me, like me, love me?, is he/she talking about me behind my back? blah blah blah...you get my drift) then you have soo much extra time and energy available for the things and people that really DO matter. Those are the people that make life the gift that it truly is. They should have been your main priority all along...
Simple lesson - and it shouldn't be too difficult to implement that in my life either...in a way, I have already been taking steps to eliminate the negative in my life. So I'm just going to keep on going down the path I am currently on, making the types of choices I have recently been making...and I have a wonderful feeling that I will end up right where I am supposed to be. No more wondering or worrying where I will end up - I'm still curious yes - but the destination is not my main focus anymore - it's the travel time getting there that is the good stuff.
In Him,
Brooklyn
