When 2015 hit the ground running on January 1st, the majority of people were bursting at the seams with excitement and zeal. Many people posted on pieces of paper or in their phones a few goals they wanted to accomplish for the new year; or like many people still had from the last year. That is where I want to focus our attention today.
The goals from the previous years that were not fulfilled, and the consequences being experienced.
Now I say consequences, and that sounds kind of harsh and scary, but what I really am saying is that when passions, dreams and goals that you find yourself thinking about and feeling when you are alone are not pursued and sought after, things happen to our souls. This list could be a mile high with reasons and consequences to not pursuing a dream, but I want to focus on a few, and then give reasons how we can jump in to pursuing them!
- You are anxious
Chances are pretty high that you are anxious from time to time and maybe a little more, if you are not in some way pursuing that one thing that makes your heart leap. Chances are moments when you are pondering your day or the next week or month something tells you to make that phone call, sign up or send that email to start the thing you know you need and want to do. Being anxious is based solely out of fear-fear that you will have no control. Control always goes back to love, and love is what fuels passions.
2. You Frequently feel off balance
Now I am not talking about vertigo here, I am talking about the balance of time, relationships, money, and church. Maybe if you are like me, you often find yourself writing your check lists down different ways each month, trying to see if why you are off balance is because of the type of planner you use. Planners, organized sheets, and charts and great ways to stay organized and balanced in life for sure, but if you aren't balanced in your soul, those charts and graphs and check lists will never work.
3. Few people know of your passion
This one sounds super obvious to me, but being in a post graduate life away from my college town was a very difficult transition and one that I am still trying to maneuver through. I recently heard a sermon in which the pastor said promise does not triumph purpose. You see after college my life really was a whirlwind. I made many promises without truly doing a whole lot of foundational work. Being in community with people takes work and sacrifice, but it is well worth it. In retrospect I see how quickly time flew and decisions made that I was not balanced fully. People we invest in, and they invest in us, know our passions and goals and dreams as well as we know theirs. Find your people. Invest. Know.
4.You often make excuses and have reasons why now isn't the right time
I am too young,
too old, not enough
No money
I have a kid
I dont have a kid
I am single
I am married
I haven't been involved long enough
I am not good enough
I am not fit enough
I am socially awkward
i have nothing to offer people
I only have a bachelors
I only have a highschool diploma
My personality is too weird
I am too short, too tall, too skinny too fat
I am a flake
They wont like me
I will do it next year
It wont work out
I will probably fail
So and so will not approve
It will make life harder
---------------------------------Literally stop right now.---------------------------------------------------
5. You feel incomplete
Going on a spiritual perspective I believe there will always be some sort of incomplete feeling deep within us that is healthy. This hole is what drives us to learn more about ourselves and how we can emulate Christ while we are living. However, there are holes in us that we create by stifling our creativity saying no when we should say yes, feeling jaded because we made excuses and not sticking to our guns, going for it and living out that deep welling firey passion that is screaming to be let out! The world needs to see us burning bright the way God made us--glorifying him with our being.
We are human 'beings' first, and then we are human 'doings.'
Find what makes you 'be' so you can go and 'do.'
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