Everyone has some sort of thoughts on what is, what should be, and what is to come. I think a major conflict occurs when what we want to happen isn't the reality or course we see before us. So that leaves us with some options: 1) Try to force things 2) Be delusional 3) A strange combination of forcing/delusion and 4) Accepting realities as they are. We try so hard to be the master of our destinies, to prepare ourselves for what's coming, trying to read peoples' minds, and playing the what if/if only game. It's all a waste of time. We'd be so much happier if we just accepted the realities.
I'm not saying that you should not strive for goals or dreams. I'm not saying that you should not fight for what's important. I'm not saying you should leave your passions by the wayside and accept the mundane and the mediocre. But sometimes the realities we strive against are so much sweeter than what we obsessively toil over. So what if you didn't get 20 responses to your last fb post? So what if your crush likes someone else? So what if you don't know what's coming next?
But what are your blessings? Who are the people the people that show you they love you each and every day? What was that thing that made you laugh so hard you almost peed in your pants? What about your dog wagging his tail just because he sees you? What about that meal that was to die for? Often we're so focused on silly little pieces of affirmation or control that we miss some beautiful things.
And sometimes those things that we think we want are not nearly as great as what God has in store for us.
Just some thoughts...I have to remind myself of these things too!
