“I’m cold!”
I found myself saying this all.day.long.
Today was the first day of the season that to me really felt like Winter in Illinois. And let’s just say I’m ready for Summer already.;)
I found myself all day long wondering why I ever complained about the heat in the Summer.
And I do this every single year. I complain about the extreme Illinois weather regardless of the season.
And this year, all the weather changes have had me thinking.
Like the weather, I’m never truly satisfied with where I’m at in life.
With how I look, where my career is at, how many friendships I have, how much I weigh, how talented I am, how much money I’m making, my spiritual journey, any of it.
I find myself constantly dreaming, setting goals, and looking ahead.
Which is great. I think having dreams and setting goals are so important.
But I think many of us get so set on our goals that we forget to live and be content in the moment.
I know I at least do.
I get so caught up on where I want to be, that I forget to be thankful.
Today I realized it’s November 7th, 2018, and this year has FLOWN by.
And I haven’t spent enough of that time thankful.
But just like the weather, the seasons in our lives are going to be constantly changing.
There will be the hard seasons, the sad seasons, the happiest seasons, the successful seasons, the confusing seasons, the wandering seasons.
We all go through them, but what if instead of going through them, we truly lived through them?
What if we took even the hardest seasons and instead of only looking forward to what the next season will hold, we lived through each one?
Friends, let’s stop wishing away time, and start living through time.
We are only allotted so much time here on this earth. And there are so many pieces to each of our stories.
So let’s live through each season, and relish it as if it was our last one.
The seasons will come and go, but our thankfulness has the ability to stay constant.
And that begins with you.
xoxo
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