These past few days I have been doing a Helluva lot of soul searching and thinking.....I truly hate doing both, but at times like this I fall back onto a wonderful poem called Footprints or Footprints in the Sand for some.
The basis of the poem is a man walking along life's path with two sets of footprints, his and the Lord's and when he is most troubled he see's only one set of footprints and thinks that God has forsaken him and God replies:
"No my child it was during your most troubled times that I carried you"
It is a great lesson to learn that we may feel alone but we aren't. We have our Higher Power, I say Higher Power so I don't offend anyone's view point. We also have our friends and family.
My life steps have made me remember an old article I wrote a few years back and wanted to share as it fits the theme of starting out or being in a rut and not knowing what to do.
The days of a new it seems. You ever get that feeling that someone, somewhere is quite possibly thinking the exact same thing as you are at this very moment? Scary huh? You never know.
The point I am trying to get to is that we all have thoughts and dreams, goals and hopes. Realities and fantasies. What however is it that stops some of us from having our fantasies become our realities?
Are we afraid of success?
Do we feel unworthy?
Have we gotten so in "this moment" that we see no way out. No silver lining as it were?
It depends for each of us. I need to get a life, I need to learn more life lessons, I need to get somewhere other than here. It may seem odd or even foolish but this is exactly why I am not where I should be or would like to be in my life at this point and time.
So why do I stay in this rut? I suppose it is because I have a sense of security and a sense of control at least with my current environment. Having said that I also know that if I chose to go elsewhere and make a solid change it would most certainly be worth it for myself and my family. Yet my feet are frozen solid to this existence.
For good or ill, it is how I chose to live for now. Life is what we make it, sometimes change is good and sometimes it is scary but think back in your life. We all have to learn to crawl before we can walk, remember never being afraid of things when you were younger? Fear and pain are not innate, they are learned traits. The more we overcome our fears, the more successful and happy we will ultimately become.
Just a thought.
The basis of the poem is a man walking along life's path with two sets of footprints, his and the Lord's and when he is most troubled he see's only one set of footprints and thinks that God has forsaken him and God replies:
"No my child it was during your most troubled times that I carried you"
It is a great lesson to learn that we may feel alone but we aren't. We have our Higher Power, I say Higher Power so I don't offend anyone's view point. We also have our friends and family.
My life steps have made me remember an old article I wrote a few years back and wanted to share as it fits the theme of starting out or being in a rut and not knowing what to do.
The days of a new it seems. You ever get that feeling that someone, somewhere is quite possibly thinking the exact same thing as you are at this very moment? Scary huh? You never know.
The point I am trying to get to is that we all have thoughts and dreams, goals and hopes. Realities and fantasies. What however is it that stops some of us from having our fantasies become our realities?
Are we afraid of success?
Do we feel unworthy?
Have we gotten so in "this moment" that we see no way out. No silver lining as it were?
It depends for each of us. I need to get a life, I need to learn more life lessons, I need to get somewhere other than here. It may seem odd or even foolish but this is exactly why I am not where I should be or would like to be in my life at this point and time.
So why do I stay in this rut? I suppose it is because I have a sense of security and a sense of control at least with my current environment. Having said that I also know that if I chose to go elsewhere and make a solid change it would most certainly be worth it for myself and my family. Yet my feet are frozen solid to this existence.
For good or ill, it is how I chose to live for now. Life is what we make it, sometimes change is good and sometimes it is scary but think back in your life. We all have to learn to crawl before we can walk, remember never being afraid of things when you were younger? Fear and pain are not innate, they are learned traits. The more we overcome our fears, the more successful and happy we will ultimately become.
Just a thought.
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