Embrace Tomorrow

Start today!

Do you have a ‘one day’ list – you know what I mean – one day when the children are at school, one day when the children grow up, one day when we retire…………….. I will, we will…….

But the children go to school and grow up, leave home and, well, we look back and see, we just never really got round to taking a look at our list, never mind fulfilling something from it.

Life is just so busy and we get pulled around by a multitude of ‘things’ that consume our time and energies, that if we are not watchful we will end up with an ‘I wish I had list ’.

Finding the time, organising our time, to include a personal desire makes us more fulfilled people. Many years ago I was talking with a psychoanalyst about ‘down time’ – or personal time. Bringing up a young family at the time life was hectic – ‘how much personal time do you set aside each day’ he asked. ‘Each day’ I questioned and laughed. But the conversation stuck in my mind.

There were many things in the past I would have liked to ‘factor’ into my day – reading a book with a good cup of coffee, taking a walk with my camera, what about the dance class (great way to keep fit). But I did not seem to be able to factor them into my month let alone day.

Well it might have taken a few years for the question to take root and grow – but I am enjoying my most days ‘down time’. Life is too short to waste, to look back with a huge ‘I wish I had list’.

God has put gifts and talents within us that need to be recognised and developed. (Matthew 25:14) He has given each of us twenty four hours in a day and the responsibility to organise that time – to make the most of each precious moment. We are never too old or young to take control. Recognise you can’t always be ‘doing’ sometimes you just need to ‘be’ and be you – the person God created you to be.

Go on make Today Count – take your list off the shelf. If you don’t organise your time something, or somebody else, will.

Don’t just look at the roses, smell them, factor into your day a half hour of ‘you’ time – you will be a better more fulfilled person for doing it.

Making that change will open up a whole new world for you to embrace tomorrow.

Be blessed and have an exciting month.

Love Barbara