Ever wonder how you got here? I don't mean the big bang theory or the creation. I mean how you got here, right now.There you are, right now, reading this post. Your____old. You are full of ________. Looking forward to ___________. How did you get to this place in your life? Did you design your entire life?
Did someone tell you what you should do along the way? Did you always listen to your heart? Are you doing what you always dreamed you would? Are you living the life you always pictured with the person by your side that you always thought you would be with?
It's a bit of a mystery that needs solving at times. We start out as a child and that blank slate in our head just gets engraved with things our parents or those in charge of raising us wanted us to learn. Did they know what they were doing? Did they put things on that slate that you have had difficulty with? Have you had to overcome some things to get here today. Do you think you still have work to do on that?
Well, I will share my story with you and you see if it might get you thinking about yourself. When I was a child, I was quite sensitive. I picked up everything that was said. I listened at doors, I peaked through things around the house. I was a regular detective...I may have missed my calling. I was great at trying to piece things together so I could understand them. Children are so impressionable. So many things I saw didn't set well with me. I didn't know quite how to deal with them. Some of the lessons I learned were because I didn't agree with those etchings on the slate. Somehow I knew, that something was rotten in Denmark (just a saying) But as a child, it isn't anything you can do something about.
I can remember being so angry at times, I wanted to run away. I can remember deciding if I would be punished more by staying or going. Fear in a child can be a good way to keep them in line, but it can be too deep of a fear. It can feel like a prison. Home can feel like a bad dream. It can be a place you hate to go. When i raised my kids, I would keep that in mind. NOT. Because that slate was etched. Not just written on softly with chalk, etched in my mind were the stupid things you say and the over the top things you do in anger or frustration.
It's the shame, the blame the mistakes and the success that we have despite our etchings that have brought us here today. Just as we are. We are perfectly and wonderfully made to do what we do right now. There is time as long as we still breath, to make amends, to say what we need to, to do what we feel is necessary to make the next ___________years, exactly the way we want. Throw out the old slate. Get a new one and fill it with all the things that have served you well over these years. Be thankful for the lessons, the etchings and the work that you have had to do. I have too.
Today is a new day. That is the key to your success. You can design your life. You are able. Are you willing?
Did someone tell you what you should do along the way? Did you always listen to your heart? Are you doing what you always dreamed you would? Are you living the life you always pictured with the person by your side that you always thought you would be with?
Well, I will share my story with you and you see if it might get you thinking about yourself. When I was a child, I was quite sensitive. I picked up everything that was said. I listened at doors, I peaked through things around the house. I was a regular detective...I may have missed my calling. I was great at trying to piece things together so I could understand them. Children are so impressionable. So many things I saw didn't set well with me. I didn't know quite how to deal with them. Some of the lessons I learned were because I didn't agree with those etchings on the slate. Somehow I knew, that something was rotten in Denmark (just a saying) But as a child, it isn't anything you can do something about.
I can remember being so angry at times, I wanted to run away. I can remember deciding if I would be punished more by staying or going. Fear in a child can be a good way to keep them in line, but it can be too deep of a fear. It can feel like a prison. Home can feel like a bad dream. It can be a place you hate to go. When i raised my kids, I would keep that in mind. NOT. Because that slate was etched. Not just written on softly with chalk, etched in my mind were the stupid things you say and the over the top things you do in anger or frustration.
It's the shame, the blame the mistakes and the success that we have despite our etchings that have brought us here today. Just as we are. We are perfectly and wonderfully made to do what we do right now. There is time as long as we still breath, to make amends, to say what we need to, to do what we feel is necessary to make the next ___________years, exactly the way we want. Throw out the old slate. Get a new one and fill it with all the things that have served you well over these years. Be thankful for the lessons, the etchings and the work that you have had to do. I have too.
Today is a new day. That is the key to your success. You can design your life. You are able. Are you willing?
