A Life in Words

A series of small steps... Big plans and big decisions are carried out by a series of small steps. Crucial to all of these small steps is the first one. We set goals and destinations in our heads and in our hearts, most of the time based on what we feel is on our path given to us by God and sometimes maybe it is just a little bit about ourselves. But there we are. And after making these decisions, after making these desires public to our minds we set some kind of checkpoint system to check up on our progress.. Sitting in your car alone, sitting at your desk by yourself, being in a group of friends, where ever it may be we settle down and ask ourselves where we are in the process. And most of the time we set unrealistic points... We expect to go from 0 to 60, and then cruse on over to 100 in no time flat. We expect to be running faster than ever before because we feel so driven. We expect to be done with it all as soon as we start because face it, we rock. But then we hit a low. And the funny thing is, most of the time the low is not because of the path or the thing that we are trying so hard to get, but because of the pace we are going. We hit a low, we slow down and become discouraged because of how fast we want it. Not because we are failing, not because we are missing the mark, but because it is coming a little slower than what our 90 to nothing mind and heart wants it to come. There are many steps between big decisions and big results so stand strong and hold on. Don't be disappointed with slow progress. Don't be overwhelmed with the destination... Stand firm. Because ultimately the timing and time frame is not in our hands... it is perfect without our touch.