When you are a child it seems that all the world is yours!! You don't have limits to your dreams or even the way you think. The world is your oyster and you are going to make a HUGE pearl necklace with every adventure you accomplish!! But then we enter into the adult world and BAMMMM..... we set limits on everything we think. Why is that when we become adults and are at a place in life that we could actually make those dreams come true, we put a lid on them? We start to take all those dreams and shove them into this big box and say that they were childish fantasies. Now, granted, some were probably silly ..... like living in a castle with a pink unicorn or something like that, but others were probably attainable.
I think that we stop because of those around us. The people that start to tell us that we are dreamers. That we are being silly and it's time to grow up. It is probably comments from those individuals that have had heartache and failure and never picked themselves back up. Those individuals that know that if you accomplish your dreams than they are that much of a failure. Those that have let the negativity consume them.
Now, I have always been a mostly positive person my entire life. Yet, there are times that I have taken my dreams and crammed them into a box of my own and sat back and felt sorry for myself. I'm not perfect and will never claim to be. I've even had some fairly tragic events in my life that I could use to justify remaining in a negative, "why me" type of attitude, but my faith in Christ seems to dictate that I pick myself up, learn the "lesson" in that situation and move forward. It's never easy, but ALWAYS necessary. You see, I still believe in dreams!! I still believe in miracles!! And I still believe it is NEVER too late!! And I think that most importantly that lessons and trials in life are never failed unless you don't get back up again.
I've learned a lot of life lessons in my Mary Kay business that I use daily. Over the past 18 months I've grown a great deal in my spiritual walk with Christ too. I credit the majority of my life changes to my car accident in 2012. That one night that made me have to "be still and trust". My therapist encouraged me to search out why God allowed this to happen to me. To search out the "why"?? To find out the answers. That has been my goal. I was angry for a couple of months, but today I can say that I have found so much freedom in the lessons. In the searching. In the belief that it was in my best interest. In finding the answers to why I was not happy in my life. In the realizations that I needed to put myself first so that I could be able to be strong enough to help others. To know that it is truly okay to say no.
Obviously I don't have every answer I want. I'm still searching for answers, but I have come to realize that those answers I search for are in the stillness. When my life and mind are cluttered and in chaos it is impossible to hear anything!! It's about simplicity!! One of my life goals right now. The absolute faith and belief that less is more!! So in this journey we call life, I will continue to declutter my mind, my "stuff" and my schedule. To get back to the simplicity of life. I know, now, that it is us that makes life complicated.
It's not about what I have -- it's about who is in my life...memories made
It's not about how much I do -- it's about the balance of my personal priorities
It's about creating a life of abundant love, memories and moments that take your breathe away!! About the awe and wonderment of all that God created for us!! It's about enjoying the moment. It's about trusting in something other than myself. It's about PEACE!!
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