Saturday, February 15, 2014

Don't let the "What if's" keep you from "What's next"

The older I get, the angrier I get at my complacency.

When I sit down at night and look back at my day, how did I spend my time?  Did I use my gifts to bless others? Did I strive for greater works?  Did I take the time that God gave me and use it to make a better tomorrow?

I sit in complacency too often.  I wait for others to do what I should do for myself.  I give in and give up too quickly and too often.  The only one to blame is myself.  God has given me everything I need.  It's sad to look back on days wasted, time given up and moments missed because I didn't put in the work.

It's as I sit here on a border line between the past and the future that I must reflect, review and prepare.  There was something about this past year that showed me my weaknesses and my strengths, something about realizing how much time and how many moments I didn't grab and fulfill their potential that terrifies me.  I don't want next year or the years to follow to be the same.  I want to be better, greater.. a force.  I want to stand for my beliefs and use my strengths to make a difference in my life and others.  I don't want to be ordinary or "normal".

I let so many things pass by because of FEAR!  I feared confrontation, complication and failure above all else.  I let fears in me keep me from my potential.  I don't live with regret because it's out of mistakes that I have learned and grown but that doesn't give me the right to continue making the same mistakes and to remain complacent.  I let my "what if's" keep me from my "what's next".

A year from now, if I turn around and see the same person, that's my fault.  If I find myself in a place, in a job, in a debt, in a circumstance that I didn't want, that's my fault.  It's time to work, to put my head down and push.  Push forward with everything I have.  The time for weakness is over.  It's now or never that I take the reigns and run.

I have gotten so familiar and comfortable in this zone that I didn't realize the time passing by.  I kept saying tomorrow, next week, next year.  What if there isn't a next year?  What if my opportunity is now?  God is here, listening, ready to empower me with everything I need to achieve, to succeed and to be greater.

It's time.. now.. today.  I may start small but I will move forward, every day, better and better and one day, soon, I will turn around look back and smile because today was the day that made my future possible.

No longer will my fears, my hesitations, my What ifs keep me from my What's next!

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