We all have those moments.
Those moments when you wake up and life is a new beginning. For some, this beginning starts with perhaps graduation, moving, new job, or maybe marriage. It's those beginnings that excite us for the new adventure that is before us. Arrangements are made and the drive in us sets us on a new path of purpose. We smile and take joy from the opportunity of what the future holds for us... anticipation fuels us and our careful planning frames our new journey that sets the wheels in motion. Today is the day...the day the outline is transformed into the novel of our new life.
My beginning doesn't start with a plan, it starts with an ending.
Endings. There are times I hate that word. The word ending sometimes (okay.. most of the time) means letting go of parts of my life that I hold dear to my heart. I struggle not holding onto even the most difficult parts of my life in hopes that one day...just one day it might be different. You see, I am an optimist. Yep. I admit it. Love me, hate me...it's who I am. I love seeing the best in life...choosing optimism instead of the alternative. So when the end comes near... I turn around and learn from my last chapter and take those lessons with me to the new one. It makes life much more enjoyable when you realize that life is full of mistakes, but somehow God uses our mistakes for His good. Let's think about this for a second... He choses to use my failures for His benefit. That is when I realize the incredible love my heavenly Father has for me! So.. you may ask, if my beginning starts with an ending...what lesson have I learned? I've learned a multitude. The one that resonates with me today is that maybe my optimism is my best...and worst quality. Does this mean I am going to change seeing the world for the best? I'll have to answer that with a reverberating NO. I will however take this wisdom I have been given to help me become a much more discerning woman and follower of Jesus Christ. May His eyes be mine to see...my heart be His to hold.
My beautiful beginning... a start to a new beautiful adventure.
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