Desiring a change is a good thing, but sometimes the options seem so few and the possible changes seem like a giant step out of our comfort zones. Trust me I know the exact feeling!
Well, I’ll be the first to say that on my pursuit towards my fitness goal I have already detoured quite a bit. I won’t talk about my goal to read through the bible in a year. Oh boy!
The truth is, at the beginning of the New Year, we are bursting with excitement and new ideas until reality hits. The grading starts piling up, bulletin boards require changing, and students aren’t as cooperative as we would hope. At this point, the goals we had set are but a distant memory.
Instead of driving the ball into the end zone, the QB decided to throw it, and …………. ZAP! Just like that, a rookie defense player intercepted the ball and made the game-changing play that gave his team the championship title.
Isn’t that just like life, sometimes? It appears as if things are going so well and nothing could go wrong, then out of the blue, the decision you make goes awry. If this hasn’t happened to you, then just keep living.
Breakfast prepared? Check. √
Work bag packed? Check. √
Coffee in hand? Check. √ Okay, so we are ready to go.
Well, that’s what I thought as I pulled out the yard, focused on delivering two of my children quickly and safely to school.
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I was looking forward to getting the day started with my high-priority activities to maximize my productivity. I pulled up to my work destination, gingerly turned off the motor, and instinctively leaned over to gather my things.
“What??? Where is my laptop bag? Don’t tell me……nooooo! Okay, calm down Sharmane. Maybe your husband put it in the back seat when he was seeing you off. Nope, it’s not there either. Grrr!”
The third Monday of every January is observed as a US federal holiday commemorating the birth of MLK. Although many may take this day to relax, the opening quote advocates the need to keep moving. Yes, rest is important, but here, King is admonishing everyone to be purposeful about making progress no matter what.
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In James Allen’s classic book, As a Man Thinketh, the mind is described as a garden. Whether cultivated or neglected it will most certainly yield a harvest: useful fruit or useless weeds. Our choice of thoughts creates our circumstances and even our character.
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With every language and major religion emphasizing the importance of grateful expressions, there must be some truth to participating in this act.
But before we go there, let me first empathize with you. Maybe right now you are bogged down with backlog assignments to mark, parents to contact, bulletin boards to change, behavior contracts to devise, lessons to evaluate, or reports to produce. Should I go on? Trust me, I’ve been there many times and it’s not a good feeling.
