Virtues Are Not Excuses
Have you ever felt like you're always waiting on things to happen? Ever feel like nothing can happen until all the stars align with the moon, the groundhog see his shadow and you find a four leaf clover? I certainly have. I typically feel this way when I'm hanging streamers for my own pity party. I become lethargic and unproductive and, when it gets really bad, I just say I'm being patient - who could argue that patience is important right?
Though it is true that we must not act in haste, it also a reality that we cannot expect much to happen if we dawdle while waiting on the world to match the vision in our dreams. When we need things to happen but feel like we're perhaps being pushed around by life, that's the time where we must focus on our sphere of influence - the aspects of a situation we control. If we allow ourselves to be consumed by that which we have no authority, a number of negative emotions can overtake us, completely consume our mental energy.
Even when everything seems out of our grasp, there are actions we can take to move ourselves in the direction we'd like to take. And though we sometimes have to wait on things to happen - things we cannot rush or will to happen prematurely, we are responsible for making moves within our cypher.
By focusing on what which we can control, even if it's just controlling how we will be affected by things, we make progress and usually, we feel like less of a victim of life's trials.
Be encouraged to take life by the horns and do what you CAN do. Pray about things outside of your control and let God handle the rest!
Today's Inspiration
Patience Does Not Replace Initiative. Take Action and Make Life Happen
Though it is true that we must not act in haste, it also a reality that we cannot expect much to happen if we dawdle while waiting on the world to match the vision in our dreams. When we need things to happen but feel like we're perhaps being pushed around by life, that's the time where we must focus on our sphere of influence - the aspects of a situation we control. If we allow ourselves to be consumed by that which we have no authority, a number of negative emotions can overtake us, completely consume our mental energy.
Even when everything seems out of our grasp, there are actions we can take to move ourselves in the direction we'd like to take. And though we sometimes have to wait on things to happen - things we cannot rush or will to happen prematurely, we are responsible for making moves within our cypher.
By focusing on what which we can control, even if it's just controlling how we will be affected by things, we make progress and usually, we feel like less of a victim of life's trials.
Be encouraged to take life by the horns and do what you CAN do. Pray about things outside of your control and let God handle the rest!
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