Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas
You are the light of the world like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. Mathew 5:14
The future belongs to those that believe in their dreams. Often we have the most hesitation and begin to doubt ourselves the most when something is almost finished.
My husband said to me, “Everything is complete for your book.”
“Well, I’m not happy with one of the paintings.”
When I showed it to him, he said, “What’s wrong with it?” I showed him another one I thought I would swap it for; he didn’t like that one better. I’d even thought of painting a new one. It is understandable why some people put what they’ve written in a drawer and leave it there. They never hang up their paintings,(I was like that for years) they only sing in the shower and don’t tell anyone about their dreams or aspirations.
The Bible tells us don’t hide our light under a bushel. What is the point of hiding our abilities, talents, dreams, and ambitions from other people and sometimes even from ourselves? What progress is made if we don’t put forth our best efforts and learn, grow, develop our talents, and develop as people?
We have a few short years to do everything we want to do. I was listening to a podcast yesterday on retirement, he was cautioning us on not buying into longevity bias, we might live a long life, but what if we don’t? What do we want to accomplish, see, and do? Do we have a plan, even the beginning of a plan is better than no plan at all?
Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory. Jim Carey
We can take all the time in the world, or we can make a decision and start to make things happen. It took my whole life to self-publish one book, but after March 7th I will have four self-published books out in the world. What changed, I changed and decided to set goals, and with the heavy lifting of raising children out of the way I have the luxury of time to work on my projects.
It took me so long to complete one book, and part of that was necessary, but part of it was procrastination and not setting goals. One of the things I’ve learned is when we start making decisions in one area of our life we start making decisions in other areas of our lives. As Jim Rohn says, “We eat the apple, we go for the walk, we look after our finances, but if we don’t eat the apple, maybe we don’t go for the walk, and we don’t bother to look after our finances, and instead of everything getting better, it is getting worse.” It’s our choice and those choices add up over time and they can add up to a satisfying, well-lived life, or one of regret.
Whatever it is we want to do, we need to get doing it, time is going, and even if we start now we probably won’t fit everything in. Inspiration is all around us. We don’t know where life will lead us, or what opportunities will come if we take the next step, and if we dig deep we probably know what our next step should be.
Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light. Sogyal Rinpoche
Your heart is the light of the world don’t let your mind hide it. Mooji
Love is a weapon of light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred… Yehuda Berg
Thank you for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed it and will come back and read some more. Have a blessed day filled with gratitude, joy, and love.
