These past few weeks have not shortchanged me in the lessons and principles that life has been teaching me recently. Preparing for the move to Dallas has been mentally taxing, in that there is a lot of uncertainty about this particular chapter of my life. The call of success is ever-beckoning, but my perspective on it has changed quite drastically this year.
To be fairly honest with myself and others, I can’t genuinely say that my priorities were in check for the past few years. I have chased a good amount of things that have been fruitless or lacking in their value. What I find mildly ironic is that these things that were being chased were never actually realized until I took time to step back and value the things that are really important; time with family was more important than chasing projects, relaxing and living a healthy life became much more productive than working round the clock, and taking sufficient time to relax, laugh, and breathe the same as everybody else has been the best thing I’ve ever done. Consequently, it was when I discovered these values, everything else began to fall into place; my work flow began to pick up, my drive and direction in life began to sharpen, and I began to find my old arch nemesis, stress, was rarely present in my life.
In the Bible, we are told “Seek First – and the rest shall be added to you” and I believe that this principle is finally becoming quite clear to me. I have peace in knowing that the important parts of my life are taking their rightful place as priorities, and the other pieces have begun to snap into place.
Yesterday, I was reading the Beaitudes and had a gut check that several items Christ addressed could use a bit of a check-up in my life. Christ taught us to lay up treasures in Heaven rather than simply acquiring things here on earth. I’m making it a personal commitment to consume less, give more, and seek Him with more of my time and heart, rather than just squeezing it into a schedule that’s often unnecessarily busy.
“I could tell you of my adventures” Alice said, a little timidly “But I wasn’t the same person yesterday that I am today”
One step at a time.
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