Imagine a life where you are truly happy. Where you are free to become the person you were meant to be…
Every morning I wake up and read in my daily reflections book. Each day has a new wisdom to learn. I found today’s to be very fitting to my life right now: “I cannot change the wind, but I can adjust my sails.” For me, I’ve worked hard my whole life to change people, places and things to fit my needs. Rarely did anything work out the way I planned. The script I had in my head about every situation – always ended up completely different. The fact was that I was a self-will run riot. I had high expectations that no one and nothing could live up to. And I used the disillusionment that the world was against me, as an excuse to be self-destructive.
Today, thankfully, I don’t have to live like that. Each day I make a choice to give my life over to God. To let the things that happen in my life be God’s will. Now I can’t just sit back and say, “Okay God, do with me as you will.” I have to be willing to take the actions towards achieving the goals I have. Not only in my work space, but in my relations with other people. Taking action is what makes stuff happen. Having faith allows God to guide you to your purpose in a healthy way.
It’s actually a very freeing way to look at life. Letting go of control and adjusting my sails to what is, instead of what I think it should be, really lets go of so much anxiety in life. I can do this, because I know God will take care of the rest. I’m not alone, ever. I have to be willing to be flexible and to understand that other people, places and things are not in my control. The only control I have is over MY choices. I can choose to be happy. I can choose to let go of what was. I can choose to take the next step. I can choose to fight for what I believe in, for what I want out of life. All I want is to be a better person, to be more selfless, and I’m willing to do whatever it takes to get there.
I cannot change the wind, but I can adjust my sails. I can imagine the life I want, and do the work to make it happen, trusting in God that all will be exactly as it is supposed to be.
