It’s the first post of the New Year – Happy New Year!
Ah January, the month of resolutions. Well, I’ve got no resolutions for you. For me, this is going to be a month of discovery. And, well, I guess making resolutions is a type of discovery too – discovering whether or not you’ll keep them – ha! I feel like I’m the only one who thought that was funny…
But anyway, I’m using this month to discover something new – something new about myself, the world around me. Maybe I’ll go to a new place, try a new food…you know food had to creep up in there didn’t you?
For this first entry, I’m discovering, more like rediscovering, something old as time, yet it still is news – it’s the power of NOW.
The Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.”…
Now I’ve lost track of why I put that (the previous sentence) there. Perhaps it’ll come back to me. Perhaps you’ll get your own meaning that serves you, so I’ll leave it.
But the thing I want to say about this whole concept of now, in this month of January when so many are setting resolutions, making plans for the future, is don’t forget to enjoy the present, while you make your way to the future.
If you’ve been stopping by this site for a minute, you’ll know this, if not, here goes: I refer to myself as a writer – not an aspiring writer, a wannabe writer, someday writer, no just a writer, even though I have no books published, no movies scripts acted out in a theatre near you, DVD library, online streaming service or what have you. But I still consider myself a writer. I’ve been one since the 4th grade. And if none of those things that I want and desire ever become a part of my experience, I’ll still be a writer.
Now (there goes that word again) the sho nuff goal is to make a nice living off of my writing – in addition to inspiring people, making them think, laugh, just be entertained, but if that never happens – I’m still a writer.
Again, I’m losing my train of thought regarding the point I’m trying to make. I guess what I’m trying to say is that having big plans for the future can monopolize your present with thoughts of glorious days to come. And sometimes, I get caught up in this mindset where I think I’ll be happy when…
I’ll be happy when I sell some books, or see my movie on the big screen, you know, all those giddy feelings when you’re mind is flooded with thoughts of living your dreams. Now, don’t get me wrong, Lord knows, I hope they come. Lord knows I hope I get there, but in the meantime, all I have is now.
For now, I want to rediscover, and I say rediscover because I’ve known about the power of now for quite some time, yet it’s an entirely different thing to operate in it. But, if I can truly get myself to forget what lies behind, and while I’m pressing forward, truly take a moment to relish in who I am now, where I am now, what I have now, that would be a new discovery for me.
So this January, or whenever you’re reading this…how about now, let’s be open to the present moment and all it has to offer.
Okay, talk soon.
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