Tag: thinking about things

Think Tank

Someone’s journey begins with this verse. How does this apply to you? It is a beautiful door isn’t it? Many of us have such beautiful doors that we not only lock, but we also batten down tight. It takes many errors sometimes to realise that all we have to do is surrender when we are in doubt and wait for what’s to come. We need to breathe, let some cool breeze in that will give life and light. When we close ourselves off from all possibility, why do we expect to get a miracle. We have to open ourselves, though we may be afraid, though we may be cynical to the possibilities of miracles and a gentle voice that guides, instead of confuses.

Watching... waiting for His coming

Someone needs the reassurance of these words as they face the hail storm that lie ahead after coming through the fire that is now behind them. There is always a period when there is perfect peace and in those times we have to grab a hold of sanity and let it lead the way. Sometimes we stand alone ot among a few and realise that pain will lead to pleasure and sadness will give way to joy. To mould you He had to break you ans to smooth you out you had to burn. A promise is a promise and will come true if you believe.

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A season is only for a moment, a moment that may seem too long for you to bear. So just when you feel that this is it, then comes the shower of rain. All you need to do is to wait for it and let it happen. There is no potion you can brew that can get you where you want to be or need to be. Healing comes after the wound and not before. There is a process that must take place before you can come out on the other side.

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But you will and when you do, all you can say is Thank you Lord, I made it through.

Well If I Can Do This Thing…

When you wait too long to make a move you lose all credibility. Now think about this as I find myself in the predicament of deciding whether or not inactivity is a sign that I may be a fraud or not. There are always people who have a problem with injustices of one kind or another taking place, either around them or to someone, known or unknown to them. There are always persons who belief they can do so much more and have so much more to offer, yet all they do is talk and dream. Persons complain about things they do not like but then are stuck and do nothing about it. One has to wonder if they really want to see things change or if they just want to have something to complain about.

Maybe, it is that we want to see a change but we feel powerless, so we dream, plot and plan, to no avail. How hard is it to do something instead of thinking about it? Well, in thinking much effort is not required and so potential dangers can be avoided, while, in doing there are any number of pitfalls lurking around every conceivable corner you can imagine. However, there is no satisfaction or reward in thinking forever when action is the only way that change will take place.

It is quite frustrating when nothing you want to see happen materialises. However maybe we need to ask ourselves how do we facilitate this outcome? Turning your back and hoping for the best is not going to stop a runaway train and neither is just being in the audience going to make the movie that much more enjoyable. If you want a good production for your own life, you have to ensure that you are one of, if not the producer that has the vision and is willing to work day and night to have something worth looking at.

What if instead of beginning with doubt and fear we thought, ‘”well if I can do this thing, even once, I can do a little more”. Each of us has to decide what that thing is that will enable us to move from righteous indignation, anger, game changing ideas, dreaming of change to solution, and realisation of a dream or those innovative ideas bubbling under the surface. We have to believe that we have the power of The Almighty to make things happen, while having the faith to know they will.

Time is a Finite Resource…

I started this year taking everything for granted. Not realising how precarious life truly is. When I looked out at the year I felt I was to begin a journey I could clearly map out. All I had to do if I wanted to reach my predetermined destination, was to have a plan and be disciplined about it. However, as we all know by now, some of the best laid plans can get completely wiped out.

Feeling that this was the time to set certain things into motion, I was ready to take a leap of faith. Then my body reminded me that somethings were beyond my control. You can eat all the vegetables in sight and do all the exercises we can find, but our health can still fail us. Things can grow and flourish in both your mind and body that can bring harm to you. You can even be as close to perfect as any man can come and still fail miserably. The truth i,s nothing is guaranteed except your time is running out. While many of us feel young enough to scuff at this or avoid thinking about it, it still happens.

However, time is still a resource. I have learned not to focus on what I want to do tomorrow and where I want to be. I have learned to appreciate the time right now and love what I can see. There is no magic potion that you can conjure in your head, that will get you all you require from the future to make the present the best.

You want to move on but you are waiting for the right time that never comes, because there never will be a perfect time. I am sure that there are many persons who waited until this year to start making moves, but had to abort because of the roadblocks ahead. “Time is precious”, is what we often hear, but we do not know how precious until the sand in the glass is right in counting down too fast for your liking.

Maybe it is that time in general is infinite but for each of us it is not. By the fact that you have ancestors and history, we know that one day we will comfortably reside in both. Even when we are asked to stand still, time does not wait for us. Instead, it waves at us and all we can do is pray that we will be allowed to move again, before time gets too far ahead of our intentions.

So, while time moves merrily along, oblivious to our doubts and setbacks, we are left to wrestle with its consequences. We have to come to terms with the knowledge that the time we have to work with, may not be up to us. It means that we have to decide what we will do to ensure we have exponential returns on the time we are afforded.