Have you ever been at a roadblock, and you just feel stuck? You feel like you’re in quicksand and the harder you fight, the deeper you sink? I remember sitting at my kitchen table and thinking the world was crashing down on top of me and I didn’t want to move from that spot. I didn’t want to hear one more negative thing because I couldn’t take anymore. As I sat there, I thought about my life and when I was kid how I wanted to be something so amazing. I wanted to impact the world in a positive way.
The next day, I was talking to a friend of mine and telling him how I was feeling and what was going on. The words he told me that day, stuck with me like the glow in the dark stars that stuck on the ceiling when we were kids. He said, “Stop trying to figure out the rest of your life today and focus on what is next. Eventually you’ll get there.” Those words are what changed my attitude towards everything.
When you go on a road trip, you try to plan everything out, correct? Life is not a road trip. Life isn’t this nice smooth road that you can drive on for miles and miles on end. Life is full of potholes, mountains, rocks, construction, dead ends, and bad weather. It’s not something you can plan out and then go straight to your destination. You have to roll with the punches, take breaks, and lean on others to get through. When you hit a T in the road, you have to decide to turn left or turn right. Turning around can’t be an option.
Albert Einstein once said, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” When I read this quote, I started to think about the opportunities I would have missed if I would have given up. The light at the end of the tunnel that I would have missed out on if I would have turned back around. I also thought, “how am I going to reach these opportunities and get through these difficulties?” I had already started to put myself first, but what else can I do? So, I evaluated my life and the things that I allow that I shouldn’t. I started with the top three things. My first one being that I allow others to use my good heart for their personal gain. The second is allowing others to affect my day in a negative way. The last one being that I don’t always do what makes me truly happy. To say that I’ve fixed these
To say that I’ve fixed these things would be a lie, but I wake up every day and strive to make it through the difficulty so I can have the opportunities. I work on what is in front of me and let the rest take care of itself. So, my question to you is, if you dug deep, what are your top three things you need to work on to make it through the difficulties so you can have the opportunities?
If no one has told you lately that you’re loved, you’re enough, and you can do this…I’m here to tell you that now!
Until next time!
Devon