Everyone is where they are at for a reason.....

"Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."

~Mark Twain

 

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

 

"Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open."

~Elmer G. Letterman

 

"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix."

~Christina Baldwin

 

"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."

~James Gordon

 

It seems my life has been filled with observing people.....including myself......who are trying to figure out why they are where they are in their life. They usually want to be somewhere else, someplace else or someone else.....that goes for me too! Facing the fact that everyone is where they are at for a reason has been a very sobering observation for me as I have watched others and myself struggle with the life we live.

 

The greatest challenge in my own life is discovering WHY am I where I am at???? What is the reason that I am here, at this time, this place continuing to do what I am doing......do I REALLY want to change or am I what my Dad sometimes muses....someone who would "complain if they were hung with a new rope!!!" In other words, do I just LIKE to complain??? Do we all just LIKE to complain, has it become such a habit and integral part of our daily life that we can not stop and change????

 

Recognizing those areas of life where we sabotage our dreams is tough work. We must surround ourselves with people who will tell us the truth and follow through with the steps it will take to change our patterns of sabotage.....give up our long held strategies of destroying our dreams and surrender to the Goodness and Graciousness of God as He pours out blessing upon us.

 

As I stand on the edges of a dream that is becoming a reality.....my daily struggle is to examine my sabotage strategies and head them off at the pass!!! I am reminded of the truth I learned many years ago....that an eagle must throw himself off a precipice and spread his wings as he descends, looking for the wind currents that will lift him to the heights. That descent is instinctive and necessary for flight.....and the wind currents are the source of support and stability.....both essential to the journey.

 

As Moses went up to meet God, God called down to him from the mountain: "Speak to the House of Jacob, tell the People of Israel: 'You have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to me. If you will listen obediently to what I say and keep my covenant, out of all peoples you'll be my special treasure. The whole Earth is mine to choose from, but you're special: a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. This is what I want you to tell the People of Israel." 
~Exodus 10:3-6

 

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Kathy Douglas
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