What does your heart desire?

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Keeping our lamps full of oil and in good working order is a constant, never-ending process. For some this seems so overwhelming. As one friend lamented, ''It's always testing, testing, testing. It's enough to drive a person crazy.'' But really it's all in our perspective. Tests of our faith are really a blessing. They keep us in the ''ever-ready'' position. They give us the edge when we start floundering. I am grateful for the tests because often I do not realize that I am slipping until I am hit with something that makes me draw on the powers of heaven. It takes that jolt to wake me up to see that I've let my guard down and am not as spiritually ''in tune'' as I should be. Every trial, every test we have is really a gift. If we are prepared and respond properly, each test should teach us something, and will make us better than we were before it happened.

It seems that we are being given reminders in both large global ways and in small personal ways to focus on what matters.  A new sense of hope and opportunity seems to be emerging. Let’s embrace it! Find the time to give back, speak and show your affection often, keep promises, believe more strongly in first steps.

 
Let’s begin putting our intentions into action. I am talking about a new way of approaching life. The way we spend our time is ultimately the way we spend our lives. Devote your time and energy to what really matters.

What do you always think about doing, but don’t actually do? What does your heart desire? Have you always wanted to run a marathon, take a trip to the land of your ancestors, take a photography class, learn to speak another language, plant a garden, or volunteer at a local charity? Let this be the year you actually do it! The reality is we make time for whatever is really important to us. If it is truly a priority we find, we carve out, we create the time.

Ivy Baker Priest, “The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.”  

Sometimes on the way to your dream you get lost and find a better one. It is never too late to start living the life you were meant to live!

Comments

[Anastasia]

How very true and what a great read this is! As T.S.Eliot wrote in "Four Quartets, Burnt Norton":

" Not the stillness of the violin, while the note lasts
Not that only but the co-existence,
Or say that the end precedes the beginning,
And the end and the beginning were always there
Before the beginning and after the end
And all is always now"

To me, this is an affirmation of the reality of the flux in human life and nature. This is why I believe that we should never give up on our heart's desires.

[Julie Elder]

Anastasia,
Thank you for your kind comment.. Life gets pretty confusing when your heart is confused... Posted this because I was hoping it would help me.. Hope you are having a great weekend... Take care Julie

[Woman's Health care]

A well known saying about life,Life is not a bed of roses,even if it is,it has its own thorns"".. A must appreciate-able thing for people who come out of the heart problems and are ready to step out of the comfort zone...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyr_KC2dbao Great!!!!