Look at the Birds

In my opinion, so much of our time is spent looking in the rearview mirror. We spend so much time grieving missed opportunities or taking the wrong path at the fork in the road, trying to get back to a "better time".  Why was it so much better than right now or even better than what's to come?

  It's better because we're on the other side.   In high school, I spent so much time being "miserable"... miserable because my two best friends became best friends and left me in the dust... miserable because I couldn't play soccer anymore... miserable because Jackson moved to another school. Now? Now I would swear to anyone who asked that those were some of the best days of my life.   In college, I spent too much time looking back at high school... missing my friends so badly that I refused to make new ones...regretting not going to a college closer to home or with said friends...especially missing Jackson who was now almost 100 miles away from me.  I decided I didn't want to be an engineer because I didn't want to go to that school anymore. end of story. So, I admitted defeat, transferred, and found my niche.  I met my best friends, my person, and my calling.   I trusted my future self to make the decisions that would support my jump off of that cliff  

 

So, future self, I trust you (both self of tomorrow and self of age 30 and beyond). I trust you to make and support good decisions. I trust you to do what is best for your family and no never do anything halfway.  I trust you to know when it's time to get involved and when it's time to jump ship.  I trust you to trust God to handle everything for you.    The sooner I trust God with my future, the sooner the right-now-self can enjoy life today. He is already there, after all.