The past few months I’ve been working through some thoughts about “the perfect life stage” (if there ever was such a thing). Since turning 25 last January, I reflected on a daydream I had when I was 18: Where will I be when I’m 25? We all have these ideas of how we’d like to see ourselves turn out, and up until recently, I’d been resting on a whim that had the potential of making things totally crazy, yet undeniably exciting. But sometimes things take longer than you ever expected; and in that time of anticipation, it hit me – we simply weren’t meant to move on in this direction. What’s more weird? I didn’t even want to anymore. With big responsibilities come big sacrifices; and once I started waking up in pure panic about how drastically different my life would be, I knew in my heart that God was telling me to let it go.
What this situation left behind was a crystal-clear plan of what I truly wanted in life, and more so, how God wanted me to live in His story. Carrying on a simple life, keeping family close and being intentional about quality time were values I really didn’t want to trade in right now – and that’s ok.
So for now, I may not have all my ducks lined up in a row, but nobody ever said I had to. Even if that somebody was little 18-year-old me.
What things do you hold important in your life? How are they a blessing to you right now?
Happy Monday :)
