WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
This is from an article I posted about ten years ago…still bears repeating
What are you waiting for?
by: Velinda Peyton
We put our lives on hold and wait until tomorrow to covet something we dream about today. We make excuses about why we can’t (fill in the blank), let our insecurities get in the way of what we really desire, hide from life out of fear…and then years later we are still…wanting and craving those things we let go of or didn’t try for.
We stay silent or back off over assumed thoughts of what others may think or the fear of rejection, instead of asserting ourselves. We self-persecute and let that stop us when we are fine just the way we are. We wallow in depression because our minds and attitudes are stuck in negativity…something that is within our power to change.
We wait and wait and wait until the right time, the right circumstances or the right day while life is eluding us. Out of desperation, we settle for what we don’t want because it’s easier, and live with the void.
We don’t say I love you enough, spend time with people enough, or care enough because social media has taken over as the new accepted way of communication. We put joy, or what makes us laugh and happy on the to-do list because of too many unnecessary responsibilities we committed to.
We waste precious time wallowing in self-pity over something we believe to be a setback instead of seeing the opportunity the perceived setback has presented us. We give up after one try instead of picking ourselves up and trying again. We get angry and vengeful over things we should instead let go of and simply move forward as a better way of handling disappointment.
And worst of all, we hurt other people just because we are hurting as twisted retaliate for the emptiness inside.
And while we are living this vacancy…life is fading away.
The time is now. If life is not the way you desire…the time is now…today… to change. You have the power to change, to control your thinking, your behavior, your destiny, your life. No excuses.
