Possibilities

The great philosopher Brittney Spears once said, “I’m not a girl, not yet a women.”

 

So I am a woman…for obvious reasons.

 

I’m old enough to vote

Check (although I haven’t)

 

I’m on my own

Check(-ish)

 

I have a job

Check

 

I make adult decisions

Check(-ish)

 

Post-grad and all, I’ve been introduced to the harsh world of reality with responsibility and possibility. I like to plan things out. Some people may not think of me as a planner, but I am constantly thinking of things like what will I do, how much will that cost, what do I need, how am I going to get it, how can I make this work. The questions and lists keep piling up until I just think of casting my dreams to the side, which leads me to avoid decision-making. I forget to take things a day at a time and find myself avoiding the long road ahead.

 

And I was thinking maybe the key to being a good adult …is to be more like a child. I know, I know, I’m not crazy. I’m not thinking of moving back in with my parents to relive the glory days or what-not but we can all learn something from children. They don’t hold back from dreaming or trusting. They are completely themselves. The world is full of possibilities and potential. They just dive right into the sea of life without any fear.

 

I know that this fear of failure is holding me back but I’ve just decided that I’m not going to let that happen.

 

No, I’m not going to read a self help book or 10 Steps to Success, but I have to acknowledge that fear of failure is a lack of faith and will only cause more failure. I don’t want to look back on my time here in California and think that I wasted any time lollygagging around where there is life and experiences to be had, potential to be met, and lessons to be learned. So I am going to go on towards Jesus, trusting that He has the best in store for me and He never fails. As long as I am regularly exposed to His radical love, I will be in the right place.

 

Won’t you join me in this race by saying no to fear and yes to dreams?

 

Mucho amour!

 

 

“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” Phil 1:6

P.S. I typed "endless possibilities" into the google image search engine and this is an image that showed up.