Just because I have an idea today of where I want to be heading, where I would like to end up does not mean I'll get there. It is only my dreams for myself. What is important, is the daily process I go through on the journey towards those somewhat idealistic dreams. In reality I only have today. I can only live my life fully in this moment right now. The past has gone and I know not what the future holds.
So I will hold my destination before me... and then let it go. It is only there to guide me in my decisions, comittments and how I live each moment. It is not a matter of ' I'll be happy when I reach my destination.' I must learn to be content right here and now, for I may never get to where I want to go and God may intercept with a better plan than mine that will change everything.
So...at this point in time, this is who I am, who I want to become and what I see myself doing in the future.
I want peace in my heart
I want to be sensitive to the needs of those I come into contact with
I want to feel free in my body and spirit to sing and dance like a child at play
I want to win more and more art competitions and awards and exhibit in high profile galleries across Australia.
I want to be a well known Australian mixed-media artist
I want to paint my experiences and expression of God as I relate to Him
I want to experience art and music that touches my soul
I want to teach art that touches the soul
I want to live in an uncluttered home that only holds things that are functional/comfortable/meaningful/ beautiful to me
To have regular quiet times with God that enrich my relationship with him and others
I want to sense that I am working with God in a way that delights us both, on a daily basis
To teach Interplay, Touch Drawing, Painting and clay all combined in one workshop series
To grow and maintain a herb garden
To support Greg in the very expansive and difficult task he has as a leader in the Christian Church of today
To be there for family and friends
Sounds like a good place to start. Noting down your intentions for what you would like to receive from life or to achieve. But I like how you mention and reflect upon how God could at anytime intercept one's plan. But also how you conclude "I can only live my life fully in this moment right now. The past has gone and I know not what the future holds." I think that is a very well balanced view or outlook on life. We can do all the planning we want in the world but sometimes things don't pan out the way we had planned or hoped. So we have to know as you have said how to sometimes let those things go, giving it over to God who may have even better plans for us. We don't know where we specifically will end up but at least we have
ReplyDelete* at least we gave God watching over us whether we stumble backward now and then or jump forward in leaps and bounds. I really like your point about living in this moment, it's really all we have.
ReplyDeleteI see it now, verse one! Seems that we're both longing for that place we call home. I don't know what to say so I shall leave you with a couple of lines from it:
ReplyDelete"Dreamt of a sea full of crimson
Oceans of violet fill up the sky
I'm seeing beyond the distant mountain
A country of beauty, a place we call home" [Daughters of Eve Sons of Adam]
Great album name by the way (as one smart cookie suggested). Do you know of any extraordinary artists who do album artwork? They have to be properly, properly good. Know of any? ;-)
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