Three Overriding Obstacles to Moving Forward
by The issues that are keeping you stuck can be more effectively handled by placing them under three headings – The past, The present and The future.
The challenges of the present
The realities of life in this century are staggering. We are called upon to stop lagging behind and “get with the program”, be technology savvy, dress for success, act like we’re already successful, be feminine but hold our own in any male-dominated arena, multitask, stay focused, ward of stress and overwhelm, be ambitious, assertive, proactive, and a multitude of other demands.
Every day is a challenge to do what we have to do at work, do it well, even excel. Then switch gears to manage our home and families and still find time for ourselves, our friends and our personal interests.
These simple and much touted practices will help:
- Preserve your spiritual strength with prayer and meditation.
- Propel your physical health with regular exercise and healthy eating.
- Prime your mind with material that instructs and informs.
- Pamper yourself with quality time-out and self-nurturing activities.
- Protect your cherished relationships.
The fear of the future
If you think the present is troubling and difficult, I can imagine why you are afraid of future. But being afraid in a vacuum doesn’t help.
What about the future frightens you? Knowing what you fear and why, is the first step towards making sense of your anxieties.
The Serenity Prayer coined by Reinhold Niebuhr can help to ease your fears as you focus on God and let go of circumstances beyond your control. When the fog of hopelessness descends upon you, and you can’t imagine anything but the worse outcome, whisper the Serenity Prayer.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
It is admirable to say that you want to move in a particular direction with your life and your career. It is commendable to step up to the plate that’s laid out before you. But if you are faltering with burdens of your past mixed with challenges in your present and wrapped in fears of the future, you’ll get nowhere fast and accomplish nothing.
To make any headway in your dreams for your life, you should make haste to cast off the negative weight of past experiences and face today’s challenges head on with confidence and wise choices. You must also size up, attack and conquer your fears of the future and avoid worrying about anything that is beyond your control. Only then will you be free to launch forward in whatever direction you want to go in your life.
I wish you freedom, success and God speed.
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