If we have faith at all, we must be witnesses of it. If we do not have enough conviction to share what we have felt, seen, experienced as faith then we are either selfish and don’t want to include others in the joy that we have found or we have found nothing and do not really have a faith at all. Our relationship with others can never be real if we fail to share that which is most meaningful to us.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
A paradox of planning and spontaneity
It is a complicated reality to be a spontaneous person who plans everything. To set goals and know that there are steps required to get there. To always have a plan, but at the same time an awareness that nothing is ever really set in stone. We plan for almost anything, but we don’t know which plan we will use until the time comes. It sounds confusing, but that’s the problem with trying to understand another persons thought process or even to explain your own. It’s not about committing to things or not committing, but it does mean that we are responsive to the possibilities that present themselves. Life is a little like chess in that way. We make our move, but as we do we have to try to see every possible scenario of every move we make and every response plus our counter response until the game plays out. We anticipate as much as we can, but we can’t predict so we have multiple plans because life often changes which plan we end up using or even forces us to create a new plan.
The trick is to have some knowledge of what’s possible and then to be willing to plan quickly and simply make things happen once we decide what to do. It’s all about flexibility. The thing is, if we see something out there that sounds good, we should at least try to make it happen. It is easy to make excuses and to stay home, but in most cases, it’s just as easy to get out and go do. Somehow we often manage to get it into our heads that we always need to have a plan. We are asked the question, “where do you want to be in ten years?” and it’s not that we shouldn’t be able to or that we can’t answer that question, but we shouldn’t feel like whatever answer we give locks us into that decision for the next ten years. In general it is important that we do what we say we are going to do or we have a thoughtful reason why we aren’t, but we should always be mindful of being stuck. We should never be limited by our own plans or our own stubbornness.
Tripping the Light Fantastic 