It’s the beginning of the year, and if we’re anything alike, we feel the excitement of the possibility of new. I think about all the places I want to go and the person I want to show up as. There’s something incredibly empowering about getting older. You have all the same feelings as when young, but now you know what to do with them.
I used to be excited about what life would bring, and now I’m excited for what I’m going to conquer. Every year, I identify something holding me back that gets abandoned: the limited perception, the need for being too calculated and methodical, the worry about the future when God has proven faithful over my needs, the idea that I haven’t arrived to my best self and that’s why I don’t have certain blessings. The more I conquer, the larger I feel. The more I realize I’m never going to arrive or have it all figured out. I’m not supposed to either. I’m supposed to just be.
I used to think about the things I wanted to do, and now I plan for them.
I used to penny pinch, expecting the rainy day to come. Now I know that the same God who controls the rainy day also controls my resources. I used to scoff at uncertainty, believing every good thing had to be taken hold of, now I realize that I must move with the wind because being too comfortable is idolizing the blessing over the One who blesses.
I get to control my actions. I get to make steps and radical moves. I have the wisdom to take calculated failures. This year is what I make it. This year’s success will be on 1000 small decisions. Yes, life happens, but I also have the power to create the life I want, and because God is with me, I will.
Happy 2024! Make it your year ✨️ 😌 💛 🙌🏾 🙏🏾
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