Although I don't love to read "self-help" books I know I can learn so much from them... So this year I've made a list of books I want to read and have deadlines for each of them. This book is to be read by the end of January and well.....I've got some reading to do! ;)
This particular chapter is about our focus and dealing with contentment. This poem really struck me and convicted me to live in the here and now and be thankful for the little things. It is written by a 14 year old boy! (How wise for such a young age...)
It was spring bit it was summer I wanted; the warm days
and the great outdoors.
It was summer but it was fall I wanted; the colorful
leaves and the cool dry air.
It was fall but it was winter I wanted; the beautiful snow
and the joy of the holiday season.
It was now winter but it was spring I wanted; the warmth
and the blossoming of nature.
I was a child but it was adulthood I wanted; the freedom
and the respect.
I was twenty but it was thirty I wanted; to be mature and
sophisticated.
I was middle-aged but it was twenty that I wanted; the youth
and the free spirit.
I was retired but it was middle-age that I watned; the
presence of mind without limitations.
My life was over but I never got what I wanted.
My prayer for today (and the future) is that God can be my portion and help me to live in contentment with where/who I am.
And so I don't bore you toooo much...Here is a picture. :) Carter was 3 in this picture -- Even when I look at pictures like these, I quickly think, "NO! Time stop flying by - I already barely remember him at this age." But ---I need to be content with memories and the time I have with him now.
