My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Last week, I read an awesome post that was both humorous and extremely thought-provoking.
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Her post really stuck with me throughout the weekend, inspiring me to elaborate a little more on my own feelings regarding this topic.
So, thank you Brit!
Basically, what she shared was that it seems that no matter how much we may sometimes dream and plan for our lives, life will unavoidably give us surprises; changing our dreams and plans.
She said, “If you think about it, life is nothing, but a series of surprises.”
Then asked, “So, is it dangerous to dream? And is our happiness measured by the achievement of dreams, or plans? Or is the destruction of our dreams the way we truly live and grow? And if broken dreams are inevitable, how do we maintain happiness amid the constant challenge of rebuilding?”
I shared with her in my comment that I (for my own life) believe in destiny; knowing my life has already been designed on a higher level. But that dreaming and planning are valuable, because if I didn’t dream, plan or make choices, then I would never take action in discovering my destiny.
And this is where I think surprises come in.
I believe the surprises that my life gives me are the surprises I am meant to experience, because they are actually part of my destiny. Some of these surprises may take my life down a different path than what I had dreamed or planned; causing it to change. And as challenging as some changes have been in my life, these same changes eventually made me realize that THIS was where my life was suppose to go. And once I relaxed into these changes….I noticed that I grew in some way. I found that the challenge was not in rebuilding my life, but rather in accepting it for exactly where these surprises took me.
And quite often, my surprises ended up making me much happier and more fulfilled than what I had imagined for myself.
Therefore, I don’t believe my dreams and plans are ever destroyed.
They just naturally shift, as I grow.
Following my destiny……
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