Friday; October 11
What do you have planned for this weekend? Are you pretty booked? What about next week … or next month … or next year? Do you already feel overwhelmed about 2025 and we haven’t even made it through October? Someone, somewhere convinced us that to be successful, we have to make plans. While there is some value to this observation, I am not sure that being overly concerned about the future is actually a blessing – sometimes it could turn out to be a curse. We are so focused on what’s out there that we fail to appreciate what’s here. I recently came across a quote by Bill Watterson (of Calvin And Hobbes fame) who said, “We’re so busy watching out for what is just ahead of us that we don’t take time enjoy where we are.”. As I consider the value of making plans, I have to remember to balance that with making the most of the present. We can benefit from looking into the future, but we shortchange ourselves when we try to live there. I am not saying we need to get rid