Fall colors now dot the mountain view from my kitchen window. Each morning I wake to the crisp, clean smell of fall. The changing seasons signal a time for accounting in my own life, a time to reflect and set new goals. I’m grateful it comes four times a year here. I don’t know if I’d accomplish as much living in a more temperate clime. I look forward to this time to reenergize and refocus. The changing seasons bring new excitement, new energy, new challenges, and new growth.
October 2008 is when I decided to try writing fiction. It’s been an intense year of study and learning for me. My manuscript is ever closer to being submitted. I enjoy challenges and this latest project has certainly been one of the hardest yet most rewarding things I’ve ever done. It’s good to push myself to accomplish something difficult; that’s an important part of self development. I believe goal setting and achieving is key to feeling worthwhile.
However, this goal setting is a balancing act of great importance for me. I have to remember that accomplishing my personal goals only feels satisfactory if my goals as a wife and mother get first priority. Otherwise, I feel like a failure. There is a scripture in the Bible that has become my mantra.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
These words are my guiding light in my many seasons of life.
When you have your priorities in order, you can’t help but be successful in all aspects of your life. It just doesn’t always feel like it at the time.
Thank you for this reminder. When I first read your blog profile I was impressed that one of your goals is to nurture your children and help them with their goals. It made me think, do I even know what my children’s goals are?
I like that you use the changing of the seasons to take stock in your life. Unlike the calendar seasons, life’s seasons seldom give us a do-over.