I also need to think about where I've spun my wheels in the last year doing things - or at least having my mind on things - that are really not productive. I need to think about how I need to change, or revise how I live and interact with those around me.
A very wise man once told me that it's not really the "bad" things in life that you have to watch out for; it's the "good" things. What he meant by this is that "bad" things are obvious to us and fairly easy to steer clear of. However, plans or courses of action that are "good" for us often pull us away from what is "best" for us.
Interesting eh?
He also said that as we get older we should narrow our focus to those things we are best at, and move some of the things that we are good at, to the side.
How do we figure out what we are best at? Well, we take note of what other people say we are best at; things for which we receive praise and encouragement. Rather than what we think are our strengths.
So this is what I'm doing today. Taking inventory. Perhaps I will take a walk in the woods by myself (but with my dogs) and let my mind wander - and ponder.
I think everyone should do this once in a while. It doesn't have to be on your birthday of course; and if you really screw things up on the day after your birthday, you don't have to wait another 364 days to straighten things out!
Any-hooo, enough of this baring of the soul. If I don't stop now I'll break into the chorus of "Kumbaya" - and God knows that my gift is not singing.
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