We knew that leaving everything behind that we had built in Russellville for 35 years and moving across the country would leave a "clean slate" in our lives...personal and professional. This clean slate is an opportunity and a challenge all at the same time. We have an opportunity to reshape our lives into the dream and the vision that we have had in our heads...to give time to the activities that we consider to be world changing. The quote "Be the change that you wish to see in the World" may actually have time now to come to fruition in our lives. Which is exciting! In comes the challenge...both of us LOVE so many things and have so many goals that we would like to accomplish, its hard to know: where to start, how much to work, how much time to devote to charity, how to know if you've done "enough" and where does a personal life come in? For me (Kristen) these questions give way to a lot of anxiety. I like to get a lot of things done, I hate to waste time and I hate to make mistakes. Maybe you can relate?
So for today, with a Shel Silverstein quote in mind, I have found a way to be at peace with the challenge that the "clean slate" dilemna produces.
There is a voice inside of you
that whispers all day long,
"I feel this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong."
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What's right for you...just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.
--Shel Silverstein
And that is...to just do something. No one is going to be able to tell me the next right step, I might not get everything accomplished today, I might not do everything right today, I may not be able to begin and finish a project today............. but doing something to move towards the direction of our goals, however tiny or big the something might be, is a move in the right direction. And it only takes ten or a hundred or a thousand somethings, to fulfill the accomplishment of a dream.
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