Don't Look Back You're Not Going That Way

Each footprint left is a change in position. Each movement is a shift in direction and a re-positioning to a new space in time. For a person who doesn’t necessarily crave change- I’ve been having to re-teach and retrain. I believe that our life is a journey and our faith is a race. We run with endurance, and we run with discipline. Sometimes we trip, sometimes we fall and have to get up again. We TRAIN, because we have to learn how to run BETTER- more efficiently and with stamina so that we actually get to the FINISH LINE. 

Movement

Life is equated to a race, and our faith to running because ya can’t stand still in the middle of the track - running is by definition an action that requires movement, and through movement - change. 

The very definition of movement is “a change or development.” Movement, the act of shifting our position, IS change. 

Now, seems to me the more efficient way of running is to go FORWARD. Some might try to run backwards, but it’s less efficient, takes you farther from the finish , and is, in general, not recommended. 

Sometimes moving forward does feel like forward- the leg pain, the muscle aches, the core training and weight lifting, all supposedly to get us to the finish but in the moment it all just HURTS. 

why pain?

Pain and the hard stuff is the VERY THING that builds endurance - without the stretching and pushing of muscles, they don’t get stronger. Without the sweat and tears, the heart doesn’t learn to adjust and support all the body’s systems. 

“Hard is not always bad”

-heather avis

Embrace the hard stuff, cuz its not always bad.  Step into each new space trusting that it’s bringing us closer to the finish.

what is your goal?

All this writing is under the assumption that you actually WANT to get to the finish line of life and to WIN. This all assumes that your goal is finishing and finishing well. My challenge to you is to decide what your goal is - why are you doing what you do ? What is the filter that you live your life through? Why do you make decisions, and why do you NOT make others? CHANGE is a journey and an expectation when your goal in life is the moving forward and looking forward to the finish line. The idea of looking forward toward something, the beauty of constantly getting closer to that line, is exciting!  It makes the idea of change, of movement toward a specific position, purposeful.

Our Goal, the finish, is what gives us HOPE. Look forward, the way you're going, and embrace the hope that it gives. Let the movement bring change, and let the change move you forward.

my friends, remember:

Don't look back cuz you”re not going that way