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Topic:
Starting Over From Where You Are
When you have to start over, you need to start from where you are…not
from where you have been and not from where you want to be. Starting
over implies tremendous change has taken place and what was once in
motion has stopped. When we have encountered some kind of tremendous
adversity and we need to start over, our tendency is to try and remake
things in the same shape they were in yesterday. As difficult as the job
is to start over, we cannot go back in time. As much as we want to go
back in time and make things like they might have been yesterday, we
cannot remake things as they were. When we start over, we must know
exactly and precisely where we are at the moment, and if possible, know
exactly and precisely where we want to go in the next moment. When we do
not know where we are at the moment, we will never get to where we want
to go. When we know we are someplace at the moment but do not know
precisely where we are, we will wander around in an aimless fashion, all
the while wondering what is wrong. Our present moment is the only place
where we can really live. Our present moment is the only moment from
which we can start anew. We can treasure or trash our past, but we can
only live and start over in the present. It is the present moment that
offers us a chance at real victory. It is the present moment that offers
us a chance for peace, for friendship, and for all the great blessings
of life. When we do not live in the present or start over in the
present, the future slips away as our past becomes eternally
unreachable.
If these words have been a blessing to you please forward
them to a friend.
These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites
called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.findthepower.com/wisdomminute
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