It’s Gratituesday! Today I’m grateful for a plans and goals and lists. I’m sure that sounds odd to most people.
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You see, I’m not normally a goal setting sort of person. I prefer to be flexible and goals seem to get in the way of that flexibility. I do, however, have a wide assortment of lists, which aren’t quite the same as goals.
I suppose I see plans as a happy medium between goals and lists. It falls right in the middle of inflexible and flexible.
“You can devise all the plans in the world, but if you don’t welcome spontaneity; you will just disappoint yourself.” ~ Abigail Biddinger
I’d have missed out on some of the greatest things in my life if I weren’t willing to let go of plans and goals and just ride the current I found myself in.
Of course, a person can’t always just be all “whatever.” I guess there needs to be a sense of order and control and sanity as a foundation in order to be able to be spontaneous. May be that’s where I fall short and why goals don’t work so well for me, not enough of a foundation of order.
Hmmm.
Well, so far, I’ve managed to get by fairly well with my many lists, my few goals and the plans I make.
I’ve always liked this saying because I think it justifies or proves my somewhat hectic life of flexibility mixed with chaos.
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~Allan Saunders
I’m always on a quest for balance in my life. If I ever achieve it the planets may cease spinning.
Well at least, I’m fairly certain, I keep God laughing.
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