In Others’ Words: Looking Past the Plan

So, I’d like y’all to do something for me today, please. Raise your hand if your life has gone according to plan. 

Um … okay, we all know I can’t see your raised hands, but I’m also willing to bet that not a single one of you raised your hands.

Am I right? Of course I am.

Life rarely lines up with our plans. Maybe some of our plans come true, but usually we’re pulling Plan B out of our back pocket. Or we’re wishing we’d sketched out a Plan C. Or we’re staring down unexpected circumstances and thinking, “This? This is my life?”

There are times we have to evaluate how long we keep working the plan — because sometimes we’re supposed to fight through the obstacles, the disappointments, and keep pushing the plan until it happens.

But then there are times we have to abandon the plan. We have to realize sticking with the plan is going to lead us in the wrong direction. Maybe we’re dating the wrong guy. Working the wrong job. Pursuing the wrong dream. (It happens.) All our stubborn determination to stay with our “life plan” is stealing our life.

Life is often waiting for us past the plan. 

In Your Words: When have you abandoned your plans and found your life waiting for you?

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“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” #quotes #EMForster @bethvogt

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