A Time for Everything

For everything there is a season,

    a time for every activity under heaven.

A time to be born and a time to die.

    A time to plant and a time to harvest.

A time to kill and a time to heal.

    A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to cry and a time to laugh.

    A time to grieve and a time to dance.

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

    A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

A time to search and a time to quit searching.

    A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear and a time to mend.

    A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate.

    A time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Rest is so important. I have especially learned that with age. As someone who struggles with insomnia, I understand it to my core. I believe in slowing down, in stillness. I want to be sure to "stop & smell the roses."

It's important not to stay there though.

If I say the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about my life and what I've done I would say: "I worked so hard, for so long and still ended up with nothing." If I stop and actually think through it, I have so much. To some, I have it all. So there is my struggle. I am working on redefining what success is to me. Not to see it how anyone else sees it. Not to see it as 16 year old me saw it. But to see it as 36 year old me sees it. She has changed. Her priorities changed. Life looks different now. The future she wants looks different now.

How do I define success? What does the most successful me look like?

She is faithful.

She accepts love.

She covers her family.

She loves deeply, especially within her household.

She acknowledges her fears, but is not paralyzed by them.

She is active. She is not stagnant.

She is energized.

She is passionate.

She finds hobbies and activities that feed her passion.

She goes after what she wants.

She finds time to fulfill her needs.

She embraces life's seasons.

There is a time for everything.

I'm entering a planting season.

Time to put down roots, sow seeds,

and get things prepped for the years to come.