1 post tagged “strengths”

It has been a while since I last wrote an entry and there have been a lot of events that have confirmed my strengths and revealed where I need some improvement. They have further opened my eyes to possibilities, forced me to realize the various resources I have at my disposal, and incited me to use those resources more efficiently and effectively. Overall, they have served to reconfirm my desire to pursue my goals, pick my battles wisely, and, in the end, trust the process.  

I have a need (less so now than in the past) to attempt to control all aspects of my life and the external factors that influence it. It's taken almost twenty-seven years to truly realize that I cannot control everything, especially the external factors, and if I could, unlike in the past, I wouldn’t want to. Now, there are many times when I get close to reverting back to my old ways of "running" things, but there is a phrase that continues to filter my thoughts - "trust the process."

In the past few months I have spoken with a number of individuals (three in particular come to mind) who believe wholeheartedly in trusting the process. Furthermore, many of what seemed like some of my more bleak experiences have occurred over the past two years. However, some how and some way they seem to be coalescing into something more wonderful than I could have imagined. There are still a couple of situations that are currently stretching me and I am certain that as I progress through life I will continue to confront situations that test my will, values, strength, intelligence, and capacity to care; however, I am a bit more resolved in understanding that there is a process to all of this and the fundamental element of time impacting that process. Understanding this has helped me to better understand that trusting is so much easier if I continue to develop professionally and personally and allow my core values to continue to guide me. And I am resolved to doing just that.

Until next time…