From nearly 78 years of experience, I’ve learned something about this journey we are on. In my simple mind I have decided life to a large extent is choosing paths that are defined like buckets in our minds. Every day there are buckets we decide which to fill. The buckets represent something, some good and some bad. The bad are always going to be there along with the good. How you fill them each day is what makes the difference and determines the direction your life will take. Fill the ‘good buckets’ and you will find success, fulfillment and happiness. Fill the ‘bad buckets’ and you will find stress and strife. When you are focused on filling the ‘good’ buckets and ignoring the ‘bad’ you will see you don’t have the time to deal with the ‘bad’. The ‘bad’ will always be there. My whole life I have seen ‘bad’ buckets in front of me every day, but by focusing on directing my energies to the ‘good’ buckets they become less an issue and challenge. My bucket assessment goes something like this in your situation.
1. Your Spiritual Bucket: you know the value of knowing and relying on a spiritual life. Fill that bucket everyday with some acknowledgement of God and the blessings he gave you. It is mandated not suggested we glorify our Lord in all we do.
2. Your Family Bucket, both your own earthly family and your Spiritual family whose walking with you. Strength and support are vital to making it. These family relationships are critical at every stage of life. We were made to be companions and to walk this road with both families.
3. Your Educational Bucket: No matter your age you have an opportunity and a mind to accomplish everything in life you dream and desire. Don’t waste the opportunity laying right there in front of you to prepare yourself to soar.
4. Your Personal Relationship Bucket: Surround yourself with people that make you a better person. Don’t alienate those you recognize as ‘going nowhere’ types but work to become a positive influence on them. Do not sink to their level to feel included to be the positive influence they may need to be better people.
When your focus is on giving 100% to fill these ‘Good Buckets’ every day you will not have time or the spirit to worry about the negative buckets you have in front of you every day. All of us have ‘Bad Bucket’ stuff around. us every day. If we are not busy filling our ‘Good Buckets’ they can bring us down and avert your focus and attention, but you have a spirit and the power to remain true to ourselves and avoid the negative effects on us.
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