Start today to make a new ending

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

~Maria Robinson

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It’s almost August! I know for most of you the carefree days of summer stretch on until after Labor Day, but around here the poor kids start school in a matter of a couple of weeks!

This got me thinking … have I done everything I wanted to do this summer?  Have I had all the fun I planned on having?

Inevitably the over thinker in me followed a rabbit trail…what about the year as a whole? How am I doing with my goals for 2010? What have I learned this year? What am I still hoping to do?

Do you know  that there are only 155 days left in 2010? Which means we’ve already lived 210 of the 365 days allotted… this year is on the down-hill race to the end.

The older I get the more determined I am to live my life with intention but also with direction.  Here’s what I mean…if I intend to go to Florida but head out of Georgia going North, I’m not going to get to my intended destination. (Andy Stanley has a great book that explains this beautifully: The Principle of the Path ) I can’t tell you how many goals I’ve intended to accomplish but ended up failing for lack of direction. For lack of being on the right path. (Most recently, I intended to fit into my clothes but baked my way straight through 2009. No matter how good my intentions were, with my 3 times a week baking, I was not going to stay the same size, I was going in the wrong direction!)

With my intention in mind, I find it necessary to check my path. Am I going the right direction this year, doing the next right thing to get to where I want to go? I’ve talked lots about my focus-word for the year...friendship.

But what I haven’t mentioned is that last January 1st I did a little time-travel.

I wrote a letter (in my journal) to myself of things I’d like to say on January 1, 2011.

I wanted to put to paper specific things, attitudes and goals I’d like to tackle in 2010. And in my letter, I wanted to thank God in advance for helping me accomplish my projects and surrender my crummy attitudes…as He sees fit of course.

So yesterday I looked back at that letter to see how I was doing.

I’m not going into detail but God has helped me with so many things already….although,  I’ve room for improvement. This is where that breath-of-fresh-air quote comes in…

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

I’m starting today to make certain, with God’s help, that the ending of 2010 will be a good one…

Anything that you wanted to do, quit or experience in 2010 that you’ve put on the back-burner? If it’s still important to you…it’s not too late.

xo

~Have a weekend full of intention and purpose my friends~

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