Grocery Store of Life

Some time ago at church I heard a sermon and some of the points the pastor made resonated in me.  Id like to attempt to convey the thoughts he shared.

"Have you ever gotten a call from someone, perhaps your spouse or a parent, asking you to pick something  from the grocery store?  Just one item was all you needed to get so you naturally respond that you'll stop and get it.  So you find the store and pull into the parking lot.  You find a great spot and you park your car.  Your walk/jog into the store where you bypass the buggys and baskets because you know you're only getting one thing.  And somewhere between the produce section and aisle 4 you realize something, you have forgotten what that item was you were to get.  You gather yourself and psych yourself up to head on to the journey.  The journey that takes you from aisle to aisle as you do the bobble head looking to and fro on all the shelves.  With 100 million items in the store you're just hoping and praying that the item will just jump out at you saying "HERE I AM!"  Alas, you find that item and you make your way to the check out aisle and you head home." - Pastor Joel Labertew

How many of you can relate to that?  Unashamedly I've done that a number of times.  Well, unfortunately that is how so many people do life.  We go about it and then something catches our attention and we run into the 'project' yet failing to achieve what we set out to do.  Other things get our attention while we are on our way to do this or that.  The monotony of everyday life gets in the way of us achieving so many goals, dreams and aspirations.  I've met too many people who talk a lot but they don't DO a lot.  They talk about their goals and their dreams but they don't do anything to achieve them.  We become unbalanced and we become unfulfilled.  Don't just live a monotnous life but a balanced & fulfilled one!

Until next time,
Terri LaRae, LCPC