stuckinindiana: living in the moment

15 June 2015

Tuesday at Ten - Someday I Will...

A sentence beginning with "Someday I will..." would have been finished in many ways at various stages of my life.

As a young child, I would have said,
"Someday I will... have a pony & live on a farm."

At a very awkward stage, I would have said,
"Someday I will... be beautiful & not ugly and skinny."

As I grew older, I would have said,
"Someday I will... live in the Biltmore Estate!"

My sophomore year in college, I would have said,
"Someday I will... not be so fat and won't complain about being thin."

After being dumped by a guy I really thought was my soul mate, I would have said,
"Someday I will... BE LOVED!

I wish I could say that I "got it" immediately following college. But, I didn't. I wasn't even at that point 10 years ago. Thankfully, at some point as the years passed, I got less and less concerned with "someday" and more and more concerned with "this moment" -- right now. I was looking ahead so intently that I often missed the blessings of the moment I was occupying. I've learned the lesson that SOMEDAY will take care of itself if you give full attention to NOW.