Letting Go of Plans
We all make plans...some of us follow through painstakingly thought out plans for our lives getting benchmarks along the way to mark our progress as we strive toward a set goal, some of us just put a finish line in your head and head in what we consider that general direction....hoping we reach our destination eventually. I have a nebulous idea of what, ultimately, I want to accomplish in life. I want to continue my education, to have a child, to travel, to find a career that I enjoy and that I feel I am successful at, and most of all to not be alone! I try not to pin myself down to specifics, how much education, a boy or a girl, who I want to be with what specific career...I'm open on these parts, but as I approach 40 I feel this growing urgency inside myself to achieve one or more of these things soon. Is that a good thing? Should I be buckling down and making something happen, or should I let go of the "things" I think I need and learn to just accept wher...