My word for this year is rocket. I chose that word based on these words from the song Say I Won't.
Today it all begins I'm seeing my life for the very first time Through a different lens Yesterday I didn't understand Driving 35 with a rocket inside Didn't know what I had There are a couple of reasons I think I, and maybe others, get in these places of forgetting we have a rocket inside. One of them is depression. One of the main symptoms of depression is a feeling - a belief - that the way I feel right now is the way I'm always going to feel. That's a feeling and a belief that can slow life down. Many days, it can make you feel like life has come to a complete stop. You are stuck in today; there is no such thing as tomorrow. The other reason, I think, is a lack of faith. We get to believing that God's plan for our life is no grander than the plan we are living in today. If that plan doesn't feel good, then God doesn't feel very good in our life. He doesn't feel very near. 'Driving 35 with a rocket inside, didn't know what I had.' I was re-listening to an interview yesterday that Rich Roll did with Alexi Pappas. And I re-heard one of the most powerful things I've heard in this year of the rocket. Pappas, who has battled through her own depression, said this: Feelings follow thoughts; thoughts follow actions. Here's the thing about a rocket. A rocket doesn't blast off when it feels like it, or when it thinks the time is right. A rocket blasts off when someone ignites it. So many times this year, when I've felt life slowing down, or even stopping, I've reminded myself, BLAST OFF. I've reminded myself I have a rocket inside. A rocket waiting on ME to send it skyward. It's in those moments that I will I sit down and write. Or go for a run. Or work on a presentation. Or make a phone call. Feelings follow thoughts. Thoughts follow actions. We are not meant to drive 35; we are rockets. We are all meant to fly skyward, beautiful arcs through the night sky. Here's the thing. The difference between driving 35 and shooting through the sky like a rocket isn't about the speed of life; it's about how you feel about your life. It's about, do I feel like I'm living life, or do I feel like my life is somewhere up ahead waiting on me. If you feel like your life is waiting on you, take a step. Thoughts follow that step. Feelings follow those thoughts. If you're struggling to take that step, talk to someone. Talk to a friend or to a pastor or to a counselor. Don't allow yourself to believe life has stopped. Don't allow yourself to believe that how you feel today is the feeling God has planned for your tomorrow. God knows your feelings follow your thoughts; your thoughts follow your actions. God knows if you'll take a step today, you'll discover the rocket he's put inside your tomorrow. A rocket with a beautiful arc...
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Robert "Keith" CartwrightI am a friend of God, a dad, a runner who never wins, but is always searching for beauty in the race. Archives
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