I am joining with Julianne today and touching base with my word.
You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. – C.S. Lewis
As the fourth month of focus draws to a close, I think I am ready to share some of the frustrations that I have felt with myself as I have explored being more focused.
Honestly, I should have done this word years ago – perhaps decades ago even! All sorts of things have been running through my brain about where I might be today if I had been more focused so long ago. There have been some extremely unpleasant (and highly critical) conversations with myself and lots of “what if’s” have filled my brain and I was spending a good bit of time dwelling on the “would of” rather than letting it go and refocusing on the now and, more importantly, the future.
And then I stumbled upon that quote from C.S. Lewis and a light bulb went off in my brain.
Despite how much I want to I can’t go back and change anything. Beating myself up for my lack of focus does no good but changing my focus today can make all the difference in the world. I have now been gently reminding myself that my start back in January has been very productive and I have learned so much!
This is a year long process of honing my focus – not a miraculous overnight change – and the purpose of this year with this word is to change the ending not the beginning!
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I think you discovered some key things this month – the C.S. Lewis quote and understanding that focus is a year-long process (and even beyond)! Way to change the ending, Kat!
I hope you are able to continue to hone in on the word focus and make it sharper as the year continues.
As a good friend of mine says (all the time) … “More future. Less past.” XO
I think your focus on focus (d’oh!) has been a very good thing if it has led you to this realization. I have a feeling we’d all go back and change things in the past if we could. Without the ability to do that, though, the next best thing is to focus on doing things better or right in the future.
Life and life changing habits are a process. I have always like that quote by Lewis. It sounds as if you have learned some important things while thinking about focus. Good for you. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
I think it’s a blessing to be a work-in-progress … imagine how boring life would be if we knew it all, did it all and never had anything to work toward!