Becoming someone you value! The journey continues…to become. Become what? A saint? Saint-like? To represent good in all things? To earn what is promised in what lies beyond? Not to become a saint, or even be seen as one. But to become someone that you value, when at the end you know that you can ask “How’d I do?”
Strive to live an authentic life. To speak only truth and honesty when called upon about and to all things. A mindset based on the reward of peace, stillness, silence, meditation, prayer, growth, and abundance. A physical body built by hard work, healing, forgiveness, trust, giving, gratitude, and praise. Most important to give thanks. Thanks for all of these gifts and the ability to develop these qualities as age and naysayers fade.
Trust in most, where trust is warranted. But also to be trustworthy. Do not be a fool and believe everything that is shown to you. Actions of others toward you are a reflection of their perception of you. Understand this. Believe that those who show you who they are will continue to do so, until you are forced to see. Forgive and pray for all of them, especially those that you do not.
Work hard at all that you do, even if you only ever become a novice. You will gain an appreciation for those who have mastered it. Continue, even after failure. In the process of attempting to enhance your mental and physical abilities, growth appears. Speak passionately about the things that you learn and are continuing to understand. Others will soon join the conversation, and some will fall away. This is not a loss, but essential for growth, just as a flower has buds that wither away. This is the ongoing journey to become.
Do not become weakened by worry about the future. Today has enough trouble on its own. Tomorrow will bring its own problems, but tomorrow is not guaranteed. When it comes, handle it; if it passes, let it. Don’t grasp for what might have been. Forgive yourself for the mistakes that you made. Let yesterday fade—its value lies only in the lessons it left behind. Memories, whether sweet or bitter, are only temporary reflections of who we were, not who we are becoming. To dwell on them is to turn your back on the life still waiting to be lived.
“Good things come to those who wait?” Good things don’t come to those who wait, but to those who endure rightly. Time alone brings nothing; it’s how we wait that determines what arrives. Waiting has no inherent value; it is in how you wait that determines your result. It is in becoming someone that you value that happens in this time of waiting.
This ends today’s positive rumination. The ongoing theme of living a life of value, grounded in presence, humility, and acceptance — not sainthood, but substance. Not all rumination is ruin; some thoughts must be turned over until they teach us peace.
D. Caulder
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