Morning Motivation: It's about time

I was thinking this morning that I wish I was already done with this journey and preparing to head to Everest in a few weeks with the thousands of other climbers with the same dream. The distance between now and then felt impossible.

And then I remembered that time moves fast. I mean, tomorrow is the first day of March, in the year 2019. How did that happen? My wishing time would speed up doesn’t need to happen. Time moves fast enough as it is.

Also, I need the time to learn the lesson. To overcome the challenges. To dance with my fears. To grow into the person I need to be in order to summit the tallest peak in the world.

Bypassing all of that just so I don’t have to wait is ridiculous. I am telling myself I don’t trust that I will stick with this. That if it doesn’t happen soon, while I am still this committed, that it won’t happen because I have a history of giving up.

But here’s the thing. History is just time in which lessons can be extracted. Yes, I failed a lot. Mostly, I never even tried. Lots of planning and not a lot of doing.

With every failure I can examine what worked and what didn’t, and then take those lessons into my present situation so things that stood in my way won’t be repeated.

Most importantly, though, is that even with this big dream, I have no idea what the Universe is going to throw my way. I’m not supposed to. That is part of the fun of being a human. All I can do is listen to soul’s desires, live and act in service to my purpose, and move accordingly to my heart’s calls. If that leads me to the summit of Everest, awesome. If not, then imagine the journey in store for me.

So when I ask the Universe to guide me to the top of the world or something better, imagine what that could mean.

Only time will tell. And I am committed to loving every step of the journey.