Life Goes On:

We all dream of a pot below the rainbow or may have a unicorn we want to catch. Someday we are lucky or blessed and get the pot and catch the unicorn. So, I looked up a favorite scripture used in many church sermons about the promise God gave Noah after the flood (when God first gave us the rainbow). The rainbow promise: Gen 8:22- “While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night shall not cease.” The promise of the rainbow is that life goes on.

If you are anything like me the idea of life goes on is not really my favourite quote. Life feels chaos and hectic to me from time to time. I become so busy with everyday things that I dislike the idea of life goes on. But this is how life works and should be. I am one of those people that wishes I had a remote for life with a rewind, fast-forward but most of all pause button- much like the 2006 Adam Sandler movie “Click”. Clock time never seems to stop, but I felt like time stopped for me, for almost a year after my father passed away (who I was very close to). In my thoughts I would relive my fond memories and even reflect on the pain of that horrible day I lost him. I also love to cling to the good vibe days. I cried when my baby was born, and although I am extremely happy that he is a healthy little boy. At that time, all I wanted was to cling to the special bond we shared while I was pregnant with him. I did not look forward to sharing my most precious gift with the harsh world, I wanted him all to myself. I am so happy every time I sign up a new client into my program, all I want to do is work on them. But even then, life goes on, and I must make room for even more clients. I am madly in love with my amazing boyfriend, yet life moves on quickly. I cherish every moment with him, but we can’t stay in any stage of our relationship forever. But in all these cases, life went on even when I was not ready to let those moments go.

Life goes on because it was a promise or gift from God. JD Rockefeller said: every right (in my layman terms the word right is also gift or promise) implies a responsibility. The responsibility we have in this gift is to let decide to live in the moment and let the past go, to create the next moments.

How do we do this:

1. Decide to do it

2. Tell yourself there is more to come

3. Observe what is going on in the ever-changing world around you.

4. Focus your thoughts and mind on the moment.

5. Rest but don’t stop moving forward.

6. Keep a gratitude journal where your memories are safe and not forgotten, just not always on the forefront of your mind.

To quote Hillsong Church’s vision for 2018: “There is more.” Therefore, I think we should remember life goes on so that we can have more.

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