Over the weekend, Steve and I brainstormed about our goals for the next 15 years. That sounds like a lot, doesn't it? Yet we're at a place in life, with jobs we love and tasks we know we're called to, that we can consider the next 15 years in terms of core values and overall plans.
During this talk I came up with a new term: the hard/easy life.
When you reach a certain place along the road of motherhood or life in general, in some ways it's easy to set goals. You start to see where you want to go. You start to dream--for yourself, for your family.
In our case, we know we want to homeschool, we know the jobs we're meant to have, we know where and how we want to live. And we always ask for, and receive, specific guidance from God about what direction to pursue. Then we go after it in confidence.
That's the easy.
But then comes the hard. Once you've made a decision, you have to do it. And keep doing it. Day in, day out. When you can't see any progress, when you forget why, when you lack funds, when you lack connections. When your son spends 30 minutes throwing Legos instead of playing with them. (Ahem, that was just this morning.)
When the easy comes, it's exciting. You know where you want to head and you have faith that somehow, someway you can get there. Then comes the hard, and wow can it be tough. I tend to want to run and find an expert who can tell me what to do, when really I know what I should do. I should keep going, and be my own expert.
Living hard/easy. The journey has plenty of ups and downs, but the way is clear--just keep moving forward.
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