The future. It seems to be in everyone's thoughts and conversations. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? What is your "end goal"? Are you going back to school? Questions like this seem to be popping up in conversations more and more.
While, yes, I do believe it is important to be working towards your goals and dreams, I also feel that society is too focused on the "end goal." It's important to be enjoying each and every stage of life as it comes. This has become more apparent to me lately, as I start to look back on college.
Throughout college, the question was always What career are you pursuing? What are you doing after college? I got swept away in all of the planning for the future, and almost forgot to enjoy the present. Now that college is behind me, I realize the focus shouldn't have been on I can't wait to get a job, but instead I am going to enjoy college while looking forward to a career. In a similar vein, there is a lot of worry about the future. Am I going to have a job? What's going to happen next semester (or in a year, or in 4 years)? Jesus tells us,
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
How much time do we spend worrying about tomorrow, about the future, that we could spend enjoying today? What would it look like if we took a break from worrying, trusted God about our future, and lived this moment with contentment.
Contentment is a word that has been popping into my head lately. The idea of being content with the stage of life that you are in, being patient, not comparing your stage to others' around you. More on this later.
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