Peaceful, Powerful You! – Favorite Ideas

August 17, 2010

Waiting, Expecting, and Acting

Here is a daily thought from one of my favorite little gems: A Cherokee Feast of Days by Joyce Sequichie Hifler. It speaks volumes, doesn’t it?

“We have heard that all things come to those who wait–which may be true to some degree. But it seems more sensible that all things come to those who expect them, who get ready and work toward having them.

Far too many wait for happiness to run them down and force joy on them. But having the right to something doesn’t make it happen. Joy is like a bubbling spirit that pushes its way up through the layers that would keep it from flowing. And joy is the essence of life . . . the key.

When something is presented to us, we can’t pick it apart and find fault with it. We don’t look around and see if someone else is interested in it before we decide–but we take it by the hand and walk with it, learn about it, bless it, and find that we have waited long enough.”  (p. 254)