A Divine Timeline
Deadlines stimulate a sense of urgency, curb procrastination and provide a tool for measuring progress. Deadlines facilitate focus, inspire creativity and guide decision-making. Deadlines are important.
But things never seem to work out as planned—at least, not how we planned them.
Even the best-laid plans get derailed. We set objectives and chart our course, but our deadlines pass with our goals frequently unmet. This can cause our will to falter and our enthusiasm to dissipate. What was once an exciting opportunity mutates into a frustrating blockade.
Much of this aggravation can be alleviated by an often overlooked element of the attainment process. With this elusive principle we detach from outcomes, especially in reference to time. The spiritual dictum is neither attraction nor aversion. It seems like profound wisdom shrouded in mystery: How can you be clear about what you want and completely let go wanting to have it?
Living in a culture of immediate gratification, patience and trust are obscure virtues. Internet connections are sluggish, microwave ovens are time-consuming, and our instant messages aren’t answered fast enough.
Learning the gift of a divine timeline eliminates your need for haste—whether you’re a chief executive or a mother of five. Trusting in a divine timeline requires a belief that you are being guided by something greater than yourself. You are here to serve a purpose (even if you’re not 100% certain what that purpose is).
Operating on faith, you can eradicate worry from your life. If you know things happen in their own time, what is there to worry about? Worry is a feeble attempt to control situations, putting negative energy into something that is beyond your control.
Periodically remind yourself that things find their way. I was once fearful of this principle because I thought it might lead to complacency and enervation. Avoid this trap. It’s simply not true.
When you connect with your divine guidance, you find a renewed vigor to tackle greater personal challenges and expand your territory. You still have to do the work, but knowing that everything is divinely planned takes the pressure off. You’ll get where you’re supposed to go, but you don’t necessarily need to know when.
Simply trust and do what you know to do.
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Beautiful Scott, and so timely.
Thank you,
Matt