TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
A SARINE THOUGHT… OR TWO COLUMN BY EMILY SARINE Look to the Future, Live for Today
A s the new year starts, many of us traditionally choose to make some “New Year’s Resolutions.” Perhaps we make a few changes to how we spend our free time, i.e., exercise more... eat less... blah, blah... yada, yada. Or maybe we remember the things that we put into practice last year and vow to continue pressing on in those endeavors. Others just say, “To heck with it!,” and throw caution to the wind. I typically fall into camp number one: resolving to do better, get stronger, be sweeter, or think longer before I speak. However, this year, my heart feels differently about how to set my goals. Not to say those mentioned above won’t remain on my 2023 to-do list, but something bigger is at play in my life right now. I can see big changes on the distant horizon and know that my attention needs to be adjusted in terms of the “when” of my focus each day.
I hate to admit it, but I am guilty of having a “living for the weekend” mentality when it comes to life a lot of the time. Saying things like, “If I can just make it to Friday, everything will be all right,” or “I just have to set an alarm six more times until Saturday and then I can sleep to my heart’s content.” Can anyone else relate to these sentiments? Especially when it seems every single day is booked solid with places to be, things to do, and people to see. I also tend to think and live this way regarding major life milestones. Like when I was a teenager thinking about all the things I couldn’t wait to do. Drive. Graduate. Go off to college. Get married. Travel the world. My eyes and heart were always on the next thing. If it was January, I was looking forward to my birthday and Valentine’s Day. If it was March, I was living for the last day of school and the first days of summer. If it was October, I was eyeing the countdown to Christmas.
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