A Time For Every Season - Motivation Monday

Turn! Turn! Turn!

 

A Blast From The Past

actually the 60's and The Byrds!

 Click HERE to listen to one of my all time favorite songs.

I'm a Baby Boomer,

so I am also a child of the 60's

and this was one of my favorite songs.

I had a 45 of it and just about wore it out on  my turn table

I played it so much.

I didn't realize until later it comes word for word,

right from the Old Testament of the Bible,

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

 Click HERE to get the scoop on this

It is also very true.

There is a season for everything

and there are seasons in our lives.

Childhood

Teenage years

Young Adulthood

Parenthood

Grand parenthood

Old age

 In each season are things that are generic to that particular time in our life.

Children want to be teenagers,

teenagers want to be adults,

    but each needs to be what they are when they are.

Once a teenager is a teenager,

it's too late to go back and be a child,

(even though sometimes they act like children)

As adults, we can't go back and be teenagers,

no matter how much 

"we can't adult today!"

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In those seasons we should enjoy where we are

and realize that today might not be the right time to 

be able to do something, no matter how badly we want to.

Sometimes we make wrong or poor choices in a particular season

that changes choices we can make in later seasons.

Parents of young children, regardless of the age of the parents,

will find it might be the best they can do to work and take care of of those children.  Following a particular desire may or may not be possible at that time.  

But life has many seasons, and many choices in those seasons,

and we shouldn't feel depressed or discouraged if right now is not the best time to "go for it".

If there's something in the back of your mind you've always wanted to learn or to try, but now is not the optimum time,

start eating that elephant in a small way now,

and you will be surprised how much further down that road you will be when time, motivation or money is less of a problem.

Start reading about your subject,

listen to podcasts about it,

watch videos of it,

find experts in that field and watch them,

(without stalking)

learn what you can learn now

and if it's something you really have a passion for,

you will be surprised at the time you can find for it. 

I always new there was an artist inside of me,

but because my husband and I didn't really prepare well to provide for our family,

I always put those needs ahead of my wants.

But, I learned what I could in whatever moments I could find.

We had 4 teenagers at once,

so those years were full of craziness.

And just as the last child was getting ready to graduate from high school I was diagnosed with scleroderma and was on oxygen for 5 years.

Not part of my plan!

But, I still had that desire to learn to paint,

so even though I had lungs that looked like deflated balloons

and the stamina of an infant,

I began to learn to paint.

My learning curve resemble 

"The Long and Winding Road"

but after a year of painting for short amounts of time daily,

I began to see results.

If painting is something you'd like to learn,

I can help make your learning curve shorter and 

for you to see results in months and not years.

Click HERE to check out my online beginning painting class or course.  

And finally,

I give away a painting every month and I'd love for you to get in on the fun.

 

I'll give this away on the 31st of January!

 

I'll be drawing a name out of the followers of this blog tomorrow.

So you still have time to get your name in the virtual hat.

If you didn't sign up on that annoying pop up box,

scroll back up to the top right hand side and enter your email in the box on the right that says 

"Subscribe to my blog".

Next, you'll receive an email confirming you did actually sign up.

You must click on the link in that email to actually subscribe.

When I draw out the winner I'll send you an email with

"No Joke!  YOU Won! in the subject line.

You'll have 24 hours to get back to me with your actual address so I can send you the painting.

I move on and draw another name after 24 hours.

So, make sure you use an email address you actually use. 

 

And with that,

I'm done for today.

 

Thanks for hanging out with me today.