Have you ever felt like your life was foggy? Do you know what I mean? Like it was hard to think straight, like you just weren’t functioning at your highest capacity? You were tired - mentally and physically. It could have been a late night, or a bunch of late nights, or maybe you just have a lot going on right now, life is hard right now, and it’s wearing you down. All of us go through it. Sometimes life just gets that way. Overwhelming. It gets foggy - difficult to think clearly and make good decisions. And, as much as we want to, We can’t always keep going, as if everything is normal. Sometimes we have to stop. And that’s okay.

We live in a world dictated by speed, by progress, by success, by resilience. It’s hard to stop, for fear of falling behind. Fear of missed opportunity. Fear of failure. Fear of admitting that we are vulnerable and fragile. But friend, the worst thing we can do for ourselves and for others, is pretend. When life gets foggy, we can’t go on pretending that it isn’t. We have to face it. Do not be afraid.

Facing our problems is hard, because when we do we have to slow down and slowing down feels detrimental to progress and our world today is dictated by speed, progress and results. How will we get the results we want, the results we have convinced ourselves that we need, if we slow down. We will miss our opportunity - Missed opportunity is the pathway to regret. I had an event coming up. I did all of the prep work. I was ready and I was already planning what would happen after the event. And you know where this is going, it fell through. I had to cancel it. I was so bummed. The event was such a great opportunity. What I was planning for after the event, was such a great opportunity, but it didn’t happen. Before I headed home, I got a call from my wife. She told me that she was feeling sick and desperately needed help with the kids. She needed me home as soon as possible. The event fell through. It felt like a missed opportunity, but in reality, it was making way for a new opportunity. I got to go home early, spend the evening with my kids, and allow my wife to go to bed early. An opportunity lost, was a greater opportunity gained.

I believe that for you too, just because you don’t see it yet, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. God knows what he is doing, trust him, and he will lead you where you need to go and when you need to get there.