After taking some time off during the holidays, it feels good to be back sharing small moments from out here in the middle of nowhere that help keep me a bit more rooted each day in what sometimes feels a bit topsy turvy. During the break, my husband, Aaron shared with me from an account on Instagram, @farmranchlife, that said, “You wouldn’t plant a seed and then dig it up every few minutes to see if it had grown. So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions? Have patience, stop over thinking and keep watering your seeds.”
Does any part of that quote resonate with you? Have you ever wondered when you will have put in enough time at work to get that promotion? Or have you ever been involved in an organization where you hope you are helping enough and making an impact on the community? Maybe you have a side job that you hope grows into your full-time job and are anxious to grow it but it seems like it’s taking forever.
I must admit I have started many things over the past 36 years of my life and have often quit because I didn’t think it was going anywhere or maybe it wasn’t having the impact, I hoped it would. In other words, I was too busy spending my time digging up my seeds and staying the course and watering them. Which ultimately led to me quitting whatever I had been passionate about at that time and then feeling like a failure because I didn’t stick with it.
This podcast was one of those things I decided to commit to last summer, but in the back of mind knew that it was likely it would just be another failed attempt at something I thought at one time was a good idea. When beginning I wasn’t sure if I would have something new to share every week and while I’m used to it a little more now, I still find it a little silly that I sit alone talking into a microphone with no one to banter back and forth with. But here I am, a new year, and a new season of Grounded in the Middle and it’s all because of a shift in my thinking.
Today I’ll be sharing how it was revealed to me over the holiday break that while we can’t always see the impact of the things we do, however, if you tune in a bit more, there are small observations or clues around you that exists and can help you see how you are important in this world in even the smallest of ways.
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