Life Begins When You Do

Life Begins When You Do
Author: Mary Anne Radmacher

Nearly everyone postpones one grand thing or a collection of mighty hopes and dreams. Between the quote marks of our lives are phrases like these: "When things slow down...when I finish my degree...when I get certified...as I acquire a deeper knowledge base...when I have kids...when the kids are grown...when I get well...when I marry...when I retire...when I get that promotion, that raise, that job, that house, that whatever the fill-in-the blank is for your specific postponing of life..."

Your Life Begins When You Do.

You may think you are postponing the longing of your soul until life aligns itself with your vision, until elements conspire to be more favorable...but as it happens, life just lolls along at the same remarkable consistent and disinterested cadence. Life is impartial. YOUR personal, subjective life (dreams, satisfactions, contentment, achievements, vision, fullness, passion, aspirations) begins when you begin.

From my teens into adulthood, I said, "I want to be an artist." One day I changed the sentence to, "I am an artist." My view changed. Life began. I looked behind me and saw that I had been accidentally living as an artist. I had been laying down a path that was only now visible to eyes that had begun to see. Beginning my life as an artist made my heart's longing and the small, tentative labors of my hands - visible and tangible. I began by opening the door and simply believing that I could live my dream. I began living that dream by seeing that I could.

Your purpose, that thing that among the many to-dos of your days, is what you must do. Embrace the truth of your purpose each minute of your precious life...for how very true it is that life begins when you do.

If you would dream it
BEGIN it.

If you have an idea
OPEN it.

If there is longing
ACKNOWLEDGE it.

If there is mission
COMMIT it.

If there is daring
DO it.

If there is love
SPEAK it.

If there is resource
USE it.

If there is abundance
SHARE it.

Rebecca Lin 2011 Spring In USA

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回复夜月飞花的评论:

Glad to know that you enjoy the article.

Have a nice summer.
夜月飞花 发表评论于
Thank you for sharing, it is powerful for my choice now!
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回复5speed的评论:

5speed说的好：“生命往往在等待中消耗。”谢谢留言，顺祝夏安。
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生命往往在等待中消耗。

顶精彩文章!
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回复YTSHAN的评论:

Thanks for your wonderful comments.
YTSHAN 发表评论于
"Time and tide wait for nobody." This line came into my mind when I was a little child, and I didn't know its full meaning until just now when I came across "Life Begins When You Do." I donh't know how to express my thanks to you My Unkown Friend!
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回复丝丝细雨的评论:

丝丝细雨，

好久不见了，看到你的留言真开心。

Have a nice summer,

Rebecca
丝丝细雨 发表评论于
This is true. Action is the expression of both intention and commitment.

Have a nice week!
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回复九月豆的评论:

Sis,

Thanks for stopping by. I am glad to know that you are not "doing"much tonight. So you can relax and smell roses...

Good night and sweet dream,

Rebecca
九月豆 发表评论于
Totally agree, life begins when you do! However, maybe life still holds its ground when you take a break?? This is what I'm needing now, I'm exhausted~~~~~

Glad that tonight I am not "doing" much, so I can come visit Sis again~~~~~~

Have a wonderful evening and sweet dream!~~~~
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