Connecting the dots

For the holidays, I visited my parents in Colorado.

The first morning, I went downstairs before putting in my contacts and stood by the banister asking for a covid test (I’d woken up with a sore throat 🥴). As I kept my distance, I could only see fuzzy faces down the hall in the family room, so I decided instead to focus on what was right in front of me on the banister — a little spot of something that used to be wet or sticky. I picked it off (so satisfying) and then made my way back upstairs.

It made me think about how often we focus on what’s far away, what we want long-term. We know it exists (yes, it already exists!), but there’s some fuzziness, some lack of clarity and detail about exactly what it’ll be like.

And we crave clarity! We want to know exactly what’ll happen and how we’ll get there. But we can’t know. When we focus so much on that, we might get frustrated or defeated trying to bring it into focus, then freeze into inaction or give up completely.

What if you could accept that what you desire for your health and life is coming and release the need to control the outcome? What if you could instead focus on what’s right in front of you, what is yours to do in this moment, knowing that your future self and life is there and will all work out?

When you hold your vision AND focus on what you can do right now, you’re much more likely to get there (wherever “there” is for you). And you don’t have to force the outcome because the dots will always connect.

So, what is yours to do right now that will help move you a little bit closer to the future self you hold in your mind?

If you’re inclined to share, I’d love to hear from you — comment below!

​Regardless, know that I am rooting for you always, and I’m so grateful you’re here.