Time does not stand still. It is always moving. It never waits, pauses or takes a break. In a blink of an eye, it will escape you. Before you know it, twenty or thirty years have already passed us by. We awake one day ask ourselves, “where did it go?”. As I get older, time moves a bit quicker I have noticed. I am forty-eight years of age, still relatively young, but getting older nonetheless. I have been pausing a lot more and just taking a breath. I have been looking at the past and also looking at the future.

I look at the past and there I look at things I missed or could have done, regrets, things I wished I have done over. I look to the future and look to do things I want to do. I have realized that looking into the past and into the future, I am missing out on now. I can get pretty fixated on regrets and past decisions on one hand and on the other, there are things I want to do and make up for, and do in the future. All the while I do this, I am missing the opportunity for now.

I have allowed obstacles to get in my way of late. I have had to get rid of those obstacles as they were holding me back. Those obstacles you ask? Well, the obstacle was and is me. I am my own worst enemy and I believe that is who we fight daily. There are external factors of course, but most of the time, it is us.

The last 5 years for me have been a battle and I will share more of that in future posts. I have been thinking for sometime on how to use this platform. I am not some intellectual, or fanciful philosopher like type of writer. I am jus the average, simple type of guy who likes to write. The more I thought about it, the more of the journal type of writing came to mind.

I want to share the journey that I have been on with you the reader as I hope and pray that I can encourage someone out there. All of use have been on a journey here and encouragement on social platforms are few and far between. It is my prayer and goal to use this as a means to share my thoughts, musings, my ups and downs, my Christian walk, my life with you.

What will come of this? I am not quite sure. I am not here to garner popularity points or get famous. Simply put, I just want to write and encourage.

So, thats it in a nutshell I suppose. It is never to late to go after and pursue your goals. The biggest obstacle to overcome, is you. It can be done, believe me. It just takes discipline, which I am still learning, even at my older age.

I look forward to writing more. I look forward to sharing the journey that I am on with you.

Stephen. J. M.