Year of Focus - Day 2

 How do you focus on something?  How you do center your mind and your time on a thing and progress towards that destination?  Is it just a matter of doing it?  Or is there something else you do?  Even the Bible says: "Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you" (Proverbs).  Is it where the eyes are looking?  Is it where the feet are standing?  Is it what the mind is centered on?  or is it a mixture of all this and more?

I think that it is important on knowing what you are going to focus on.  The more specific, the better.  Knowing what that end vision is so that you know when you've achieved it.  Now, there is something also to be said for 'seasons' - a time to plan and a time to do.  You cannot spend all the time planning or nothing will be achieved.  But neither can you dive into something without knowing what needs to be done.  If you do the latter, there is great chance on being distracted into things that are either time consuming, have nothing to do with the goal or something that can/should be done later.

If there are 365 days in a year and if I plan to break it up into 3 - 100 Day Challenges, that leaves me with 65 days left (today would be 64).  If I want 50 days for something short (or 25+25), that would leave me with 15 days.  About 2 weeks.  Therefore, I am setting my ducks in a row to begin the first 100 Day Challenge on Friday, January 16th. From now until then will be establishing the focus, setting my house in order, getting things ready, determining my direction.

Today's Gratitude Moments:
Today, I'm grateful for
- witnessing, in the middle of chaos and pain, faith in action.
- prayer
- how the year is beginning to take form.
- those who are in my life and surround me with encouragement and support.
- snowstorms!