Left Unanswered...

I don't recall the exact day that I suddenly woke up and realized that this was not where I thought I would be at this stage in my life. I do recall, however, the pure shock in the awakening it gave me. That awe inspiring moment when you step back from the mirror, having noticed you have suddenly grown older, and attempt to count the goals you once made for yourself that you still have not yet reached.

I have achieved many accomplishments in my life, many of them having never come from those past goals, but rather by happenstance of where my time as led me. I am proud of my accomplishments and do not feel regret for having allowed myself to be led down different paths, but those goals still linger in my mind as unachieved desires left hanging in the balance.  Were it due to outside influences, relationships, finances, sacrifices made for children, or simply not being in the right places at the times I have found that I always seem to have a reason.  Therefore, these goals have been crying out to me as unanswered.

I am positive I am not the only one who has ever had this awakening, nor the only one who finds the perfect excuse for not having met their goals.  I say this is a tragedy. I say this is a reason for a whole new goal...to begin to set aside blaming all other reasons, stop making excuses that readily come to mind when we run into walls,  and simply push forward in the journey to reach each and every one of them.