SO WHAT NEXT?

Preamble

Hi…

Let me tell you something:

I have two older posts that I have stalled for so long yet this post is as fresh as freshly baked bread.

Have you eaten freshly baked bread before?

You know how the aroma of baked smell is, right?

These two posts will get their time to shine but for now, they remain drafts.

Today’s post kept jumping on the trampoline of my mind, so I had to allow it the space. I hope the written words in this post will express it fully.

Lets wishwosh in (don’t take that word seriously 😂😂)

Your dream came true

After waiting all these years, you finally achieved your goal(s)

Congratulations!

You finally completed your educational journey

Congratulations!

You finally married the love of your life

Congratulations!

You finally bought your favourite car

Congratulations!

You finally went on a vacation to the place of your choice

Congratulations!

You finally had beautiful children

Congratulations!

You finally built the magnificent house or bought one

Congratulations!

You opened your eyes, and all your good dreams were now a reality

Congratulations!

You…….

Congratulations

Is there more?

After you tick off your lists, are there more to create?

Why can’t we just end it on one list?

Why do we have to create more lists?

After getting our dream everything, we are posed with handling them well and expecting more from we are.

When you get your dream car or house, you now want them to be plural.

When you get beautiful children, you oiw have to care for their present and futures.

When you finish one educational level, you are now waiting for another.

Must more lists be created?

Why is there more?

Is there more to achieve?

Why can’t we just stop somewhere?

We were made to desire more

It is not greediness.

It is the desire to get better.

I’ll call it that

Even contented people desire more but they are not overwhelmed by their desires.

Overwhleming desires have always been a point of concern

We were made to desire more.

The more we know, the more we want to know more. The more we have, the more we want to have more.

For every new step, there is another step.

The more we know God, the more we want to know God more

We were made for more

O. R. A

So do not percieve it a strange feeling that after achieving your goals, you want more goals to achieve again. That is the feeling of progress.

So what next?

I still have many things I want to achieve.

For example

Have an art exhibition. Own a……. Make vintage collections. Print hardcovers of my works. Write more off my huge book list. Create a…… Do……. Become a…. Complete….

Okay, that is enough for now.

It is great to look forward with excitement but know that it comes with greater responsibilities as well.

There is an advice my mother gave me and I have taken years to appreciate it.

Do not be over excited for anything. Handle excitement with caution. You can get easily disappointed and bored if you are too excited about certain things. (Paraphrased her statement)

My Mama

This advice sums up what I said previously: With every new level we are excited about comes a new level of responsibilty.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.(KJV)

In an opposite way, we may get overwhelmed by the thought of new responsibilities that we do not enjoy our current victory. This too, is over the line in a negative way. Enjoy your victory.

Enjoy your victories, please

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.(KJV)

There is a time to enjoy the results of your hardwork.

Enjoy it

Ecclesiastes 9:7-8

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.(KJV)

And as you continue progressing and meeting new responsibilities, enjoy your victories in every level.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.(KJV)

And while you are in your next level or waiting to get to the next level…

Conclusion

I am currently at this stage of my life and as I hope for the best and prepare for it, I am excited yet cautious of my next steps.

My confidence, however lies in God who orders my steps.

So as you check off your lists and praise God for victories make sure God is your determinant factor.

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