what your future holds....

Our future...
We, as humans plan for it from the moment we can comprehend what it is.The second that comprehension of "future" falls upon one's consciousness, our entire perspective of life changes. Every move made, and every decision finalized is derived from what we see our future to be.

As children, we were asked, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" We say astronauts and princesses. We want to be super stars, professional athletes, movie stars, and music moguls. As we grow older, the questions turn into "What High School do you want to go to?" "Where are you going for college?", "What's your major?", "what do you want to do when you graduate?", and the questions go on and on...

How much of our dreams of the future become reality? We grow up making sure we set ourselves up for a good future. "A good future" is up to an individuals interpretation. But in the world I grew up in, our parents tell us to do well in school so that we can get into a great college. We have college counselors telling us which classes to take and what grades we need to get in order to get into the best college we are able to get into. In college, counselors tell us the same. Get good grades, go towards this major, and you will get the job of your dreams. They make it seem so simple. They make it seem like if you do the steps properly, your dreams will fall into your lap.

But what they don't tell you is the unknown, they can't. There is no way of telling if the economy is going to plummet to the ground. There's no way of telling people that by the time they graduate, they will enter a world of high unemployment rates. These are the unknowns we have to learn to deal with in life.

As a child I said I wanted to be a dentist growing up. There was no way of knowing, at that time, that I would be terrible in the sciences. When I hit that realization, I turned my dream job of being a dentist into a marketing career. I studied a major that concentrated on communications and public relations in college. My last semester in college I did an internship that allowed me to do marketing for an urban marketing company that dealt with music, clothing, and events. Well, that is when I realized that perhaps the path I was on was not the path for me. So today, I find myself in the world of finance trying to get into the world of sports/training/fitness. The more I have learned, the more I have realized that what I set out to do may not be exactly what I'm supposed to be doing. So, my plan changes.

Some of us have a one year, five year, ten year ,etc plan. Some of us have the future planned out to a T. And some of us don't know what is in store for tomorrow. Life throws us curve balls causing us to alter or completely change our future plans. Sometimes life does not go the way we want it to go so we move and and try to adjust. But whatever it may be, we continue to plan. There are times where these curve balls hit us in the face because we are too stubborn to change, but eventually we give in because we realize that all avenues lead to a dead end. So, we must turn around and try again.

As humans, we want to know what is in our future. If you had the ability to see your future, would you want to? Why would you want to see your future anyway? Isn't the exciting part of life the unknown? I personally am fine not knowing the future. Sure, there are times where I think if I had seen the hindsight of the situation, I would have changed my actions, but then I wouldn't learn the lessons I learned; I would be a different person; I would not have that experience to help shape who I am today.

If you could see your future, would you want to change the present to change the outcome? If so, why? Part of learning is living, and part of living is learning. If you work to change the outcome, you miss out on the lessons. And, if you change the learning environment or situation, you miss out on living.

Our future isn't necessarily in our hands anyway. Yes, we make steps and we decide on things that help us towards the future. But, in the end, it's not our decision. HE holds our future in HIS hands. HE will present you with your future when HE feels we're ready. So, when the future comes, will you be ready?

Having future plans are good. It creates goals in life to live towards. It keeps you motivated. However, you have to remember that you can't get from A to Z without going through the other twenty four letters in between. It's good to hold your head up and look towards what is ahead of you, but if you don't look down and see where you're going you could trip and fall. So keep your future in mind and don't lose sight of the present, for it's the present that will take you to your future.

What do you think your future holds? What are you doing to help that? Would you want to see your future? Would you want to change it? Do you remember to live for today?

Well here's a little something to wet your musical pallet! Enjoy :)



Thanks for listening!
...until next time...