Did you know that today, July 2nd, marks the exact middle of the year? Yes, as of last night we’ve lived 182 days of 2014 and beginning tomorrow, God willing, we’ll live the remaining 182. But today? Well, today we’re right in the middle.
For a girl like me, today seems kind of special. Why? Because I have this weird thing about symmetry. I don’t know why, but I love it. Things symmetrical are made of exactly similar parts facing each other around an axis. So today, the day smack dab in the middle of two 182 day parts,this day feels kind of like a free day…the axis around which these two parts of the year face. And to me, the axis doesn’t really count. So I’m taking this day, this axis day, and using it to make sense of what surrounds it. Yes, I’ve decided to have a meeting with myself this mid-day to look back and to look forward, to deliberate and to determine (to the extent that any of us can) where I’ve been and where it is I want to go for this second half of the year.
I have no particular wisdom to share with you today, nothing profound to pass along, just a desire to make you aware of the point we’ve reached. Might I encourage you, right here in the middle of this thing we call time, measured by mortals in days and years, to pause and to ponder, to reflect and review, and possibly recalculate? I, for one, don’t want to one day look back on this middle day only to find I was actually in the middle…of nowhere.
Here’s a couple of super great resources from Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, that might prove useful as you ponder and plan. Also, his book, Storyline
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I like it! Too often in my life personally I know that days just blend together until you look back and say to someone, “Man this year flew by…It’s already December”. It is only then when you realize the time and opportunity that you may have wasted. This is certainly a nice little wake up call to ensure the remainder of this year is as productive as it can be both in business and personally.
Thanks!
Okay, I am speechless right now. Thank you for taking time out of your oh so demanding schedule to read and to comment, and with such “thought”-full words. Now I’m sure to remember this middle day…having received from the one who forever and always lives at the core, the heart, the very middle…of me! I love you
Lovely thoughts here, Lisa. It has been a slogging through kind of year, and arriving at the middle place is actually an enormous encouragement to me. Maybe a shift is coming?
I know how you feel, Sarah. I’m hoping for a bit of a shift myself. I’m finding focus is so very important, and have implemented a couple strategies that seem to be helping. Thanks for stopping by!