One word. Five minutes to write about it. This is the idea behind Five Minute Friday and this is today's free-writing post.
getting behind
look behind you
left behind
running a bit behind
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It's been a really busy couple of weeks at work, partly because we had some tech problems that I had to work around, and partly because I took on some additional responsibilities and will have to figure out how to fit them into my routine. As a result, I feel like I'm a bit behind in my work. And between me getting home later than usual some evenings, and being very busy some evenings, I'm also behind in some housework and things I should be doing at home.
This isn't new for me, and I'm getting used to feeling like I'm running behind. Wishing I'd done something sooner, or planned better, or just that I could have a do-over. We seldom get do-overs though, so since we can't go back in time and fix mistakes we may have made, we need to move on and perhaps learn from those mistakes so we can do better in future.
I can think of a lot of things I might wish I'd done differently, or even appreciated more, but dwelling on regrets and all the things I miss or wish I still had can be counter-productive. It's pretty hard to be moving forward if you're focused on things that are in the rear view mirror.
Don't stumble over something behind you. ~Seneca the Younger
Personally, I do tend to focus on the present more often than the past or the future, but that doesn't mean that I never get stuck in a pattern of looking behind me. It's best to have a balanced view, learn from the past, and leave regrets behind in order to have a clear-eyed focus on where I'm going.
Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
~Philippians 3:12-14~
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Good post using "behind." I hate that feeling of being behind, but it happens to me, too! I love that last verse from the Philippians passage.
ReplyDeleteI'm always getting behind in something! As it turned out our pastor preached from the Philippians passage this morning, so I feel like God really wanted me to take something from it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteThere was a Land Of Look-Behind
ReplyDeletein an old place of slavery
where those who escaped did find
that they were yet not free,
needing to look back to give
news of the unending chase,
never finding space to be
at rest in God's own grace.
And so they lived from day to day
like David chased by Saul,
and I hope that on the way
they heard the Saviour's call
that He would share their aching load
upon that hard and bitter road.
I've missed your clever sonnets while I've been on break from FMF! This one makes a really good point - we're not really free if we're always looking at the past. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteInteresting quote by Seneca the Younger.
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