Moving Along, Not Just Trying

10.16.1950

 Up...up...and awa-....Oops, nice try Snoopy. Snoopy's bounding, taking skips and jumps to hop through a ring in the air. He doesn't make it. Charlie Brown says, "Nice Try!"

How many times have I tried something, going in all force, only to fail. I've only been doing this blog so many days and there have been at least 2 days (if you don't count Sundays) where I almost didn't post. I know I'm not going to always be perfect at this, but there will always be some friction to getting something hard done. What we have to do is press forward! Take a step back, examine where you are and where you need to be, and give it your all. If you don't make it and you get caught in a snag, at least you have done your best in achieving your goal.

I find that making goals, especially year or monthly goals is always like this. You can't just set your goals at the beginning and hope that you are going to make your goal without even working for it or thinking about it throughout the year. No, you need to plan, examine where you are month to month, or quarter to quarter, or week to week. Anything is possible with examination.

Dear Sir, dear Life,

I'm trying something today. Something that I've been trying for the last two weeks. I've had my ups and downs with it, and some days were not perfect; but here I am, moving along forward.

This reminds me of some of my favorite lyrics to a song I listened as a teenager and into college. It's from Move Along by The All-American Rejects:

When all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through

Move along
Move along.

Or similarly, the first line to a favorite hymn:

Press Forward, Saints,
With Steadfast Faith in Christ.

I can do this and know that if I fail, I can get back up again. 

Someone who is More than Trying,
The Marcie in Me

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What is your most recent experience of "falling and picking yourself back up"? What goals do you have to keep up with so that you can make things happen in your life?

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