I have been working on National Novel Writing Month. I am a little over halfway through. I feel good about my ability to get through it. However, I am learning a lesson in discipline. Every day this month I am taking extra time to write. This time means that I can’t devote time to other pursuits. I have made a very conscious decision to do that. I’m okay with it. Yet, I’m realizing that when someone focuses on one thing by having discipline, other things in their life sometimes get neglected.
I think if I were to focus myself totally on just one thing totally, then I could probably excel at it and be the best at it if I really wanted to be. However, it would require not enjoying anything else in my life and I just don’t want to do that. I also realize that there’s only one thing I would ever want to give myself to that much. I would only even focus myself on God that much. I already do. In everything I do, I try to make God the center. I don’t do it perfectly, but I am trying. I’d like to believe that I am getting better at it every day.
The other thing that I am learning about discipline is that focusing on something so deeply makes it hard to see the big picture. When you have discipline, you focus just on your little part of the world otherwise you get distracted. I have the discipline to make God my center, but I also need the faith to understand that only God can see the big picture. He has this plan for me, but I am so focused on my tiny little life, I can’t see the big picture. I rely on my faith in His plan. I know everything will be okay.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
