So far we have looked at two scary possibilities which face us when we are challenged: we might either crack up or mess up. This leaves possibility 3) we will give up.
For me, it feels like the jury is still out on this one. In relation to writing the dissertation and completing my studies, I don't know. Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. Or maybe I'll just have to accept it'll all just take a bit longer. What I have learnt (mostly from long distance bike rides) is that it's never good to count the miles between you and your destination. It's far better to count the miles already under your wheels and just focus on one day at a time.
In other words just do the task that's in front of you, to the best of your ability. Allow yourself to be pleased if, at the end of the day, you have done one thing well, even if there were ten other possible things you could have done.
When I was baptised I was given a verse by the elders at my church: 'Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up'. Galatians 6:9. This verse promises us that appropriate labour will eventually pay off. It is as inevitable as the fact that tilling the soil, planting the seed, and watering the ground will lead to a harvest. For a non-gardener like me, it often feels like there is nothing evitable in this process!
But I have to trust and simply put in the hard graft that is called for on each day, just enough, not too little nor too much … and leave the rest to God.
With love
Sheila Bridge
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