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Who's in charge of my life?
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
I’ve always been very good at planning. And this skill has contributed greatly to my success in various careers as a teacher, technical writer, and business manager. Consequently, I’ve always considered it to be a great asset.
But recently I realized there was too much I in my plans and far too little acknowledgement of who’s really in charge of the “plan.” Though I’ve always relied on God, divine Mind, for clarification of my goals, I’ve known in the past the general direction my life would take — college, marriage and family, career. Such reliance provided me and my husband with an enormously happy life, not without its bumps, but full of accomplishment, adventure, and love — underpinned always by our sincere desire to have our lives be meaningful and useful.
As retirement age approached, however, my desire to plan the details of my life hit an obstacle. I suddenly discovered that I didn’t know what to plan for. And that’s probably the best thing that has ever happened to me, for it has forced me into radical reliance on God, divine Mind, as the planner of my life!
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