Maybe it’s something about March, the start of spring and all the new life peeking up around us, but I’ve been getting a lot of reminders that sometimes success can only be achieved or taken to the next level when we let go of the past and what hasn’t been done and just move on. As someone who likes to-do lists it really pains me to leave things undone, especially when I know that they still hold value or could do good and they’re things I want to do on some level. But sometimes unless you really push there’s no way you’ll ever get ahead and catch up on everything. So a choice has to be made: are you going to try to finish the past or move into the future?
If you’re a gardener you know that some seasons are such that you get abundant and visible growth which often means you’re so busy managing the growth that other things fall to the wayside, while other seasons are good and you’re able to be productive and on top of everything too, and still other seasons are mostly rebuilding ones where you’re planting new plants, trying new things and gathering a new crew. Unfortunately when it comes to growth, and often success, we don’t get to say that we want the seasons that are good but productive, we have to take the seasons as they come. Which means that sometimes we have to decide when enough is enough and get done what has to be done (like getting the tractor repaired or doing our taxes) and let the rest be off the to-do list either forever or until the season is over and you have time to catch up.
With March being just 3 days old I encourage you to step into this new month with a renewed commitment to rest, hard work, growth, creativity, teamwork and honesty. I know, some of those things don’t sound like they belong in the same sentence, and sometimes they don’t work together as well as they do other times, but that can be because we’re shortsighted or so focused on the here and now that we don’t take in the big picture as well as we should. As much as spring seems like an explosion of life, things still happen throughout the season at different paces, and our growth and work do as well which means that if we’re willing to look and learn we’ll be able to pick up on at least some of those cycles and keep things in both daily and big picture perspectives. What are you planning for March?