The Land of Waste.

All around me appear the remnants of waste. Wasted time, wasted relationships, wasted energies. I never knew there was so much debris until I started to want different things and ask different questions.



The people that I have known and devoted my life to in the past few years are good people. Do not misunderstand me, they are wonderful people. However, they appear to want nothing more than what they currently have, mostly, because that is all that they know.



I have seen a wealth of possibilities that are far beyond the limits of their imaginations. I have seen hills and valleys and vast open places that they don't even know exist. What's worse is that they aren't even trying to see them.



As a result, I am most certain that I am beginning to set myself apart from them. I am finding that, with each passing day, I have fewer conversations with them. There is less for me to say to them and I don't feel like listening to frivilous chatter. So, we are drifting apart. Perhaps life will again find us on the same plane someday. As I said, they are good people. They just don't have any clear vision or ambition at this time; and I am not willing to spend the next few years of my life wandering through the desert of life. Each day needs to be a day that I get closer to the place that God has designated for me.

Today someone posed the question, "If you hang around nine broke people will you eventually become the tenth?" Emphatically, my answer is yes. Either you will deal with people who seek to uplift all around them or people who are stagnant in the face of evolution. Attitude is infectious and eventually you will develop the attitude of those you associate with. Therefore, I am aligning myself with people who are forging new paths and blazing new trails, hoping to catch a tail wind that can assist me in lifting off the ground and soaring. I wish to fly!