For the past 4 years, that has been the story!

I remember in 2019, making some amazing plans and finally having the financial ability to execute them without even hesitating for a moment! Having been a stay at home, homeschool mom for 21 years at that point - our budget was tight and grand plans took TIME to budget.

My kids were graduating - I went back to work - and all of the sudden, things were looking up! I was having a BLAST in crypto, and it seemed like years of patience had finally paid off. And then, as you all know, 2020... 2021... 2022... and even 2023! LOL

Four years that completely blew us off course! So far off course that we wondered if we would ever calibrate again! But Hive account@kenechukwu97 is asking us for his Thinker's Corner :

What if we are already halfway through 2024, and nothing seems to be working as planned? What if your attempts to achieve your goals are yielding uninspiring results? Tell us how you will react.

I will tell 2024 what I told its predecessors.

I have a plan, and no matter what storms blow me off course, my plan will continue in some shape or form or manner. Not because of my own strength, but faith in the strength of my God who goes before me.

That may sound trite and cutesey and oh-so-religiously-pious. And that is your opinion and we are all endowed with many. Nonetheless, my life is a testament that God will succeed in whatever He plans for my life, and I will follow in faith and choose to trust.

This year has already threatened to bite with fangs bared, but I climb up onto God's lap, take my #fivebreaths, share my heart with close friends, ask for prayer, SLEEP, and continue onward in faith. There is no retreat. There is no failure. There is no regret. There is no surrender.

There is only moving forward, slowly but surely - recognizing that detours are not only expected, but an important part of shaping the journey into its best form. Things that we would NEVER have asked for - and NEVER have had the courage to face - become the very things that refine us into the truest warriors that can go the distance.

I'm sure that this year will be yet another example of how my plans didn't go according to my vision - but it will be an even better vision than I could have ever dreemed.

Though this post was an entry into the Thinker's Corner, it is not eligible for any winnings from this challenge. It was only submitted in support of Hive account@kenechukwu97's new project - as I am always extremely proud of him!