I have always found it interesting that there always seem to be a certain amount of small things in our lives that tend to weigh us down. You know, things like un-returned phone calls or that garden rake you borrowed from the neighbor, or that five dollars you owe your brother. They’re just little things really, but it always seems to be that the pile of those little things ends up turning into a lot of things. That’s when they weigh us down and take away from us rather than give to us.
Too many times, unfinished business just seems to happen. We have good intentions, we even start to take action on these intentions but for whatever reason, we just fall short. I know many times over the years I have had more than my share of these little things in my life and boy did they ever pull on me. Any of you ever experience this? Oddly enough, these unsettled dealings would always pop up in my mind and remind me that they were there at the most inconvenient times. Like at three am when I would get up to let the dog out or while I am on the phone with a client, this or that little thing would rise up to the surface and remind me of what I had either forgotten or just plain put off. All of this did one thing to me which eventually made me stand up and say, no more! It stole peace from my life.
Every time we have something to do and we put it off or forget about it, that task will stay with us. It rarely leaves us until we have completed that which we set out to do. Oh sure we can tell ourselves we will do it tomorrow or even next week on our way into town. We all have great intentions of doing just that, but if we are truthful with ourselves how many times do we just forget and not follow through? Probably more times than we care to admit. The bigger problem is, all of these unfinished tasks (regardless of how small) take our energy. Yes, it takes energy to continue to hold onto these things. Granted, maybe not very much but when you have eight or ten of these going on at the same time, it can be very noticeable.
Not too long ago I was at a client’s house and they were telling me about all of the projects they had started but never finished. They were just small things, from what I saw it maybe would have only taken them fifteen minutes to complete, yet they had dozens of them in progress. It had been this way for months as best as I could tell. When I asked them why they had not finished any of them, the response was: “oh we will one of these days.” Sadly enough, many people go through life like this and believe it or not, it does have a negative affect on us. I know this first-hand because I was one of those people.
When we complete a project or a task, emotionally, it gives us strength. We prove to our self that what we set out to do, we actually did. Not only that, we saw it through all the way to the very end. This can be a great confidence and self esteem builder. Having a father who rarely finished what he started, I had to break the cycle after I grew up and left home to live my own life. It was not easy and at times it felt like I would never be able to change. Eventually I did and once I broke the cycle I had such a freedom and release come over me that I wondered why I had not done it sooner. It was almost like I was given a huge boost of power or energy I had never known prior. Yes, finishing projects, no matter how big or small, aids each one of us in giving us more peace.
In your life, what do you need to finish? What is that you have been telling yourself for months you are going to do but still haven’t done? Do you need to take the dishpan back to the neighbor’s? Do you need to return the power tool to your in-laws? Maybe the ten dollars you borrowed from a friend has been on your mind for weeks or even months and has been bugging you. Make the decision today to settle these things at once. Be done with them and get them off your “to do” list. Plan it so that ALL of these unfinished tasks will be wrapped up in one day and then watch how much peace, confidence and energy flow into your life.
Like I did, you will be wondering why you didn’t do it sooner.
Have a great Friday everyone, be blessed.
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