only a shadow

If you know me, you know I’ve been talking about moving, selling my house, adding on to my house, etc. for years now. Currently have my house on the market, for the second time in five years. Recent discussion on the topic brought up the question, do we somehow think that our lives will be perfect if we move?
Well, no, but…
It’s a challenging question, to consider the possibility that one is ‘waiting’ to live one’s life, for the magical day when all things are exactly the way we want them – when we finally have just the right home, car, job, spouse, jeans size, hair color, etc.
What are YOU waiting for?
‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.’ Proverbs 13:12
In other words, living in a state of perpetual waiting will cause something inside you to shrivel up and, well, die. But…to act, to take even the smallest step to make the dream a reality, is to cause that kernel of hope to take root, press upward through the darkness to the sunlight, and grow into something beautiful.
No, I don’t think my life will be perfect if I sell my house. If perfect was my goal, I would not be selling in this market. But I do not want my hope to be deferred any longer. Waiting to live one’s life is no life at all.
And it begs the question, if I can do it with my house, what else in my life can I act on, instead of waiting, hoping, longing for “someday”?