The Desires of Your Heart (and Pan Am too!)

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I want to apologize for my spotty blogging.  The truth is that I have been living in the 80's since mid-September.  I have been living sans internet at home.  I thought I'd be able to get by with internet at work, but increased work at work (imagine that) made it next to impossible to do much of anything online.  

For my friends with whom I've lost touch, I'm so sorry.

For my readers who don't even bother to read anymore, give me another chance.

I'm back and am blogging from my home office right this very second!

- Me

Has everyone watched Pan Am on ABC?  I love it!  In fact, my thoughts today are inspired (in part) by a moment in the pilot episode of the show. 

I'm a firm believer that we will always receive according to the deep, deep, deep desires of our hearts.  Before you throw your computer on the ground and start yelling at me and blaming me for any and all the bad things that have happened to you, give me a chance here.  An example from my life is that I'm more than a little bummed that I'm not a darling housewife and mom at this point in life.  I am.  I admit it.  However, in the pilot episode of the show Pan Am Laura (the pretty blonde above) is getting ready for her dream wedding and she sees her sister's suitcase open with her passport inside.  What does she do?  She runs.  She runs out on her wedding and into the life as a Pan Am stewardess.  I watched it and something welled up inside me.  I knew to my very core that I could relate to her.  I knew immediately that seeing and exploring the world firsthand was/is a massive priority to me -perhaps more than I'd ever considered.

When I married I will never wonder "what if".  What if I had married in my early twenties the way I almost did?  Would I have had the same opportunities to travel?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I'll never know.  What I do know is that NOW I have had so many experiences abroad and I love them all.

It makes me want examine my desires, my deep, deep, deep desires and to make sure that they are in line with my life goals and my values.

Do you think you can change your desires?

I do.

I believe that through focus, habits, and prayer, bit by bit our desires can be molded to what we truly need in life.

Take a moment quiet moment today and think about your inner desires.  Is there anything that needs changing?

I've already found a few tweaks to make in mine.

Happy Monday!