Monday Motivation: What Are You Chasing?

Monday Motivation with Monica Marie Jones

Take a moment to take an inventory of how you spend your time. Most likely you spend some, if not the majority of your time going after something. That thing may be money, a mate, or a goal. Having your sights set on something to strive toward can be a great thing. The question is, are you going after the best thing for you?

When it comes to life, love and even success, there is something about the chase that is very exciting. We like to go after what’s challenging, what we are told that we can’t have, or what may seem unattainable. In many instances this is a good thing, but is what you are chasing, what you are supposed to have?

Are you missing something that you are supposed to get by chasing something that you are not supposed to have?

We have a tendency, often subconsciously, to try to manipulate and control our lives. We see something we want and then we create every excuse that we can as to why it is what we are supposed to have. As a result, we often find ourselves in situations that may not be healthy for us. So it’s important to take time to think through our decisions and our choices to make sure that in trying to pursue what we want, we are not missing out on what we are supposed to have.

This week I challenge you to analyze your current circumstance. What are you chasing? Does it want to be caught? If you stop chasing it, will it chase you? When it’s something that you’re supposed to have, it will most likely come when you stop looking. Make room for your blessings by opening up your mind and your heart to receive them. Sometimes that means just being still and waiting faithfully and patiently. Take a break from the chase so that you can get what you are supposed to have.

Monica Marie Jones -- Daily Venus Diva.

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Monica Marie Jones is an author whose published works include The Ups and Downs of Being Round (Fiction/Self-Help), Taste My Soul (Poetry) FLOSS (Fiction) and Swag (Urban Fiction). She is a contributing author in Chicken Soup for the Girls Soul, New Directions for Youth Development, 44th and Souls of My Young Sisters. She is an active member of the Motown Writer's Network where she is the host of her own show, “Marketing and Motivation Mondays with Monica Marie Jones” on the Michigan Literary Network Radio.