{"id":4495,"date":"2013-01-09T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T15:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2013-01-09T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T15:17:56","slug":"investing-in-the-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/01\/investing-in-the-present.html","title":{"rendered":"Investing In The Present, Leaping Into The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Sometimes the \u201cresponsible\u201d choice is to be \u201cirresponsible.\u201d When I left my career, I invested retirement money in my present instead of my future. I knew my present would create my future. And it did. I needed to be alive more than I needed to be \u201csafe.\u201d My joy generated my security then and now.”-Tama Kieves<\/p>\n

Tama Kieves\u00a0is a lawyer turned author turned motivational speaker kindred spirit whose leaps of faith mirror my own even though our paths were divergent. I had the joy of interviewing her a few times and reviewing her books. \u00a0She wrote about that journey in her first book called This Time I Dance!<\/em> She is a living example of living full out. . In her second book, Inspired and Unstoppable:\u00a0 Wildly Succeeding<\/strong> in Your Life’s Work!, <\/em>she elaborates on the risks and rewards that she experienced after leaving her full time job as an attorney in a bid to save her sanity and follow the calling of her passion and purpose.<\/p>\n

I am so there. My leap helped me to break free of a simultaneously rewarding and challenging job as a social worker in a psychiatric hospital where I had worked for 11 years. I stood on the verge for so long, that I wondered if my feet would be permanently imbedded in the rock at the edge of the precipice as I stared at what at the time seemed like an abyss. What it turned out to be, was a vast canyon with a panoramic view. Once I took that deep breath and cast myself forward, after careful consideration and bit of a financial cushion, I found myself in free flight. Exhilirating and holy smokes scary at the same time. For so long, I had desired to be a full time writer and speaker and had somehow managed to squeeze that in between working 40-50 hours a week at the job, commuting 90 minutes round trip, going to the gym, taking care of my house, my son, working as a minister, enjoying a social life, writing a book\u00a0and on occasion, sleeping. Seven months later, I am writing for half a dozen publications with more in the works, a radio show in the seed planting stages (more to follow on that), book promo,\u00a0working with\u00a0coaching clients,\u00a0as well as \u00a0therapy clients in a\u00a0drug and alcohol counseling center,\u00a0creating a second book, teaching workshops and classes, investing time each day in promoting these flourishing projects. Am I still scared?\u00a0 Yup. Every day. Am I still exhilirated?\u00a0 Even more so. Do I know that the Universe has my back?\u00a0 Ab-soul-utely. Do I still have spiritual amnesia and forget that I know that?\u00a0 Uh huh.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I wonder if I am acting irresponsibly and ‘should’ have a full time salary and benefits gig as I had for more than a decade. The answer always comes back to a series of questions….What feeds your soul? What is ultimately more rewarding?\u00a0 How can you best serve?\u00a0 The answer is a no-brainer. It is what I was born to do, which is this.<\/p>\n

How can you invest in your present and thus your future?<\/p>\n

What dividends would you like it to reap?<\/p>\n

How will you leap into your future from your present day springboard?<\/p>\n

www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qzScfQzclEE<\/a> George Bailey\u00a0 by Jana Stanfield<\/p>\n

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