{"id":106,"date":"2017-06-27T00:02:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T00:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayfaith\/?p=106"},"modified":"2017-06-09T00:45:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:45:38","slug":"forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayfaith\/2017\/06\/forward.html","title":{"rendered":"Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/404\/2017\/05\/IMG_7403-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7403\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do we need to move forward? I spent the last two days of the year reading my journal and coming to the unhappy conclusion that many of the goals I want to accomplish in the coming year bear a close resemblance to the same ones I wanted to accomplish last year. How many times can I wish to lose 20 pounds?<\/p>\n<p>This led me to rumination about how I never accomplish anything and therefore have wasted my entire life.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m nuanced like that.<\/p>\n<p>And then\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily.<\/p>\n<p>I snapped out of it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of listing a litany of goals for the coming year, I decided to begin again. I even chose a word that would be my theme for the coming year:<\/p>\n<p>FORWARD.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I still wrote out a list of goals and have kept track of each one as the year has rolled forward. But most importantly, I want to finish the year knowing that I have moved forward with my life. That I am not stuck, trying to accomplish the same things I wanted to accomplish last year, and the year before.<\/p>\n<p>I will move forward into new territory.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve found my inspirational word.<\/p>\n<p>FORWARD.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to wait until the end of the year or New Year\u2019s Day to choose your inspirational word or write out a list of goals. Why not do it today?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~Ecclesiastes 3:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do we need to move forward? I spent the last two days of the year reading my journal and coming to the unhappy conclusion that many of the goals I want to accomplish in the coming year bear a close resemblance to the same ones I wanted to accomplish last year. 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