What’s In Your Hand?

What’s in your hand? A dear friend has been asked this question recently. She has explained to me that this question has really prompted her to examine her life path and take inventory of her talents, skills abilities, desires and dreams.

As I examined myself through the probes of this same question, I too begin to assess what I currently have “in stock”, currently in my hand.

I came up with some intangibles like love, joy, peace, a sound mind and a solid faith.

I came up with some tangibles like a loving family, a stable job, a safe and comfortable home, a well running vehicle, money to pay the bills, a healthy body and at least one good friend.

Then I started remembering my dreams, my hopes, my desires, all of my future plans like taking a cruise, living comfortably and solely from income earned by own business(es), traveling to foreign countries, making life easier and more comfortable for those around me, etc.

As I began to accumulate a listing of the “What’s in my hand”, I begin to consolidate—in one space-- the many “dream” listings that I had written over the years. Some of my listings dated to as far back as 2002. (You do realize that it is now 2016—that’s 14 years, sigh.) I finally decluttered an extra bedroom to function as my in-home office. (I started on this project at least two years ago, another sigh.) I also begin to create a vision board for my own business and categorized my dreams and began assigning functions/tasks to help me carry them out. I even started drafting a business plan.

So now, I ask you the same question: What’s in your hand? I challenge you to assess what you already have. I think you will learn that you already have what you need to move towards that next place in life. I think so many times we are waiting on the next external thing, person and/or place to move us forward when in reality we have already  been equipped with everything we need to at least get started. For instance, do you want to own your business? Okay, have you thought about the type of business you want to have? If so, have you written your ideas down? Identify what steps you can take today and within the next few weeks to get you closer to reaching that goal. Write those down, too.

What’s in your hand? I think you’re going to be pleasantly surprised at you find. I think it will be an awesome source of motivation and inspiration to moving you closer to that next phase of your life that you have anticipated for a long time. It sure worked for me.