Yet to come

I was in the store over the weekend and A Christmas Carol was playing on the TV’s. I know, I know, its not even Halloween and they are ready for Christmas! The scene that was playing was the visit from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and it really made me stop to think about life and the future and where I'll be in a few years. I've decided to invite or tag ALL OF YOU (even the lurkers) to play along.

Imagine you’re sitting at home and your future self appears in front of you, what advice do you think he/she would give you? It can be future you from a year, five or even ten years from now. You can’t ask questions so forget about asking for stock tips or lottery numbers, you can only sit and listen to what he/she has to say.

Really think about it. Where are you now? What path are you on? Does it match where you want to go? Will future you be filled with regrets or say GREAT JOB?

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My future self would tell me to stop stressing over every little thing, not only is stress bad for you, it causes wrinkles. Learn to RELAX and meditate. Let go of the hurt of the past and enjoy the times to come. She would also tell me that the time is now to take action to improve my health and that I must stay on a healthy path at all costs and results will follow. She’d probably demo how easy it is to do tasks that seem so simple to others like jumping jacks, she'd show off and do a few push ups and leap back to her feet instead of struggling to get back up. She’d point out to me that my knees no longer ache and that I’m able to push myself harder and further without fatigue.


I’d like to think she’d reassure me that I’ve worked through my emotional eating issues and that I’ve managed to come out on the good side of things. She'd show me how strong I am and that I can learn to treat food as simply fuel for my body. She’d show me a glimpse of the inner peace I’ve reached and then she'd stop and tell me to listen...and all would be quiet. The negative voices would be silenced and replaced with self confidence.


Finally she’d show me that I still have the unconditional love of my family. Ken loves me no matter what, I don’t think I’d need reassurance on that but it would be nice to see how proud he was that I accomplished my goals and that because I reached my goals he kept his promise and he finally quit smoking. She’d show me that I don’t have anxiety about going places. I no longer have to fear the size of the seat in a restaurant, airplane or amusement park. No more humiliation because I don't fit in a seat. No more avoiding things because of fear. She’d show me photos of all of the wonderful places I was able to visit because I wasn’t encumbered by my size. She’d show me that I’ve broken out of my self-imposed isolation and actually made a few new friends. She might even show me my new wardrobe and say hey, look how sexy we are now, we can shop anywhere we want!

Most of all I think she’d tell me that it’s up to me. This can be my future, the choice is mine but the sooner I get started the better. She’d remind me to always believe in myself and to never ever give up.

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I encourage you to let your Ghost of Yet to Come pay you a visit. I'd love to hear all about it. You can either leave your advice from your future self here in my comments or you can write a post about it and then come back and leave a link so everyone can read it.