This is taken from Iyanla Vanzant’s book UNTIL TODAY which I highly recommend for daily inspiration. It is a poignant message for the New Year and one that may be overlooked in resolutions and goals.
What is your spiritual plan? Do you have a clear vision about where you are headed spiritually? Do you know where you want to be? Do you know how to get there? Do you know how to achieve the spiritual stamina required to move ahead in the world?
You cannot have one without the other, you know. You cannot achieve success without spiritual strength. What is spiritual strength? How do you achieve it? Maintain it? When was the last time you asked yourself any of these questions?
A spiritual plan is a statement of clear intention about what you desire to experience within yourself and clear definition of what you must do to make it happen. A spiritual plan is not only about prayer and meditation, it is about action–what you will and will not do, what you can and cannot do, in order to achieve your spiritual goal.
A spiritual plan requires you to take an in-depth and honest look at where you are and make an accurate assessment of how you arrived there. Then you must determine if this is where you want to be and if not, what you must eliminate or incorporate in order to move forward. These examinations and resolutions must be yourself, with yourself, and for yourself. And if you are serious, you will write it all down.
You may have believed that your spirit was strong enough to get you through everything. Just for today be devoted to examining what you are going through and planning how you want to go through it. Your spirit cannot show you the way until you are clear about the direction you want to travel. If you want to make your travel worthwhile, you must have a plan.
