I am a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C kind of girl. It drives my husband nuts. While he is methodical in his thinking, my incessant planning leaves him to remark, “I don’t think it’s going to get THAT far, Honey. I think your first plan will work just fine.”
His comments usually cause me to add a D Plan just for safe measure.
None of us have the “perfect plan.” If we did, all the world would want to know and implement it; then, I guess, it wouldn’t be the perfect plan because we’d all be doing it at the same time.
John C. Maxwell put it this way, “Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.”
While we all need to have a vision, we have to know up front that plans change – things happen – and what we hope to accomplish may not be what we actually do accomplish.
I’ve learned through the years, it is more important that we take action and actually do something than simply to wait until we have the perfect plan in place.
I remember a few years ago I experienced a tremendous disappointment in my life. One day shortly after the experience, I ran into a dear friend of mine. She hugged my neck tightly and held the hug for longer than usual. She then pulled back, looked me in the eyes and whispered, “I love that you had the courage to try. I love that about you.”
The tempo of my step changed and although at times the disappointment would seep back in, I changed my view of what I perceived as a failure to the courage to try.
Today maybe you are struggling with a plan to move forward in your life. Maybe you are undecided, confused, frustrated, or even disappointed. Know that plans are made to change. When they do, flexibility will help bring those plans to fruition. And if they do not turn out the way you hoped – pat yourself on the back because you had the courage to try.
