Someday Isle

I used to spend a lot of time in an isolated wasteland I call “The Someday Isle.”  This place is a little like Never-Never Land. Of course, adults don’t really believe in Peter Pan and Never-Never Land. But many supposedly mature people spend a lot of time in The Someday Isle and swear that it is a real, concrete place. You probably have visited there and may have heard the litany floating across the land every night; however, you may not know that this chorus comes from the pygmies who hide behind the trees and keep repeating

“Someday Isle … Someday Isle… Someday Isle… Someday Isle…” 

• Someday I’ll quit doing things that hurt people I love
• Someday I’ll start taking time to spend with my children.
• Someday I’ll really quit doing this one thing that makes me feel guilty or ashamed.
• Someday I’ll quit being dishonest with my employer. I’ll quit stealing time.
• Someday I’ll tell the truth about everything and then I won’t have to be afraid of being caught.
• Someday I’ll quit telling or listening to gossip.
• Someday I’ll quit worrying so much.
• Someday I’ll not care what other people think or say about me.
• Someday I’ll not have to dress a certain way, or behave a certain way to please some one else.
• Someday I’ll not let this job or my boss upset me.
• Someday I’ll show them.
• Someday I’ll do what I really want to do– move, take a trip, start a project, or get involved in something that‘s important to me.
• Someday I’ll let my mother and father and all my family know how much I love them and how important they are to me.
• Someday I’ll quit expecting my partner and others to read my mind.
• Someday I’ll make more of an effort to live up to what I believe.
• Someday I’ll truly trust God with all my concerns and not just give lip service to my faith.
• Someday I’ll  …..

Don’t confuse this nefarious place with having dreams and goals. Someday Isle topics are things that I could do today if I was willing to do them.

ILLUSIONS CREATE MISERY; DREAMS CREATE HOPE

I haven’t lived in Someday Isle for a number of years, but I still return for visits.

God lives in eternity but works in the moment with us. If I stay in this day—this moment-and stay close to Him, I can do all those things I used to promise that I’d do “Someday.”