“Well, it’s time to get back to the job I prayed for.”

I often say this as a joke, but it grounds me. Before my current role, I prayed for a new position with more money and a better environment. I spent hours bemoaning my situation and was desperate to move forward.

As humans, we often move the goalposts. Once we achieve a desired goal, we can become discontent.

This is not to say that we should never want better or more. The system we live in makes reasonable goals- buying a home, starting a family, retirement – unfairly out of reach. We should fight for more, because we deserve it; our children deserve it.

This is just a call to recognize the answered prayers. The dreams that came true. Think about it. Where are you living in an answered prayer? Is it your health, your family, your home, your work, your community, the passions you get to experience? Take a moment to talk to your former self. Tell them their dream came true. It’s not perfect, but it happened. Share in their gratitude and blessings for a moment.