If you’ve ever been around someone who’s having a baby, you’re familiar with “full term.” At first, full term is a goal. Making it full term means there is less likelihood of complications for the baby and the mama. However, when a mother-to-be actually reaches full term, the anticipation of “full term” collides with “I’m soooo ready for this to be over!” While the excitement of having a baby still takes precedence over everything else, “full term” also includes some discomfort. Physical difficulties result from the pressure of the baby, the added weight, and the cumbersome imbalance of size. Emotional upset arises as swinging hormones, lack of sleep, and the mix of anticipation and fear exact their toll. Environmental changes occur as job duties shift, bills come pouring in, and the home adjusts for a new arrival. “Full term” doesn’t feel so pleasant in the moment, and those negative feelings grow more intense if Little Mama has to go beyond her due date a couple of weeks.
“Full term” can be experienced by us all. It’s the anticipation of a goal: a job after college, a future position in a company, a published book… It fuels our enthusiasm at the onset, when we’re in the reaching stage, but when we arrive at “full term,” we are much like the expectant mother. We experience some difficulties as what has been comes to an end and what will be remains slightly beyond our fingertips. These are the moments that drag by, the moments where giving up is a temptation, the moments where frustration and setback seem to prevail. While the problems may be present, let’s again take courage in “full term.” We can make it through the final struggle, and when we do, new life, new joy, new hope will be ours to cherish.
Tip/Tidbit: Is there a goal you once eagerly pursued but have put it aside because of difficulties? Take out that goal, dust it off, and again anticipate the joy that awaits. Don’t stop short of “full term”; don’t stop at “full term,” but work through the discomforts and setbacks until your dream has been achieved.
“Full term” can be experienced by us all. It’s the anticipation of a goal: a job after college, a future position in a company, a published book… It fuels our enthusiasm at the onset, when we’re in the reaching stage, but when we arrive at “full term,” we are much like the expectant mother. We experience some difficulties as what has been comes to an end and what will be remains slightly beyond our fingertips. These are the moments that drag by, the moments where giving up is a temptation, the moments where frustration and setback seem to prevail. While the problems may be present, let’s again take courage in “full term.” We can make it through the final struggle, and when we do, new life, new joy, new hope will be ours to cherish.
Tip/Tidbit: Is there a goal you once eagerly pursued but have put it aside because of difficulties? Take out that goal, dust it off, and again anticipate the joy that awaits. Don’t stop short of “full term”; don’t stop at “full term,” but work through the discomforts and setbacks until your dream has been achieved.
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