Sojourner's Truth

“A mysterious event causes everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for 137 seconds, during which people see what appear to be visions of their lives approximately six months in the future – a global ‘flashforward.”

~Flash Forward (ABC Television)~

It’s no secret to those of you that know me, that Flash Forward is my newest television obsession. Each episode just keeps getting better and better, as the characters race to try to find the cause of the phenomenon, while simultaneously either anxiously awaiting or trying to alter their fate six months into the future.

I celebrated my 34th b-day on Tuesday. It was the absolute BEST! I spent the weekend in New Orleans with my BFF, took the day off Monday to detox (lol) and then was greeted with overwhelming love from all of my friends and fam from 12AM-12AM. Sometimes it amazes me how much people genuinely love me. I mean, figure that I’m not half bad, but when people go out of their way to surprise me all day and all night long from the beginning of the day to the very end – letting me know that I matter to them and they are truly glad that I’m on this earth….I am humbled.

I turned off the phone for a little while after midnight so that I could meditate and give thanks. While I was doing my meditation, I felt myself “flash forward”. When I opened my eyes, I looked at my vision wall and contemplated the next six months of my life. I wondered if path that I am headed on, was actually where I wanted to be.

I posted a survey here for you guys yesterday:

On Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness

On the television show, a few of the characters didn’t have “flash forwards” because they would be dead before the 6 month occurance. One character in particular, struggles with the fact that his fiance sees them getting married in her FF but he knows that he’s going to die. Another ends up committing suicide because in his FF, he causes the death of a young mother. By taking his own life, he changes the fate of the mother.

I thought about us and wondered if we are content in our lives. And if not, what changes would we make.

Here are our results:

1. What is your gender? 11 Females 2 Males

2. What is your age range? 20-25 (1) 30-35 (10) 35-40 (2)

3. The most important areas of our life (1-4 from least to greatest):

Developing self
1:0 2:1 3:5 4:7

Finding/Developing a relationship with a mate
1:1 2:0 3:5 4:7

Creating A Family
1:1 2:3 3:6 4:3

Advancing Professionally
1:0 2:3 3:8 4:2

Accumulating Wealth
1:1 2:5 3:4 4:3

Acquiring further education
1:5 2:4 3:0 4:4

Relaxation/Entertainment
1:0 2:5 3:6 4:2

4. At this point in our lives we are the most content/successful:

Spiritual: 0
Emotional: 7
Professional: 5
Financial: 1
Physical: 1

5. Flashing Forward 6 months, 6 of us said that our priorities would change and 7 did not.

6. Here are some of the priority changes we mentioned:

-Would like to be be more spiritually and physically content.
-Professionally, education, self
-I have personal financial goals that should see progress by that time.
-Relaxation/entertainment will increase
-More emphasis on spiritual

7. If we knew that our life were going to end 1 year from now, here are how our priorities would change:

Developing self
1:1 2:1 3:2 4:9

Finding/Developing a relationship with a mate
1:1 2:1 3:3 4:8

Creating A Family
1:5 2:5 3:1 4:2

Advancing Professionally
1:10 2:1 3:1 4:2

Accumulating Wealth
1:9 2:2 3:0 4:2

Acquiring further education
1:10 2:1 3:2 4:0

Relaxation/Entertainment
1:1 2:1 3:2 4:9

While I’m pretty content with the direction my life is headed in all areas, I did notice that certain arts of my FF were blurry. Where getting my Ph.D. used to be on on the TOP of my To Do List, the desire is slowly falling by the wayside. The next 6 months will be critical as I try to figure out if the discontent that I feel professionally will lead me in a different direction or if I will concentrate solely on the development of my spirit and relationships with loved ones.

What about you guys? Are you absolutely sure where your lives are headed or does the prospect of the next 6 months give you reason to pause?