Hey you! How's your journey? I hope and pray that are growing, developing, and #makingmoves that matter! You have too much in you to spend time wasting time. Your time is precious, it is a valuable tool used to help you fulfill your purpose. When we focus on the wrong things and become frustrated about things that do not matter, we abuse the tool called time. Frustration about things that don't matter eats away at our time, drains our passion, and steals our joy.

I can remember my freshmen year at Barton college, showing up to class with my oxford shoes, neatly pressed pants and dress shirt, a spiffy bowtie, and a blazer. I was all about looking the part. I wanted to look as successful as I dreamed of becoming. On the outside I was fresh, but on the inside was frustrated. Frustrated at the fact that I couldn't comprehend the information in my classes. To make matters worse, I was also fearful. It's one thing to be frustrated, but it's another to be fearful. I was so gripped by fear that even though I held the key that would aleviate my frustration, I didn't use it. I was frustrated because I couldn't grasp the concepts, methods, techniques, and information taught in my classes, but was too fearful to ask questions. See, I've learned that my fear was the result of a false reality that I had projected on myself. We call that Fear of man. Fear of people's criticism, opinions, and perception of us. As time went on, I realized that students were asking questions that i would think of in my head but was too fearful and prideful to verbalize. Eventually I began to realize that asking questions is how we gain understanding. I asked more questions and gained more understanding, now I hold a B.A. in English as a result. What I experienced, I would call good frustration. Frustration was the indictation that I was headed somewhere, towards success, but there was an obstacle in my way. It revealed what I valued, understanding! It also revealed an internal issue, fear and pride. See, It's okay to be frustrated as long as you're frustrated about things that matter. Understanding mattered to me because I knew it played a major part in me achieving success. However, I had to be willing to sacrifice my fear and pride to overcome the obstacle in my way. Good frustration is meant to be temporary, it is only there to indicate and reveal. I'd rather be frustrated about things that matter most than to be frustrated about little things that have little to no affect on my goals, dreams, destiny, and purpose.

**note** "Frustration is an indicator. It is an indication that you're either headed somewhere or headed nowhere."

People who have no goals, vision, or dreams often get frustrated over little things that don't matter most. They tend to get frustrated and upset over things that have very little to no impact on their destiny and purpose. Frustration is also a revealer, it reveals what you value, and what has your focus. What frustrates you? What you get frustrated about the most tells you what you value and what you consider worth your time dwelling on. Do you dwell on little things; gossip, tweets, facebook posts, etc or do you dwell on what matters most, success, core values, purpose, destiny?

Are you ready? Let's take another step! Repeat after me: "I choose to focus on things that matter! Whatever frustration reveals to me and about me, I will confront it and change for the better!"