Last night my son, Taylor, asked me if I missed the feeling of my own bed. You see, I had been gone for three straight nights and that happens on rare occasion.
Yes, I responded.
I “anded” with a clean, neutral fact that I had missed him too. He responded quietly but clearly that he too had, in fact, missed me. The room was dark and very peaceful. As his words crept into my heart, a big smile creased my face and in my minds eye, the room instantly became radiant and bright. It just did.
Remember, when we’re 90 our only memories will be the ones that most seared us. Discover your hearts deepest desires. Pray to God for guidance and for the purity and simplicity of real pleasures. AND, go invest your time toward the people and places where your happiness resides. Very cool.
Every day we have the opportunity to make memories. Every day we choose to invest our most precious resource, our time, out of fear or out of LOVE. The world will try to convince you that there will always be more time tomorrow. The world’s agenda, remember, is to keep you busy 24/7 pursuing what they want. This is why you must build a strong CORE. Once built, your strong CORE will provide you what the world cannot and yet what we all deeply desire.
Direction and design toward your best work and life. Toward your masterpiece. Your OPUS.
It might help, on this journey toward your masterpiece, to remember a little Os, Guinness that is, along the way. Not only does his family tree produce some great brew, but they’ve produced some amazing Pastors and teachers as well. Check it out…
“It is often said that there are three requirements for a fulfilling life:
A clear sense of personal identity.
A deep sense of life’s meaning.
And, a strong sense of purpose and mission.
But even the first and the last are rooted in the middle one, the faith that represents one’s convictions about the meaning of life.”
Thanks Os, for some really good words. AND…
Thanks, Taylor, for another memory worth remembering.
BUILT TO LEAD 