Tuesday, March 3, 2009

"Someday" Begins Today

We are coming up on the last couple of chapters of our study, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. I hope everyone is getting as much out of this as I am. Have you started a goal list?? Large or small - the first step to tackling our goals is to be able to visualize them, to know what they are. And large or small - they are accomplished one step at a time. Like we talked about, brainstorm it, categorize them and add some in just for kicks!
Do you always get the same food at the same restaraunt every time you go? Try something new! Do you always get butter peacan ice cream but eyeball the mint chocolate? I DO! Get the mint chocolate - there will always be another chance for the same old same old....but if there's not - then you stepped out and will not have the question, "what if?".
That's one of the MAIN goals of our lives - to live without the "what ifs"....to minimize our regrets and maximize in faith and opportunity. Mark Batterson tells us at the end of our lives it's not the regrets of action that will haunt us, but the regrets of inaction - what we should have done but did not, the opportunities we let get away or never pursued.
What's on your lists this week? What are your personal goals - in ALL the areas of your life; spiritual & ministry goals (we've all got a ministry), career goals, relationship goals, educational goals, financial goals, family goals, "just for kicks-fun" goals and on and on....and what are the steps you've begun this week to meet those goals?
Remember, time moves on regardless of what we do with it, so lets make the most of it and begin living our "somedays" today!

4 comments:

  1. Also might get some mint chocolate ice cream now...

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  2. I think I'll try something new at Chipotle! :) I also want to start taking care of more of my own business. Instead of having my mom do everything lol. I work full time and it's hard to do my own bills and stuff like that. I think now, I'm going to start making more time to do that. Like today. I'm going to the bank on my own. Never have before. I know... SHOCKING but it's true. It goes back to my insecurities. Being afraid to screw stuff up. But how else will I learn? I’m trying to help out with a goal that I made a few months ago. To step out and be bold. Anyways there are a few goals so far. One is starting today. Next week I'll try something new at Chipotle lol!!!

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  3. Good for you!! This is great - exactly what we've been talking about. :)

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