Stretch Yourself. . . . .

Описание: A question was asked to a 88 year old man on his deathbed. If you could come back and live your life all over again who would you like to come back as? He replied, "I would come back the man I could of been but never was." Interesting isn't it. Sad. Would you say that man failed in life? Hard question to answer. From the outside he may not have been seen as a failure but from his response he had regrets and an indication of many.


Do you go after things? Do you have a vision? Did God place a burning desire in your heart for something noble that you have or are trying to smolder? Do you set goals and work towards their achievement? I once heard a speaker say that most fail in life not because they aim too high, instead because they aim to low and hit. . . . some do not aim at all. So, we need to aim high. We need to set the bar higher for our lives. Find out what is deep within our hearts and commit. Do not ask how it can be done. If you ask too much of the how it is at that point our self-doubt and lack of faith hinders us. Just set, commit, and do. The how will happen.

Once committed we need a mentor. Someone who believes in us even though we may not believe in ourselves. Someone who see us not as we are but as we can be. You see, it is hard sometimes to see the whole picture when we are in the frame. Mentors are crucial. . . . . they hold us accountable and push us to become more. We need them to believe until we can then believe in ourselves. Find a mentor. . .

Dr. Howard Thurman was an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr and he was once quoted the following. . . ."The ideal situation for a man or women to die is to have family members standing around their bed praying with them as they cross over. But imagine if you will being on your death bed and standing around your bed the dreams given to you by life. The ideas you never acted upon. The talents, gifts, and abilities you never used. And there they are standing around your bed looking at you with large angry eyes saying we came to you and only you could of given us life and now we must die with you forever."

Pretty powerful isn't it. It gives us a lot to think about. Are you going to go after your dreams? Are you going to act on the ideas? Are you going to use the gifts given to you? As I have said so many times. . . who do you hurt by not doing, by not acting, by not living up to your full potential? We obviously hurt ourselves but that is not the most important. It is the loved ones that we hurt. The people that are most precious to us suffer. It is not about us but the lives we can and should impact. So stretch yourself. Set the goals. Do not worry about the how. Just commit.