Monday; April 16

          Late Saturday afternoon I participated in the suburban sport known as “speed mowing”.  While I can’t speak for everyone, I think that most of us are familiar with the game that has its roots in precipitation and procrastination.  As I was finishing up my supper I looked outside and realized my lawn needed some attention.  When I took a glance at my schedule and the weather forecast I realized that unless I got right on the task, by the time I got around to it I was going to have to bail my grass or rent it out for pasture.  I hurried through my supper, asked Alexia how much time I had before sundown and headed out the door.  I hustled to get the job done before I ran out of natural light.  (I think it would have looked silly to mount a flashlight on my mower, but  sometimes a guy has to do what a guy has to do.)  I have to admit that Alexia is pretty smart because she was right on point and I finished as the last streams of light faded into the horizon. 
          While I was happy to get my grass mowed, it got me to thinking about how I was responsible for creating my own issue.  I was the one who had procrastinated and I was the one who ended up exhausted by trying to cram the physical exertion into as short a time as was possible.  Had I planned better, I could have slowed down and completed my chore in a reasonable manner. 
          Do we ever do this in other aspects of life?  Do we sleep in too late, and have to drive too fast on the way to work?  Do we delay projects to the point that we apply undue stress on ourselves hoping that we will complete it on time?  Do we put off paying taxes to the very last day and have to find creative ways to come up with the money we need?  Procrastination creates pains!  
          Let’s plan and produce rather than procrastinate.  By doing so, we will be able to relax and enjoy a job well done.
          Think About It!

Popular posts from this blog

Thursday; May 3

I have a fish tank that allows my three Bettas (Larry, Darrell and Darrell) to live in the same structure, but remain hidden from each other – well sort of.   When I go to feed the fish, I believe that one of the Darrell’s can sort of see that the other Darrell is getting fed and he will linger over on that side of the tank even after I put his food in his tank.   I have to tap on the side of the tank where his food is floating to help him refocus and eat.   I get the impression that he is so interested in what is going on in the other Darrell’s tank that he can’t enjoy his own food. I have been told that the brain of a fish is pretty small – which explains their inability to process “blessings”, but are we guilty of the same malady as Darrell?   Are we so worried (or consumed) by what happens to the people around us that we fail to realize what is going on with us?   Are we envious of the blessings that others are receiving and end up missing out on what we have been given?   Are w
Read more

Thursday; February 14

         While most of us are familiar with today being Valentine’s Day, there are some who actually refer to February 14 th as “St. Valentine’s Day”.  This title is often affixed to a criminally historic event known as “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” on February 14, 1929 in Chicago, but that is another story for another time.  Not knowing much about the history of “Saint Valentine” I did a little research and found out he was a Roman religious leader who was martyred in 269 AD.  According to my limited research Valentine was killed because of his encouragement of Roman men (especially soldiers) to marry which was in violation of Claudias’ edict that prohibited marriage to keep their minds singularly focused on their task of defending the Empire.  Somehow, from this beginning – and possibly embellished by Chaucer – St. Valentine became intertwined with the concept of romantic love.           I am not really sure how February 14 th became connected with love, but inspired by thi
Read more

Wednesday; December 6

What does it mean to be a leader? I subscribe to the belief that a leader is someone who seeks the best for others and works with them to achieve their potential. There are others; however, who define leadership as the ability to have a vision and the tenacity to get their own way. Leaders who are this way are often portrayed as having developed the maturity to manipulate people to do things their way. However, is the ability to drive people in our direction mature or is it childish? The Christians of the 1st Century came from a lot of different backgrounds and had to work hard to work together. As the Apostle Paul challenged Christians in the city of Ephesus he challenged them to accept individual differences, “… until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. “ (Ephesians 4:13). Bossiness was not to be viewed as a sign of maturity, a willingness to wo
Read more