What is the one thing I should stop doing? I have spent more time pondering this questions than the others. I think maybe it is because I am afraid to admit my faults or weakness. Pride is something we all fight. I kept going back to where you spend your time, treasure, and talent is where your heart is.
My talent I use in my job, with my family, and I serve with it within my church. I would like to write more because it is the talent I enjoy the most and is very therapeutic for me.
My treasure I have gone through phases in my life where I have used it very well to help and serve others. Although I have never been very good at managing my treasure. So I need to start manging it better and using it better.
And my time is the most important. Time is the only thing that once is is spent you cannot get it back. This is the one area I really need to improve on. It seems to be an easy fix because there is an area in my life I could cut back on greatly and that cut would supply me with a lot of time. That one thing is T.V. watching. It is so easy to come home from work and fall exhausted into a chair and spend 3,4,5, even 6 hours in front of the T.V.
The T.V. is not bad or evil. Many good and educational things exist in the medium. But it is about choices and limits. If I cut out a 1 hour news program how much writing could I get done? If I cut out one half hour middle of the road sit com could I volunteer somewhere? And the hardest for me one 3 hour football game how much playing could I get in with my kids?
So my simple answer is to stop using my time on things that will not matter in eternity so I can focus on serving and helping others.
How am I going to do that? 1: Cut back on my t.v. watching by not adding any new programs to my regular schedule and cutting out the marginal ones. 2: Find a management tool for the family fiances. 3: Pick one program outside of my church to donate my time, talent, and treasure to.
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