Time for a Tune-Up

I believe everyone wants the world to change, but everyone is waiting for someone else to do it.  We all want many things to change in their lives, but if we honestly ask ourselves what we have done to diligently make those changes, I believe most of us would have to answer that we fall far short.  Perhaps it is not that we are lazy or unable to change, but too weak.  Discipline requires strength and determination.  One of the first things we must ask ourselves is “how much do I want this?”  If the desire is not strong enough to make you move as if you were on a mission for God, then perhaps you should abandon that goal, or make it a goal from another year or time.  In doing this you will not have to beat yourself up about what you are not doing or have not done. 

I have wasted a lot of time and energy in my life hoping without doing and wishing without working.  Frustration and disappointment can cause you to hit the pause button and realize weeks, months, or years later that you never hit play again.  It is time to remove the 8-track, cassette, CD, or thumb drive, and make a new plan and a new playlist, because the old one did not work.  There is still time for all of us to do something significant before we leave the planet.  We may have had some low scores in the past, but with a new mindset and renewed vision, we can finish strong and leave our contribution to the world.  We can all think of someone whose life continues to help us even though they are dead and gone. 

The greatest impact on the world has not been made by people who are written in the pages of history, or scene on television, but those who consistently did their best day after day.  It is time to successfully discipline ourselves to finish what we start or abandon it forever.  Life is too short to live with regrets, or die with the words, “I’m going to get to it as soon as…” scribbled on an old to do list.  It is time to tune-out the distractions, tune-in to the task at a hand, and tune-up for the mission ahead.