Growing older by the year, there is at least one reality that I am finding to be so true. That nothing comes easy. Everything that I dream of having or hope to maintain is not going to come just by sheer will and thought. I think about my basketball skills, when I did not play for just 1 month has caused me to lose all my ball sense and confidence. I think about my IPPT, how I used to be able to get gold without too much of a trouble but now I have to deliberately take time to prepare and go through a training program, sweat like mad, work like crazy, in order to just maintain the standard. I think of how I need to prepare much much much more for my sessions so that I am not just listing down the teaching points and stating the obvious but describing it relevantly and note-worthy for the audience. There are many more things that comes to my mind but the point is the same. Things don't just happen. Time and effort must be put in. Which caused me to consider once again, "What then will be my one single pursuit with the remaining time the Lord has given me?" I am only going to have this much time and this much energy left and it is not going to increase. How then can I make my life count for God still? What will I choose to focus on? This is will 1 BIG question I will have to come to terms with if I want to live an un-wasted life.
A note to the younger ones based on my experience:
When you are young, your energy and drive can still compensate for some of the short-comings. You will then think that it's ok to do a bit of this and a bit of that, explore here a bit and there. But once you grow older, lethargy and inertia will start to kick in and without strict discipline and clear focus, you will soon begin to lose all the "skills" you used to have. Then you will start to wonder what have I been doing the past many years?! So, don't take your youth for granted! Use it well so that you will not look back at your years and regret the way you have spent them!!
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