Whole-heartedness

By: Duke Rohe  drohe@att.net

Isn’t it amazing how energized we are when we are deep into something we enjoy?  My realm of delight is packaging a life lesson or a tool and making it portable to others.  It is proclaiming something in my own heart, ‘this is what I have learned’ or ‘this is what I commit to’, then launching it out to as many as might gain.  This is what I love doing.  Every time I do this, I get refreshed, revitalized, re-energized.  I don’t just regain strength, I create new strength that wasn’t there before.  I believe it is because I have thrown myself into something that adds life: to mine and to others.

I’m refusing to stand around occupy time.  I’m not pining the past or figuring out the future.  I’m literally throwing myself into the present and generating a good thing: something that makes me grow, something that may help others.  Having this mind, I don’t just let life happen.  I press for things that are meaningful.  I make it adventure; something to explore.  And for some reason, when I’m in this mode, I never tire out.  Those little endorphins or joy cells kick in gear and I’m shouting hallelujah at the end of the event.

So if you are feeling a quart low, or routine work is grinding you down: find something you like that you can go for full-throttle and enjoy it for a season.  Pretend it is making a mark in history: for your life and many others.  Who knows, it might.  It will knock those ‘I’m so tired blues’ right out of your camp.

Engage yourself in something that makes a difference and you will experience life as opposed to just live it.