“Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
These quotes were part of a chapter in Morning B.R.E.W. – A Divine Power Drink for Your Soul by Kirk Byron Jones. How right on the mark they seemed to me, especially the one by Kenny Werner. For whatever reason, most of us put the most limited version of ourselves as our default setting. And then we spend the rest of our lives wishing we could override that default – without much success.
How much better it would be if instead we viewed ourselves as capable of most anything if we simply worked at it. Understanding that accomplishments need work and practice and the investment of time is not the same as believing that they are unattainable for us. It is simply understanding that we can do things - and we can do them well - but it requires hard work and perseverance. (Just ask Arnold Palmer how much work it takes.)
So let’s pour another cup of coffee and then invest some time in accomplishing something. There isn’t much that is out of our reach, if we work at it!
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Point made! :) Sandy, you seem to always hit the mark with your posts and encouragement. We have been talking more and more about living our authentic life and not what is expected. Challenging, is it not?
ReplyDeleteThanks for a thought provoking start to my morning!
Warmly,
Matty
and we usually don't HAVE TO do them well to enjoy them either! We just need to do them. Sometimes, all it takes is that little step in a certain direction to make all the difference in the world, or to give us a grand new experience!
ReplyDeleteI loved how you said that....."most of us put the most limited version of ourselves as our default setting. And then we spend the rest of our lives wishing we could override that default – without much success."
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is that many people never realize that God has indeed given us the ability to override the default we 'set' so long ago.
But what I've been learning and experiencing in my own life is that when we start to see ourselves as God says He sees us -- seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus, being able to do all things through Christ who strengthens us, doing works that Jesus himself said would be 'greater works' -- we have been given the ability to override the default. I think Paul calls it renewing our minds.
What you think?