Growth

Picture your favorite sport.  For me, that is soccer.  It is passionate, direct, and obvious.  The goals are specific and everyone is clear on what they are trying to achieve.  Now picture the same game with no soccer goals.  A little pointless, isn't it?  You run around and steal the ball from each other.  The time on the clock doesn't matter, the effort exerted doesn't matter; the purpose is lost.  

My (and your) life is the same way.  In all honesty, it doesn't matter how hard you are working if you aren't aimed at anything.  You are like a rubber duck, floating through the waves, but truly doing nothing but existing.  Our business coaches always say, "Don't be the 'in the way' guy."  What they mean by that is there are people all over, not doing their true purpose, not being challenged, just standing in lines and sitting in cars, blocking the way of people who are moving forward.  It sounds a little harsh, but the reality is that if you aren't going to be intentional about your life, you are destined to live like a rubber duck, floating to nowhere.

I am going to take this a step further, in light of the New Year.  I am sure you established tons of New Year's Resolutions.  You have read in previous posts that I have done the same.  But in all reality, goals aren't good enough if they aren't directing you toward the growth you desire.  Take my life, for instance.  The biggest growth that I want to occur in my life is becoming a better leader, better in relationships (God, mother, wife, family member), and better in health.  Knowing these things are my personal areas of growth, I need to ensure that my goals complement those.  

This blog is a perfect example.  For me, this blog allows me the opportunity to voice my road to improved self-esteem.  But it is honestly one of the most time-consuming ways that I could have possibly gone about achieving this goal.  Typical Brittany.  Marcus told me to tell myself 10 Truths in the Mirror every day (Max 30 seconds).  I chose writing an extensive blog with a corresponding picture and a bible verse (An hour +).  Unfortunately, this blog isn't using my time wisely.  I am growing tremendously from it, however, there are probably more time-efficient ways of achieving the same growth.  My effort is to continue doing this blog daily, but  I am striving to be intentional about the growth in my life by taking my valuable minutes and using them wisely.  Rest assured that on the days I am not blogging, I will be facing myself in the mirror and reminding the negative thoughts of the truthful positives.  So this is me, living intentionally.  This is me in growth.

"Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ" -Ephesians 4:13-15