Responsibility of Life

Today as I listened to a call by Mitchell Tolle (great american artist/author and inspirational speaker) I saw crystal clear how our lives are a series of choices or lack of them leading to success or defeat. Mitchell said that everyone has a choice in life. We can make it happen or let it happen.

He used the Gardener to illustrate focus, discipline, diligence and responsibility. In order to have a beautiful garden it will take all of these charecteristics. A gardener’s focus is always on the flowers and he will be vigilant every day to rid and to yank out any weed that creeps in as an intruder. If the gardener were to let the garden go for a month he would have an arduous task ahead to free the garden of the weeds. Nobody wants to face that much weeding. It is the same with life and with business – you face it a weed at a time never letting the intruders accumulate or grow under your feet. As soon as one weed pops up – you get rid of it and yank it out. This is time management at its simplest at its very best. The greatest success will come when we take responsibility for the minutes in our lives. Whatever success means for you and your business, ultimately it is up to you to make it happen.

Make it Happen – These are the Victors – These are those who live life on purpose with an intentional plan. To make it happen you need to segment your life into manageable chunks of time. We need a step by step plan and then to take responsibility for executing that plan. The real truth to success is done moment by moment doing 100 seemingly insignificant things day after day – being faithful. Eventually successful minutes become successful hours which become successful days which adds up to a successful life. The truth of success is what you will do in the next 15 minutes. 15 minutes is a manageable chunk of time which will allow you to go from thoughts to execution to follow through.

Let it Happen – These are the Victims – These are those who are in the ‘pre-launch’ place in life. They may have lots of dreams but they have no plan and no follow through. These are the people who are always looking for the ‘great opportunity’ the ‘magic bullet’ the ‘secret to success.’ They always have people and situations to blame for their lack of success. Procrastination is the great enemy of success. We are inclined to neglect what we can do in this15 minutes – and this 15 minutes then becomes an hour which becomes a day which eventually becomes a life style.

The disciples ask – ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’ Jesus taught them to say, ‘give us this day our daily bread.’ You can’t handle a week or a year at a time – only this day.) Mitchell exhorted us to pray early before the day begins. Ask God to help you and as you pray begin each day saying, ‘Lord, TODAY, give me the wisdom, energy and blessings that I need to live my life on purpose, making it happen.’