“We are not
doing anything this summer.” That was
the plan anyway.
Our kids
needed to work. After all, they had
important things like university and vehicles to pay for, so it made sense to
stay home. There was not going to be enough
time to go on holidays or to do anything big.
Then
everything changed.
Among other
things, I saw a sign that said, “You can always make money, you can’t always
make memories” and I realized that we needed to use this summer well. We needed to make some memories while we still
had the chance, so the kids took time off work and we filled our summer with a
lot of fun things.
Some
opportunities are “limited time offers”.
You only have so long to take advantage of them and then they are gone
forever. Could my kids have padded their
bank account some more this summer?
Yes! Would it have been cheaper
for us to stay home and do nothing?
Yes! Would anyone remember those
things forty years from now? No! They will, however, always remember the
things that we did together as a family.
Now, I am
not encouraging financial irresponsibility here. I have seen the problems that
come with living beyond your means and piling up a bunch of debt. In fact, what I am talking about has nothing
to do with money and everything to do with living with “focus” and “intentionality”. We are trading our days for something. The question is, “Will those trades be
remembered and make a difference or not?”
So go ahead
and make that call that you have been meaning to make. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Slow down long enough to spend some time with
the people you love. Do that nice thing
you have been thinking about doing. Start taking spiritual things seriously. In
doing so, you will create something that will never be forgotten.
The time to
act is now!
“Make the
most of every opportunity” (Colossians 4:5).
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