This is not a game. Dig deeper.
“This is not a game, people. This is not a game. I want you to dig deeper.”
-ShaunT, Insanity Fitness Trainer
As I dug deeper during my work out this evening, I couldn’t help but focus my thoughts on those words. ShaunT meant it in a physical sense, but my mind went into a different direction. This is not a game. Dig deeper.
As I struggled to get through my sets of power knees and diamond jumps (boy do I hate those), it hit me. ShaunT is right.
This is not a game. Life isn’t a game. Many of us go through life as if tomorrow is guaranteed — promised. It’s that sense of entitlement that lives within each of us. The comfort that tomorrow will come around and we have the luxury to change things — make all the wrong, somehow right (as if we’re even that quick to execute on those thoughts the next day) . So we go on with our existence excusing ourselves from mindless mistakes. Or engage in aimless and irrational behavior for absolutely no legitimate reason. Just because. Then when you come to a state of solitude — aloneness, with a lot of time in your hands to burn, you can’t help but wonder to yourself, “What’s next?” How can I justify my existence today? Satisfy my boredom?
I realized lately that we get one chance at this lifetime. There is no such thing as a rewind button. The clock is ticking and once that second has passed, we can no longer take it back. It’s gone. So it’s important to dig deeper. Drill down into the pits of our hearts and ask what motivates our actions. What drives our passions? For who’s benefit? If it’s for our own selfish gain —fine. No one is judging. But the important thing is at least be aware. When someone asks us, “Why?” Each of us better have a more legitimate answer than “I don’t know.”
There’s a clear message that God’s been placing in my heart again and again in the last few days, “be deliberate in everything that you do — be mindful of your every thought and action”, He proclaims.
I desire to live a life that’s purposeful. And I realize it starts with the small things —executing on decisions, big or small, that are weighed out and more importantly, are not driven by impulse. I aspire to exist productively where I am contributing somehow, in my own small way, to the betterment of myself and hopefully along the way, to others around me too.
We are all more powerful than we think — each of us in our own unique way are people of influence. It’s important to be mindful of how we are inspiring others. Where we are leading them by examples of our own actions.
Funny how our God operates. He used my work out to put a stake into my heart. What an incredibly smart God we have.
