Harold Kushner, in When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough, says this:  “What is life about?  It is not about writing great books, amassing great wealth, achieving great power.  It is about loving and being loved.  It is about enjoying your food and sitting in the sun rather than rushing through lunch and hurrying back to the office.  It is about savoring the beauty of the moments that don’t last, the sunsets, the leaves turning color, the rare moments of true communication.  It is about savoring them rather than missing out on them because we are so busy and they will not hold still until we get around to them.”

What is your life all about? Stop today and write out you answer to that question. 

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Is there a key to life balance? One of them is to learn to self govern. You’ll never learn how to achieve lift balance with out first learning to govern your own life. This mean be discipled. 

The US forefathers said that “good governement was based on self government.” In other words, we could minimize government intrustion and involvement if people who self govern. In our foundig days that was doable because people held to a basic ethic rooted in their Judeo-Christian faith that included values like hard work, self discipline, taking responsibiliy , treating other with dignity, being honest, following through and seeing life a holistic – all areas of life a vital and requiring intentional cutlivaiton

But, today we’ve move far away from that. So how do change? Here are some tips:

1. Take responsibility for your life. Don’t be a victim!
2. Let your word be your bond. Do what you say you’ll do!
3. Treat othes with dignity. Practice the golden rule!
4. Realize that all areas of life are important – private and public. So, give attention to all of these areas weekly!
5. Follow through. Don’t be a quitter!
6. Put others first! Don’t make your family or associates build their lives just around you!
7. Build the value of life balane into your kids, friends, co-workers and community. Multiply yourself!

So, what do you think? Give me your wisdom, questions, push back, illusrtrations, etc.

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