Sunday, May 22, 2005

What matters most...

I just watched the movie "In Good Company." I could say that it follows the Hollywood formula : the good eventually succeeds at the end, the good things in life are relationships, family, character, and love for your work. Yup! It's the standard feel good movie. But then, it makes me wonder how come so many people still miss out on this. Many still take for granted relationships and their family. Many people do not really love their work ... it's just a way to sustain their needs and wants. Character? What's character to the world which seemed to have lost it's contact with the true good things in life? In the end, one of the main characters (played by Topher Grace - what a different but nice screen name!) finally realized that what he has done for the last few years was not what he wanted. He turned his back on the fast and crazy corporate world and decided that he might pursue a career in teaching. The last scene shows him jogging along the seashore, enjoying the scenery... a deep contrast to a forestry scene on the tv while jogging on a treadmill. Good for him! He realized at 26 (or maybe 27) what he wants out of life. How I wish that many of us will realize this early on... and not miss out on so many good things in life... not exchanging them for things that seems worth reaching for, but not true...

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Lion Chaser Manifesto

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson (www.evotional.com)