What is Needed

Too often it is much easier to “go with the flow” than to sit down and do what needs to be done. This includes the mundane (dishes) to the health issues (I don’t feel like taking that walk today), to the current job needs (can’t the tests just grade themselves), to the financial needs of the family (the medical bills have piled up, what can I do to pay them off), to the outright emergencies (hate to say it, but for each of us this could be different).

How do you decide what is needed? Do you have a long term strategy with specific goals or is it more of a day-to-day thing? All of us fall into the day-to-day survival mode from time to time. The question is, how long do we allow ourselves to stay there. Everyone has long-term goals. They may not be fully fleshed out, but they are there.  I know for me, if I am not improving in some area, then I can too easily slip into a dangerous rut where I accomplish nothing important that will improve my life and the lives of others.

Each of us needs to decide what is the most important to us. For me, what I am working on is maintaining my health and encouraging each of my family members to do the same. Matthew is doing so much better since he received a pacemaker. It has taken awhile to get used to, sometimes he can feel it working. At other times, I can hear it. But he is doing fine with the new device. He is planning out his future well. He will be graduating with a business management and accounting degree from IBMC College (where I teach). We are also working together to build our business. It is good working with him. He is a good young man. We have a lot of work to do to make our business successful. The only way I know how to make that to work is to have a plan and execute it well. So he and I have a lot to do. We know what is needed. What is needed in your life to help you be as successful as you would like to be?