"But I'm not the only one," sings John Lennon in 1971's "Imagine." I think those times were filled with more optimism and idealism about what was possible. I find it curious that we have so many technological advances now as compared to the generations before us, and yet so many more of us now are so eager to talk about what can't be done. Technology has done amazing things, but unfortunately, it has probably also made us a little lazy...
I'm on the dream theme because of my evening yesterday. As the Super Bowl approached, I didn't really have any set plans and I was feeling a little antsy, even with a heavy lifting session from earlier in the day. So I did the unthinkable for an American male on Super Bowl Sunday: I ditched the start of the game to go get another workout in. Went for about a 20-minute run, then goofed around at Triple Threat and did some extra work.
In the media age, we spend so much of our time in front of it: movies, television, the Internet, etc. And I am certainly not exempt from that. Why do we do that? Why do we have such a profound need to be entertained? In AdvoCare, a lot of the most successful people talk about how they have cut out television all together, and they always give this reason: They wanted to live out their own dreams rather than spending their time staring at somebody else living theirs. That is a really incredible concept if you stop and think about it. I suppose that most of us have lost our dreams, or that maybe we are afraid that if we really go for them and it doesn't work out, the disappointment and the "I told you so's" would be crushing. And so, we numb ourselves with the doings of media stars, too reluctant to pursue the great things we might be destined for.
I like football, but yesterday, my dream of having a lifestyle of elite physical fitness and using that to change the lives of others was more important to me than watching every second of the 49ers and Ravens in a game that, deep down, had very little impact on me.
So let's be clear: I'm not knocking anybody's entertainment habits here. If you watched the Super Bowl yesterday (pregame, halftime, and postgame too), I hope you enjoyed it. All I'm doing is asking you to think about your dreams. What are they? Have you let them go because it seems too scary to pursue them? What could you do today to start going after them again? I've taken some knocks for leaving a traditional career and stepping out on my own. There have been some struggles attached to that--not every day is a bed of roses, as they say. And I'm sure some people think I'm nuts or lazy or whatever they might think. But I have embraced this as God's path for my life: to pursue a dream of the best life possible for me and my family, and one that carries out God's will for who He wants me to be. If that makes me crazy, then I don't find sanity that appealing.
Today's challenge: What dream have put on the backburner? Is there any better day to revisit it than today?
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