>> LIFE IS FULL OF IMPORTANT
THINGS TO DO.
BUT IF WE LET THOSE TO-DO'S FILL
UP OUR LIVES, WE MAY BE MISSING
SOMETHING ESSENTIAL ABOUT
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
AFTER ALL, AS IT IS OFTEN SAID,
WE ARE HUMANBEINGS,
NOT HUMANDOINGS.
IN OTHER WORDS, LIFE IS MORE
ABOUT WHO WE ARE BECOMING
THROUGH OUR EXPERIENCES--
NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING
WITH OUR TIME.
SO WHILE IT'S HELPFUL TO PLAN
WHAT WE ARE GOING TODOEACH
DAY, WE MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER WHAT
WE ARE GOING TOBECOMEEACH DAY.
HOW MIGHT THE PERSON WE ARE AT
THE END OF THE DAY BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT FROM THE PERSON
WE WERE AT THE BEGINNING?
BECOMINGA TRULY GOOD PERSON
DEMANDS MORE OF US THAN MERELY
CHECKING ITEMS OFF A TO-DO LIST.
HOWEVER, IT ALSO HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO.
THOSE WHO TRULY BECOME KIND
AND CARING, COMPASSIONATE AND
GENEROUS, HAVE DEVELOPED THOSE
QUALITIES OVER TIME, THROUGH THE
ACCUMULATION OF GOOD CHOICES.
BECAUSE THE NATURAL DRIFT IS
TOWARD SELFISHNESS AND RUDENESS,
THEY ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT
RESISTING THOSE INCLINATIONS
AND BECOMING A PERSON
OF GOODNESS AND CHARACTER.
THAT'S DEMANDING WORK!
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GO WITH
THE FLOW, REACTING WITHOUT MUCH
THOUGHT TO WHATEVER COMES
OUR WAY, BUT THE FLOW USUALLY
DOESN'T LEAD WHERE
WE REALLY WANT TO GO.
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, BUSY WITH
MANY THINGS TO DO, REALIZED
THAT HE WASN'T BECOMING
WHAT HE WANTED TO BE.
HE KNEW THAT WHAT REALLY
MATTERED IN HIS LIFE
WAS HIS FAITH, HIS FAMILY,
AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT HAVING SPENT SO MUCH TIME
BUILDING A CAREER, HE HAD MISSED
MANY OF LIFE'S SWEETEST,
MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS.
SO WITH SINCERE DESIRES AND
DILIGENT EFFORTS, HE FOCUSED ON
BECOMINGA BETTER PERSON.
IT'S NOT THAT HE STOPPEDDOING;
IT'S JUST THAT HIS DOING NOW HAD
A PURPOSE: TO HELP HIM BECOME
MORE PATIENT, LOVING, AND
COMPASSIONATE--HISDOING
LED TOBECOMING.
AND THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE MIGHT NEED
TO ACCOMPLISH, LIFE WAS NEVER
MEANT TO BE A LIST OF TASKS.
WE WERE CREATED TO BECOME
SOMETHING GREATER THAN
WHAT WE NOW ARE.
AND THE THINGS WE CHOOSE TO DO
CAN LIFT US TO THAT GOAL.
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
A HUMAN BEING.
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