Another Glimpse at the Story

More than once, I've written before about my mission, what my mission requires, and my wildly important goal. I have these typed, copied, and posted in my home office and at work. This serves as a daily reminder of the life I want to live each day. It's nothing extra-ordinary, just something for me that serves as a daily remind. It's important that I approach each day with focus and intention and that I adopt and live the identity of the person who I wish to become. The person who lives life better, day by day. Today, we are writing a page about the story of our lives. I just wanted to take another glimpse at this work in progress along with you.

My Mission

To love, enjoy, inspire, encourage, and positively impact

those around me (my neighbors) and to grow my circle (the neighborhood).

My Mission Requires…

“Spending time in my sanctuary.”

I do this by getting to know myself and God through daily contemplative prayer, reading, and writing. Being deeply and holistically transformed. Heart soul mind strength. Practicing presence. Moment by moment. Transcending my relationship to a deeper level, embracing my mystical and mysterious God. Living the way of Jesus. With daily attention, intention, and discipline. Moment by moment.

“Loving my neighbors and growing my neighborhood.”

I do this by building connections and relationships with those around me, on the edge of the inside. Showing love and compassion to others as I do myself. Practicing presence. Moment by moment. Touching the hearts and minds with my time and through writing. With daily attention, intention, and discipline. Moment by moment.

My Wildly Important Goal

"Live Life Better and Help Others Do the Same"

I do this by nurturing Gratitude, Joy, Compassion, Presence, and Holistic Wellness in myself and others. Showing Up. Hammering the Stone. Closing the Gap. Clocking in, Doing the Work, Clocking out. Playing the long game. Being a good steward of my mind, body, spirit, time, family, community, resources, and world. Intentionally Building a Compelling Life. Making Daily Progress and Enjoying the Process.

Today, I challenge you to consider your own mission. What is it you are doing with your days? What kind of life do you hope to build. All of us are in the middle of our life’s story. I like to imagine flipping through this book and seeing how the chapters unfold giving us a fuller picture as we keep reading. The ups and downs and learning and struggles. It’s all part of the story. And I like to think about this chapter as the one where things really start changing. In this part of our story we begin seeing the possibility of our futures. Where we begin to catch a glimpse of the lives we hope to build. Each day, we are writing the book of our lives. Think about your mission and what the mission requires. Think about your wildly important goals. Start writing and make the page you write with your today a good one.