If you could live your life over again, what would you do less of?
Here's what Thursday Thought readers have told me:
Ron wrote, “I think I would invest less in people and spend more time in relationship with the Lord of the universe. Not that there is anything at all wrong investing in people. Just that looking back, I haven't been too successful at it.”
Russ told me, “I would work less…be less concerned about work…and spend more time with my wife and kids! Work will always be there. Kids grow up and leave. Age brings potential limitations. Enjoy family life to the fullest while you have the opportunity..”
Less Work Time
Buddy's looking-back-list is just like Russ's: “Less work time and more time in general with my family.”
Carolyn said, “If I could do it all over again I would spend less time in worry and more time praying, especially for my son and his family.”
Marion agrees. She would do less worrying adding, “I definitely wasn't trusting that God had me just where He wanted me.”
"I Wanted My Family to Have Stuff"
Larry expressed himself with an eloquence that is raw—and painful: “I worked second shift for years because I had a job running a melt furnace in a foundry. It paid well and I wanted my family to have STUFF. I now realize that the time I spent at work was time I missed with my kids and wife. My wife helped my son with his Eagle project, not me. She raised our kids, but they had STUFF. I would spend less time working and more time 'Dadding.'”
Our One and Only Opportunity
Christians love to comfort themselves with the reality that heaven is our true destiny. And it is! That's where our focus ought to be. But let's not forget that this life we have now is our one and only opportunity to shape that eternity.
Which means…there are some things we must do less of. Which things? Wish I could tell you. But that's a matter for prayer.
Psalms 90:12, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”