“Randomness is an insufficient framework on which to grow a life.”

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2012-03-13) from his book, Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival (p. 112). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

I am retired minister.  When I was still working my work had a way of setting up a weekly agenda but retirement lends itself to a lot of potential randomness.  Retirement didn’t mean I was done with life it just said I had more control.  And I knew that wasn’t a potential good thing for me so I set out to build some structure to my day, to my week not because I had to but because I wanted to keep on making a difference with my life.

I have a clear framework to my day.  It is the reason I am able to keep on growing mentally, socially, financially, physically, spiritually and influentially.  All of those areas are a part of the framework of my life.  They give my day great satisfaction and great productivity.

You see no matter what stage you are in your life, you need to be striving to make a difference in yourself and in the world around you.  That is the reason why God put you and me here and it doesn’t stop at retirement. There is so much danger in an unstructured life.  We were not created to just sit and do nothing, physically, mentally, socially and spiritually.  There is so much harm that can come to each area when you stop doing anything.  The potential is you will die.  There is also danger when one area takes all your time and effort.  You then become imbalanced.  That again is where structure and a beneficial framework come in.

Now understand structure is for you, for your benefit.  Don’t see it as an enemy to enjoying your life but see it as a beneficial friend that helps you enjoy it even more and potentially longer.  It can make a major difference in helping make your life have meaning and purpose.   

So do you have an insufficient or sufficient framework to your life?