A
thought by John C. Maxwell, (2012-10-02) from his book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential (p.
149). Center Street. Kindle Edition.
Something
else happened that shows what a person with passion can do. We have a rookie player from Cuba who plays
for the Los Angeles Dodgers who plays with a lot of passion. Some people don’t like it. They say it shows up the other team. Well that player had to escape from Cuba to
be able to play baseball here. Playing
baseball really matters to him and he shows it.
And it has made a difference in how the Dodgers have been playing. Last night he helped the Dodgers win their
first game in the NLCS and he showed his excitement for his first hit and
some of the experienced players thought it was a little too much.
Now
I understand the age in which we live.
We don’t want to show up people, to make them feel bad. I understand that also from a Christian’s
point of view but I also understand this matter of living with principles and
passion.
Margaret
and I live in a great apartment on the Rose Bowl Parade Street, Colorado Bl. in
Pasadena, California. Well, Pasadena has
a new No Smoking Law that says that smoking is not allowed in or outside any of
our apartments. So we had to sign and
turn in a paper that said that we understood the new law. Somewhere some person had a desire to live a
healthy life so they set out to make a law that would protect them from getting
cancer from cigarette smoke and they had the passion and the principle to make
it happen and I signed the paper. Yes
it will not be something that someone who smokes likes but it might save their
life by making them stop.
Something
else happened that shows what a person with passion can do. We have a rookie player from Cuba who plays
for the Los Angeles Dodgers who plays with a lot of passion. Some people don’t like it. They say it shows up the other team. Well that player had to escape from Cuba to
be able to play baseball here. Playing
baseball really matters to him and he shows it.
And it has made a difference in how the Dodgers have been playing. Last night he helped the Dodgers win their
first game in the NLCS and he showed his excitement for his first hit and
some of the experienced players thought it was a little too much.
People
with passion and principles many times make big waves in life but at least they
are not boring. Jesus wasn’t
boring. He lived with principle and
passion and He was criticized even to the point of being killed.
We
need more people who are willing to stir up things, to make waves in order to
make a difference in this world. But it
is so easy to live a blah life and not cause any commotion. But that is not the way we are really going
to make a difference.
Yes
someone with principles and passion may take away my freedom to smoke in my
home and Yasiel Puig may really get excited when he hits a triple in an
important game and by that maybe show up the other team but at least they make
life exciting.
So
what are you passionate about but afraid to make waves?
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