"If you're not doing something with your life, it doesn't matter how long it is!"

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2012-10-02) from his book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: LiveThem and Reach Your Potential (p. 243). Center Street. Kindle Edition.

That is so true. My life isn’t over even if I am retired if I am striving each day to do something that will make a difference in someone’s life. There is always a thought to be dug out and shared that can be a defining moment in someone’s life. There is always a person that I will touch that needs to be encouraged to hold on.

Even when a person is flat on their back they still have the potential to make a difference through their fight, through their attitude, through their words. No matter what circumstance you are in there is someone watching, waiting to see how you handle it.

We all have so much potential that God built into us that hasn’t been realized yet. We can’t stop growing, doing, living out our purpose each day.

Oh, it is so easy to wallow in self-pity and anger when the circumstance can be used for its other intended purpose which is to help you grow, to develop an answer to change the circumstance, to show others how to survive.

Please don’t waste the opportunity to do something meaningful with your life for someone else’s life today. That is why you are here. Live out your purpose. Get up out of your discoragement and do something. Live your life with meaning and fulfillment. This is the day the Lord has made so do something with it.

So what something are you going to do?

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