It’s ok to think about what you want to do till it is time to do what you were meant to do.
-from “The Rookie”
Isn’t that a great quote? Every once in a while I see parts of the movie “The Rookie” and everytime I hear that line in the movie, I find myself writing it down. Obviously, something about it resonates with me.
It makes me ponder several things. What time is it in my life? Is it possible to think too much about what we want to do that we miss the opportunity right in front of us to do what we were meant to do?
In the movie, it’s the relationship the baseball player has with his dad that keeps his son on track with what he was meant to do. Maybe it’s the relationships that we intently build that will help us know when it’s time to do what we were meant to do. I’m reading a book called “Who’s got Your Back?” by Keith Ferrazzi. It’s about building life-line relationships with a few people that will honestly provide us encouragement and feedback in helping us reach our full potential. I think those kinds of relationships are incredible gifts…and appropriately named by Ferrazzi – as life-line relationships. They don’t happen overnight. They are built over time and built intentionally.
I leave you with two things to consider. What time is it in your life? And, who are the life-line relationships in your life?
13/07/2009 at 3:40 pm Permalink
Carma what great things to ponder. At this time in my life I thought everything would be crystal clear, but there are many times I find things clear as mud! I think it is because I try to do to much and try to be to much and forget to stop and look at the little things. I am still to much of a Martha and forget to stop and listen to my Father as he wispers for me to slow down and hear His voice.
As for life-line relationships, do they change as life changes? It seems that my life-lines have changed as my life experences have changed. I wpuld love to hear how others feel about these life-lines and if they are changing for others also.
I will leave you with one thought – In God’s wisdom, He frequently chooses to meet our needs by showing HIs love towards us through the hands and hearts of others, but are we willing to stop and recognize and accept these gifts from God?
13/07/2009 at 7:29 pm Permalink
For lifelines come and they go, without there seeming any rhyme nor reason to it. The lifelines that I have deluded myself into believing I put the most work into snap and then, when I least to expect it as I feel that I have little to offer,, others appear. It seems to be some great mystery and a cause of much anxiety, as I try to accept the new lifeline while remebering the transience of the the last. There are special moments when I really feel God as a lifetime, but even these moments come and go depending on my leval of trust at the momnet. The times of transition, painful as they are, do seem to be a time of great spiritual growth, but I do pay a price fore this growth. I guess if it was easy it wouldn’t be worth it!
14/07/2009 at 7:16 am Permalink
Great thoughts, Cheryl and Bill.
Cheryl, you ask a great question. Are life-line relationships lifetime relationships? I had just pondered the same thing after I wrote the post…and it jumped out at me that the author of the book called these life-line, not lifetime. I have an incredible loyalty factor in my life that wants life-line to equal lifetime, but I am not so sure that is possible..because of what you mention. Our experiences change, we change, people change. Bill mentions the same as well. “It seems to be some great mystery and a cause of much anxiety, as I try to accept the new lifeline while remembering the transience of the last.”
Maybe it’s about embracing the life-line relationships for the seasons they are intended. Could it be that maybe 1 or 2 of them might work into a lifetime? Maybe. I still like to think so! But, I think even those might look different as we move through the seasons of life.
This topic really intrigues me. Maybe I’ll be writing more…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
26/07/2009 at 12:35 pm Permalink
I would also like to think that a select few of our “life-line” relationships last for a life time, but my experience has been no. I often wonder whether this is my doing; maybe if I had done more to nurture these relationships. maybe then they would still be with me.