He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them. Psalm 145:19
Fulfill-achieve something: to do what is necessary to bring about or achieve something expected, desired, or promised
Being Homeless:
”No one changes anything by playing it safe” The Soloist”
Last week I watched the movie “The Soloist” and my heart was touched. I almost (just almost) cried during the entire movie and I did not understand why. The next morning, I woke up with the idea of “The Homeless Mindset”. What if I am homeless? Will my life be simpler? Will my life be of less stress? Will my life be of less problems? Will my life be of less hurt/confrontation? That day I began my day by thinking of being a homeless man and what I found out was interesting.
On being homeless…
1. I don’t have to get up and go to work, a homeless man don’t have a steady job.
2. I don’t have to my make my espresso latte, a homeless man don’t even have a running water.
3. I don’t have to take a shower, homeless man does it on rare occasion only
4. I don’t have to go to my computer and read my daily devotional, a homeless man don’t need it.
5. I don’t have open internet explorer to check my fb account for messages, a homeless don’t have an fb account.
6. I don’t have to open the garage and backup my car, the homeless man has only a “shopping cart” to worry about.
7. I don’t have to worry about crossing an intersection in the highway because a homeless man don’t even have a car.
8. I don’t have to check on my children if they are ready for school, a homeless man don’t have a family.
9. I don’t have badge in at work, a homeless man don’t have a job.
10. I don’t have to attend to morning meetings, a homeless man don’t even have a manager to report to.
11. I don’t have to ride an elevator to go to the 3rd floor, a homeless work is in the street.
12. I don’t have to eat lunch at a specific time, a homeless man don’t even have a food handy.
13. I don’t have to wait on traffic at I35, a homeless man does not use the interstate.
14. I don’t have to call my wife, a homeless man don’t have a wife.
15. I don’t have to call home and check what’s for dinner, a homeless man don’t have defined dinner menus.
16. I don’t have to check my bank account to see if there is any illegal activities, the homeless man has only coins in his pocket.
17. I don’t have to ask my kids “how’s school”, a homeless man has no children to attend to.
18. I don’t have exercise, a homeless man is just as healthy with his current living condition.
19. I don’t have to respond to email, a homeless man don’t even have an AC power to plug in his computer (if he has one)
20. I don’t have to answer a phone call, a homeless man don’t even have a friend that care.
I can add more here if I wanted to. My point is, we have everything we need in life. Those little problems we are experiencing is nothing compared to those who live on the street. If you are reading this journal, you are probably inside a heated or an air conditioned building and enjoying whatever you are reading. I don’t have huge problems in life anymore, I flushed those out in my mind (problem still there). Even if they are big, I don’t consider them important and it does not bother me even in a tiny bit. But I have friends close to me that are facing enormous problems, hurt, financial disasters, relationship disasters, mental problems, lack of peace – I want to encourage you, change the way you think. Count your blessings, count the good things that you have, count the items in your life that has good value. Once you have the list, start rebuilding your life using what you already have. You are far greater equipped than the homeless man on the street. Don’t play it safe, what if we cannot fail. And by the way, who draw the line of success and failure in this world? Success and failure – it does not matter, what matters most is how we enjoy the journey. I’ve done some long journey/races in my life and what I treasured/remembered most was not the feeling at the starting line or at the finish line, but those that happened during the journey, the rest stops, the failures, the setbacks, the friendship, the tears, the agony, the pain, – those are far more remarkable than crossing the final mile at the end of the journey.
I learned about 4 types of swimmers today at the pool. I was on Lane3, On lane4 was a guy who was a type3 and I was able to hang with his pace. On Lane 1 and Lane 5 were guys who were type4. They were swimming like a fish (smooth and fast). But on lane2 was a guy who barely can swim. He spent most of his time paddling and not going anywhere. I like the type 2 guy because even if he was not moving any faster, he keeps trying across the 25 yard pool and did it several times with a few rest in between. I probably did around 85 laps today but the type2 swimmer most likely accomplished so much than what I did. He conquered the water.
Type of swimmers:
1. Those that always think that they want to try swimming
2. Those that tried to get in the water even though they don’t know how to swim
3. Those that can swim
4. Those that can swim very fast
MIT (Most Important Task)
1. 2.4Mile Swim
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0000, Sleep
0100, Sleep
0200, Sleep
0300, Sleep
0400, Sleep
0500, Sleep
0600, Sleep
0700, Breakfast; journal;
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1100, 2.4Mile Swim
1200, 2.4Mile Swim
1300, Cook
1400, Nap
1500, Pickup Brent
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2400, Sleep
