Begin With The End In Mind
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is from David Thomas in his book Remember Why You Play. The author follows the Faith Christian Lions football team during the 2008 football season. Head coach Kris Hogan is the Christian head football coach. The Scripture is James 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
I want you to imagine that it is 60 years from now, and it is your funeral. When your wife, kids and grandkids look back on your life, what would you want them to say about you. You probably would not want them to say, He was never here, but he sure was rich.
What do you do every day? What sarcasm do you use with your buddies that maybe you should not use? What unlovable do you pass in the hallway that nobody is going to talk to all day, and all it would take is for a Lions football player to say, How is it going? When they put you in the ground, you do not want people saying, he thought a little bit more about what people thought of him than doing the right thing. He was a little too cool.
Nobody in this circle can pay back their mom and dad. You might as well forget that. But you can make them proud. And you can make your mom and your dad, when they lay their head on their pillow at night, you can make their heart totally at ease and think how blessed they are to have a son who looks them in the eye and says, Yes sir and No sir, Yes maam and No maam. Takes out the trash before being asked, Guys, you can make your mom and dad's life if you will be the young man that they have dreamed about you being.
You have to think about where you are going. Habit number two from the Covey principles: begin with the end in mind. What would you want people to say about you when you are gone?
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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