If our daily activities have been under the surveillance of CCTV,
what do we expect ourselves to see at the end of the 24 hours when we replay it?
Are we going to see a familiar figure that slept most of the time except the time for brunch and dinner?
Or
Someone that stuck his/her eyes on facebook 20 hours a day?
Or
A person that kept playing Angry Bird until he/she got very angry most of the time?
Or
Are we expecting to see somebody who has been 'exercising' his/her index finger on the iPhone or iPad from day to night without interacting with anyone else?
Or
Are we going to someone with a mouth that never shut because he/she has so much to complain as if everyone on the surface of the earth and the Creator of it were in debt to him/her?
And if we were to make it into a movie,
what kind of response shall we anticipate from the audiences?
Are we going to find them dozing off?
Or will we find them being attentive right from the beginning all the way to the end;
with loud applause coming along the way?
Well, why am I writing this?
To condemn people that sleep, eat and play Angry Bird?
Or to discrimintate facebook, iPhone and iPad users?
ABSOLUTELY NOOOOO!!!
That's not my intention at all.
The fact is while waiting for my posting for months (since end of May until now),
I found myself wasting my time and my life away.
I have not been making good use of the abundant time that I had.
For the first few months I was occupied with some stuff,
but for the recent month, I was lost.
I didn't manage my time well and I know I hadn't fulfilled the purpose that my Creator had for my life.
The sense of fulfillment was so distant from me.
Until I was led to a book written by John C. Maxwell titled TODAY MATTERS.
That was the book I needed the most at this point of time.
It reminded me the value of TODAY.
"Your greatest possesion is the twenty-four hours you have directly ahead of you.
How will you spend it?
Will you give in to pressure or focus on priorities?
Will you allow pointless e-mails, unimportant tasks, telemarketers, interruptions,
and other distractions to consume your day?
Or will you take complete responsibility for how you spend your time,
take control of the things you can,
and make today yours?
IF YOU DON'T DECIDE HOW YOUR DAY WILL BE SPENT, SOMEONE ELSE WILL."
- Quoted from TODAY MATTERS by John C. Maxwell (emphasis added)
I was struck by this.
I thank God for using this precious book to awaken me.
Then I began to plan my days well and put them into actions.
And I have begun to embrace the sense of fulfillment once again.
I just want to share this with ya all so that together, we shall evaluate our 'TODAY'.
Are we satisfied with it?
Is our TODAY an inspiring one?
Is our TODAY a fulfilling one?
Have we fulfilled the purpose of being put on earth on this very day?
Can a calculator be used as a phone?
Or a printer to be used as camera?
NOPE.
They were created for their specific functions.
SO ARE WE.
Just like every device, machine or any invention,
you and I were created for a purpose.
And if the calculator has never been used to solve mathematical questions,
it was then created in vain.
Bacause it has never fulfilled what it was intended to be.
If iPhone has fulfilled its purpose by serving the mankind; making people's lives easier,
have we found the purpose of our lives and fulfilled it each day?
Let's take some time to ponder over it.
Ephesians 5:15-17
"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be unwise,
But understand what the will of the Lord is."
May your TODAYs be awesome ones and may they put a sweet smile on your face as you reflect them at the end of the days. = )
By His facilitator
