Axioms…from my perspective

i dedicate thursdays to giving some of my personal life axioms…truth that, from my perspective, is self-evident. sometimes practical. sometimes philosophical. sometimes whimsical. but truth, no less.

“without goals, we end up going nowhere.”

i was doing some housecleaning the other day and found a copy of my personal life goals that i wrote in 1985…almost 25 years ago:

to be a man of faithfulness to follow the example of christ to have a lifestyle that reflects kingdom priorities to defend the faith and persuade others to consider the truth and way of christ to love, honor, encourage, challenge, submit to the best interests of wanda to present my boys to the service of christ to live with joy, be at peace and experience contentment to grow strong in spirit, endurance and excellence to avoid law-keeping and live by grace to live without bitterness and to learn to forgive instantaneously to attain some measure of self control as lifestyle to grow deeper, wiser and more patient to be a man of influence to live life with sensitivity and obvious commitment to those less fortunate to possess nothing that cannot be loaned or relinquished freely

for years, i carried that list around in my day-timer notebook.  i looked at the list regularly.  about five years ago, i started using a laptop exclusively (no more office computer).  with that decision, i stopped carrying the notebook…and stopped carrying my goals with me all of the time.  i didn’t realize how much i’ve missed carrying them around with me.  i’m working on a new plan to keep them with me everyday.

looking back, i’ve done pretty well on some of my goals…not so good on others…but i’m still working on all of them.  i will until my time here is over.  it’s just the way i am.

i’m a better man and a deeper follower of christ than i was 25 years ago.  writing goals was an important part of the process.  it still is.

what about you?  do you have character goals that you have identified and make a conscious effort to work on?  if you don’t, why not?

today is good day to start.

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