Finish

The way you start is the way you finish.

Nine simple words.

One POWERFUL message.

What are you thinking about “finishing” in 2010? Forget about resolutions; like promises, they are made to be broken.

The more relevant question is, what are you finished with in your life from hence forward?

Is it yo-yo diets that finish with you right where you started as soon as you even think about eating a piece of bread? You know that if you don’t START to eat right or START to exercise you will FINISH not having met any of your weight loss goals.

Maybe it is a relationship that you know was not meant to be from the start. For whatever reason, fill in the __________; you gave it the ol’ college try and stuck it out. It got better, so you thought. You over-looked this or you ignored that. You “prayed on it”. God revealed exactly what you asked but you only heard (or didn’t hear at all!) what you wanted to. And now, the relationship is FINISHING right where it STARTED. Only now that you’ve invested time, energy and yourself into it, you are emotionally attached and you are eventually going to FINISH where you STARTED but hurt or upset in the process.

I know. It’s probably a dead-end, thankless, you want it like you need a hole-in-your-head but need-it-because-you-like-to-eat job. You know the ones…little or no recognition. More and more work and fewer and fewer people to do it. No true growth simply moving lifelessly from position to position or task to task. You make a dent in your inbox or to-do list and like a line at an amusement park, you turn a corner and it’s LONGER than when you started? You will FINISH where you STARTED…not at all thanked, tired, in the same place as when you started if not further back mentally, physically and intellectually.

Why do we accept this?

Why can’t we take those nine, simple words and apply the meaning in your lives?

Let’s flip the scrip to show that there is indeed a silver lining!

You meet someone unexpectedly and hit it off. Lots in common. Enjoy the conversation. You just click as friends FIRST. Guess what? God willing, you started how? As friends and so you will end, again if you remain true to the beginning.

You decide enough of the yo-yo’s, I’m working out and eating better. PERIOD! I can still have a piece of cake or bread now and again but overall, I feel healthier, more in shape and more in tune to my body. And since the weight is shedding off and I have more energy than ever, where I start is where I will end.

I could go on but you get the point. It is a very simple principal in reciprocal truth.

And spritual (truth). God wants us to have life and have it more abundantly. Not just more money. Not just more stuff ; but rather more rich experiences in our lives as a whole. Those that start on a good foot and finish on a good note…if they end at all!

So while we are still in “I’m going to do this for 2010” mode…why not consider a more reasonable, realistic approach to this menacing mantra we put ourselves through annually at about this time and ask yourself…

What am I going to FINISH?