Ever wonder if any of this matters....

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP the alarm rudely jolts me back into reality.

Time to get up; I've got things to do. I have places to go, people to talk to, projects to finish, others to start. Enough of that dream world, I have more important things to do.

Do you ever wonder what you are doing, why are you doing this, what is the value? I get a call from my boss, "Hey, we really need you to pick up this project, It's very important". Is it? Really, tell me is it really important? What's going to happen if I don't do that project, what’s going to happen if I don't go to work today? What's going to happen if I quit my job, if I back out of the social activities, if I don't hit the trail today? Really, what will happen?

Maybe I will spend more time with my spouse, love a little more on my kids? Maybe, just maybe, I will be able to focus on what God wants me to do instead of what I want to do. Really, does any of this matter?

Ok, I am not saying that we all need to quit our jobs or to stop doing the things that we fill our time with, but maybe we need to put it in perspective. At the end of the day, what have we accomplished? We all know that one day leads to the next, and very quickly they flow into weeks, months and years. Before you know it, a whole lifetime has passed. What did you do with your time on earth?

When you think of the really great people, the people that made a difference in the world do you ever wonder how or why they did it? I am not talking about the famous actor, the gifted writer, the leader of a country. I am talking about people that changed the world, not just for themselves, not just for their immediate followers, but for the world. I am talking about people that from their graves are still changing people, still transforming the world. There are very few people that have ever walked the face of the earth with that kind of greatness.

There is of course the obvious, Jesus. He changed people while he was on the earth and continues to change people today. But really, would you expect anything less from the son of God? As great as he was, that's not who I am talking about. I am talking about ordinary people, born of ordinary circumstances. I am talking about people that gave up everything they had, that walked the earth with barely more than the clothes on their back and the shoes on their feet and some how managed to transcend the Neiman-Marcus suit that we put on today. I am talking about the person that was able to change the world with an idea, with an action, with words.

Do you ever wonder why you haven't done that? Do you? Sometimes I wonder too.

Well, enough about that, I have to go pour myself a cup of designer coffee and enjoy a Bran muffin while I catch up on the breaking news and plan my day out. I have things to do.