Morning Reflections- Give Your All
Oct 27th, 2008 | Author: admin | Category: Fly Perspectives
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It’s 3:30 in the morning, and before I pack my bags and head to the airport for my flight back to Atlanta, I wanted to share my morning reflections with you. For the past few weeks, I’ve been unhappy with the overall direction and tone of this column. In my opinion, the quality of my recent content has been lacking the very thing that drew you to the Fly Guy Chronicles in the first place. My heart. I got so wrapped up in the next phase of the Fly Guy that I began to ignore the very core of who I was and what this column was all about. So I would hastily write pieces, and throw up a “Fly Question of the Day,” and let the chips fall where they may. And while the conversations that you engaged in were spirited, I personally walked away each day feeling empty.
So this morning, as I said my morning prayers, thanking God for allowing me to see another day, I began to ask Him for answers to why this was happening. This is what He placed on my heart.
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
Then it hit me. I wasn’t receiving the same blessings from my column, because I wasn’t pouring 100 percent of heart and soul into it anymore. My entire focus had shifted to the completion of my book, and securing a deal for my television show, leaving this column as an afterthought. And as I began to invest less and less time into pouring into our daily interactions, in return, I began to feel increasingly less fulfilled.
The point in me sharing this is that the same parallel can be drawn to your relationships. When you get comfortable with the person that you’re with, it’s easy to take them for granted, and focus your attention on things that you perceive to be more pressing. The danger in that is a real possibility that you can wake up one day with the same feelings that I was experiencing with this column. You’ll find yourself looking at the other person wondering why you aren’t as happy as used to be. And while you search for answers, oftentimes by dissecting the flaws in them, you lose sight of the true source of your unhappiness: a decrease in your investment. Much like me, once you begin to invest less, time, energy, care, and patience into your relationship, your return will be markedly less.
The Fly Guy Moral- From my position, I want to apologize for not giving as much of me, as I normally do. And I promise that from here on out, every word that I utter will be dripping with the fullness of my heart. In return, I would ask that you take this lesson, and apply it to your own love lives. Never take the other person for granted, and never stop giving your all. Good and bad days are sure to come when attempting to love someone, but if you give your all, not once will you ever feel like you cheated yourself in the process. They may fall short of the mark, and that’s ok. But I promise that it will be that much easier to sleep at night, when you know that you have given all that you possibly can. That’s all any of us can ever do.
Well I’m off to the airport. But I couldn’t leave without first sharing those personal reflections with you. Enjoy your day.
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