We all have our lists – internal or plainly spelled out on the fridge. The question is how we use those lists.
Last week I started two lists, one for time management and one for weight management.
The lists just listed what I did each day. The lists monitored my moves and recorded them well. The lists also slipped into becoming my magistrate.
When we are young we are trained to follow the tracks of our mentors and teachers. The lists are the school teachers’ means of helping us to be free in our environment. They monitor our progress.
Too often the list ends up being the magistrate. If all we see is failure, we are of all people the most miserable. All we need is someone or some touch point to be provided that will erase the failure. Then we continue in learning the list, but with freedom.
As we grow up in life, the lists become our monitors and not our magistrates. Having experienced the constant and consistent forgiveness from our loving parents or from those in authority over us, we now move ahead looking to find the best way to experience an abundant life.
OK, I’m trying to understand more thoroughly a book I’m reading called “Romans”. This is a classic read and always seems to bring up new thoughts.
Let’s see where our thoughts go from here.