Millions of us meet
every Friday in the Nation’s airports.
What takes place from the moment you enter is a picture of what is
occurring daily in our lives…how easily we can miss really living.
Edgy Impatience
The airports are packed with people...rushing to get in…rushing from point to point….rushing to get out…young and old...pulling more baggage than they need....walking as fast as they can…worried…tensed…stressed. The air is thick with discontent…edgy impatience… as they wait in lines…lots of lines…lines at security ,restaurants, bathrooms, luggage, departure gates…everyone with an attitude just pouring from them of “I shouldn't have to be in this line…I am in a hurry…I have more important things to do.” It is as though they show up every week and go through the same surprise and disappointment that other people are also traveling. “Oh noooo! There is a line!” And they relive the same frustration over and over.
The airports are packed with people...rushing to get in…rushing from point to point….rushing to get out…young and old...pulling more baggage than they need....walking as fast as they can…worried…tensed…stressed. The air is thick with discontent…edgy impatience… as they wait in lines…lots of lines…lines at security ,restaurants, bathrooms, luggage, departure gates…everyone with an attitude just pouring from them of “I shouldn't have to be in this line…I am in a hurry…I have more important things to do.” It is as though they show up every week and go through the same surprise and disappointment that other people are also traveling. “Oh noooo! There is a line!” And they relive the same frustration over and over.
Life On Hold
I see people traveling together that are griping at each other...tense angry faces…biting words. What started out as vacation became…travel…a task to get done. Fun, experiencing life together, is on hold until we get where we are going.
I see people traveling together that are griping at each other...tense angry faces…biting words. What started out as vacation became…travel…a task to get done. Fun, experiencing life together, is on hold until we get where we are going.
A Rush of Discontent
As I walk through the airport I hear conversation after conversation…people telling of how they have been wronged or how messed up their company policies are…how others are getting away with something…how somebody intentionally hurt them. Add to that, there seems to always be that person, talking really loud, telling how they heroically came back with a zinger one line that set everyone straight.
As I walk through the airport I hear conversation after conversation…people telling of how they have been wronged or how messed up their company policies are…how others are getting away with something…how somebody intentionally hurt them. Add to that, there seems to always be that person, talking really loud, telling how they heroically came back with a zinger one line that set everyone straight.
As I continue I hear many that seem to be experts. They know what every politician should be doing…how to handle every issue facing
our country... and many are experts on every sports team in America... they
know what every player, coach, or owner should be doing in order to be
successful...Most of the conversation is negative… It's all a rush of discontentment.
Life Is Too Short
This was not just last Friday…it’s every Friday…life is too short for this .I can’t help wishing everyone would just relax and stroll through the airport at a pace that makes sense. However, if you do slow down you will make a lot of people even more tense. Sometimes they will push past you with an air of importance and urgency…they really need to get somewhere. Then you arrive at your gate 45 minutes early only to find them standing there…staring at the gate….anxiously and miserably awaiting boarding time.
This was not just last Friday…it’s every Friday…life is too short for this .I can’t help wishing everyone would just relax and stroll through the airport at a pace that makes sense. However, if you do slow down you will make a lot of people even more tense. Sometimes they will push past you with an air of importance and urgency…they really need to get somewhere. Then you arrive at your gate 45 minutes early only to find them standing there…staring at the gate….anxiously and miserably awaiting boarding time.
Habits That Serve No Real Purpose
Are 90% of the people rushing through our nation’s airports or impatiently waiting in our city traffic truly late to get somewhere? Is it just a habit? Is it just a mentality that we automatically slip into? Are these habits and mentalities showing up in a lot of places in our lives? Are we rushing out of habit when we are not even late? Are we experiencing anxiety and discontentment because everyone else is?
Are 90% of the people rushing through our nation’s airports or impatiently waiting in our city traffic truly late to get somewhere? Is it just a habit? Is it just a mentality that we automatically slip into? Are these habits and mentalities showing up in a lot of places in our lives? Are we rushing out of habit when we are not even late? Are we experiencing anxiety and discontentment because everyone else is?
Have we developed habits that serve no real purpose…like rushing through
airports when we are not late… or wasting time in meaningless conversations that
have no real value?
A Habit of Patience and Peace,
What if? What if we just slowed down…became courteous…said nice things about the people in our world, who by the way, are just trying to survive the day…just like us. What if I developed a habit of
What if? What if we just slowed down…became courteous…said nice things about the people in our world, who by the way, are just trying to survive the day…just like us. What if I developed a habit of
The Rare Moment
The Bible says “think
on these things...whatever is good... whatever is praiseworthy...”
That sounds great but where are the people that know that and practice this kind of mental discipline? They are the ones that provide for us the rare moment…the rare experience. They are smiling while waiting in line, they are courteous and let us go before them, their words are encouraging, even gentle.
That sounds great but where are the people that know that and practice this kind of mental discipline? They are the ones that provide for us the rare moment…the rare experience. They are smiling while waiting in line, they are courteous and let us go before them, their words are encouraging, even gentle.
We Determine Our Days
Life is difficult... We decide its realities...we determine our days. Don't waste one….not a moment….not at an airport, not in traffic and not at dinner with your family.
Life is difficult... We decide its realities...we determine our days. Don't waste one….not a moment….not at an airport, not in traffic and not at dinner with your family.
Live
Enjoy life...hug more...call more... share more pics...enjoy being together...love what you do or find something you love...make today count...tomorrow is not guaranteed....live, be happy, enjoy things, love people...laugh with somebody...cry with somebody...make someone's day...pray…be someone's answer to prayer...don't give up...don't ever give up.
Enjoy life...hug more...call more... share more pics...enjoy being together...love what you do or find something you love...make today count...tomorrow is not guaranteed....live, be happy, enjoy things, love people...laugh with somebody...cry with somebody...make someone's day...pray…be someone's answer to prayer...don't give up...don't ever give up.
God loves you...He is the God of
the improbable inviting you to experience the impossible.
Be...Do...Live
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