Lots to learn from how we live our daily lives
- Kyle Snyder: Live on Purpose
- October 16, 2022
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“Your life story is a gift and should be treated a such.” —Emily V. Gordon
Recently, my wife Stacey and I went to Wooster the back way. We love driving on back country roads, just taking in all the beautiful sights of nature God gave to us. I was looking around to see if any leaves changed their color, when my eye landed on the sign in front of Gospel Haven Church. I must confess I didn’t have time to read the whole sign, but it said something about “the lessons we teach by living our life.” It hit me — what a good subject to write about.
I also went back to the day before, as we laid my great-uncle to rest next to his beloved wife of over six decades. The minister who did the service talked about how my great-uncle was a man of few words, but he showed his love through his actions. He loved people, and everyone loved him. He would always talk to people if he wasn’t in a rush. He was the kind of man I want to grow up to be like.
Like it or not, our lives are like a movie playing on the big screen that is life itself — out in full view for the whole world to watch. Some of my favorite movies have life lessons in the plot: hope, faith, love, and facing the odds and coming out on top. A really great movie will have all of those and then some.
Our lives are no different. Everyone is telling a story in how they live. We can choose if it is going to be a hit or a flop; it’s really up to us. Are we going to be the hero or villain? Are we going to save the day or just stand by while people are suffering? I know the idea of having people watching us is a very scary one. Life is no fun under the microscope. However, that is just what happens in the course of a lifetime. Some people think they are smooth. They put on a big show for everyone, but one little mistake can unwind their fake, little world. Nobody ends up being fooled by them but themselves.
We all should try to live a life we admire the most, not living someone else’s life but trying to obtain a quality we would love to have for ourselves. If we like when people listen, we should work on listening in our own life. We should always be ourselves, but everyone has areas they need to work on.
Many people love helping others but don’t have enough time. We may have to just find time to make a phone call or pop in to see if our friends need something or just to talk. It doesn’t have to be big. All the little things add up to something great in the end.