Definition - #301 - #12 – How much energy do I have in a lifetime?

“Suppose I run out of energy?”

First, a story……

Suppose all of your energy were grains of sand and you had them stored in a locked closet on the second floor. You had the key to that closet on your belt. Next to the closet was an open window and below the window sill was a teaspoon, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow.

All I ask is that you know which utensil you are going to use when you unlock the closet door and begin to throw the sand out of the window. Remember, this sand is irreplaceable. It is all the sand you’ll ever have in your lifetime!

Be sure you know how much energy you’re going to throw out the window. Don’t, in haste, grab a shovel when you might have taken a teaspoonful. If you’re going to fill the wheelbarrow, make sure it’s worth it. After all, you can’t replace it.

And sometime, when you’re wise, you might consider whether or not to even open up the closet!

And sometime, when you’re really wiser, you might not even go upstairs!!!

How often have you wasted your energy over something that was really insignificant?
Have you even considered that you have a limited supply of energy in your life?
Have you ever considered that there is something you can do about it?
Have you ever considered using a teaspoon instead of a shovel, or at worst, a wheelbarrow?
What would it take to consider not opening the closet at all, not wasting your energy?

What would it take to consider not even going upstairs?

Wouldn’t your life be easier if you first considered a “successful alternative”?
Wouldn’t your life have more meaning if you considered a limit to your energy?
Wouldn’t your choices be better? Wouldn’t they be more valuable?

Considering a limit to the energy you have in your lifetime will bring more order, more purpose, more value to you, yourself.

“Is there a successful alternative”?