Took a good look in the mirror this week.  I’d like to say it was a “good, long, hard look”  but it was more of a glance.  I more than winced at what I saw.  It’s always like that.  When we see ourselves clearly, even for a moment – we don’t like to keep looking.

Self-awareness is painful at times. The “who I really am” clashes with the “who I thought I was” and it leaves a mess.

But – there is a but – the more you awaken yourself to the true reality of who you are – you can learn to process it in a much more healthy way.

Sadly thought – too many of us get a glimpse of truth – and we never return because of the pain.

I was describing this to Dwight this week, and he said this – “I guess that’s why they call them growing pains”.  He’s right.

For me it comes down to this – I’d rather deal with the pain of learning about myself, than the embarrassment of learning this stuff when it’s too late.

I’m a dad – a husband – a teammate – a teacher – and too many people are intertwined with me and my life to let them down.

So I’ll probably keep looking in that mirror – but maybe not every day.  Not yet at least

It starts young.  Check this out:

This may seem crazy – but to build something that lasts, or make something stick – it takes time and an emphasis on getting an early start.

Read Deuteronomy 6.

Truth is Truth. Principles don’t change based on application or context.  They are simply always true.

Came across this as I was cleaning out an inbox on my desk . . .

The world, I thought, belonged to me

Goods, gold and, people, land and sea

Where’er I walked beneath God’s sky.

In those old days, my word was “I.”

Years passed: there flashed my pathway near

The fragment of a vision dear;

My former word no more sufficed,

And what I said was – “I and Christ.”

But, O, the more I looked on Him

His glory grew, while mine grew dim;

I shrank so small, He towered so high,

All I dared say was – “Christ and I.”

Years more the vision held its place

And looked me steadily in the face;

I speak now in a humbler tone,

And what I say is – “Christ alone.”