Jesus said, “The thief’s purpose is to
steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying
life.” (John 10:10 NLT)
In the story of "Braveheart," Scottish national hero William Wallace declares, “Every
man dies; not every man really lives.”
Wallace was well aware of the difference
between merely existing -- something he witnessed in too many men who failed to
respond to the challenge of a full and engaging life -- and the wonder of
actually living to their full potential. Mediocrity is a sad curse that
threatens to suck the lifeblood from many people, people who might otherwise
pursue lives that actually mean something beyond the day in, day out of
survival.
We all know people who constantly
regress to the unremarkable. We may sometimes be tempted to follow the path
ourselves. It is too easy to fall into patterns of below average, develop a
comfortable rhythm there, and consequently live out our lives without ever
pushing any kind of envelope at all.
-- Derek Maul in “Get Real: A Spiritual Journey for Men”
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