Proverbs 20:29 'The glory of young men is their strength.'
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 'Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that won't last but we do it to get a crown that will.'
2005 Time magazine coined the term 'Kidults' to refer to adolescents in their mid to late twenties and beyond. These are full grown men and women who still live with their parents, who dress and talk and party like they did when they were in their teen years, hopping from job to job, date to date, having fun but seemingly going nowhere.
Diving boards have a sweet spot. Hit it and it will propel you into the pool effortlessley. The trouble is too many of us think we're sitting by the poolside relaxing, waiting until we reach some magic age that will propel us, waiting until something to change us. We are in fact on the diving board and our future is fast becoming our present.
J.C Ryle, Thoughts for Young Men 'Youth is the seed-time of full age, the molding season in the little space of human life, the turning-point in the history of man's mind.
It has been said of George Washington that he 'became the man he strove to be.' The trouble is that very few of us strive to be anything very much.
FIVE HARD THINGS:
1) Things that are outside your comfort zone.
2) Things that go beyond what is expected or required.
3) Things that are too big to accomplish alone.
4) Things that don't earn an immediate payoff.
5) Things that challenge the cultural norm.
