Do More Than Show Up... Be there.

Do More Than Show Up... Be There.

I have heard it said that 'half the battle is just showing up'. If this is true, then it seems that most people give up half way through the battle.


I find myself drowning in a society where people look at their phones rather than make eye contact, and where being 'at your job' between the time you clock in and the time you clock out is consider work.

One of my favorite quotes by Jim Elliot is:


"Wherever you are, be all there."


I find myself every day encountering for myself and also hearing stories of people that are living only 1/3rd of their life.


There are 168 hrs in a week and the average person spends 40 of these hours working and 56 of them sleeping. With 96 hours of your week spent, most people only have aprx. 72 hrs left. This isn't even counting people's mundane commute back and forth to work, eating food, exercising, taking classes etc. But those few hours seem to be the only time that people really consider to be 'theirs' to enjoy and live in.


Why not live in every moment of your day?


Instead of trying to work with a foggy brain, only to find yourself too exhausted at the end of the day to 'enjoy your time' after work, why not enjoy it from the start? So, maybe you don't enjoy your occupation... is that going to rule your attitude about everything? Does the person in the cubical next to you really have the control over you to ruin your entire day?

Wake up. Take a cold shower. Live.

Everyone has a choice on how they are going to spend their life. They can either fully engage in the meat of the day, or they can keep floating... floating... floating... always waiting for their day to start.


I'm sure no famous character in history ever became who they were by punching in and out on a time card. Whatever they set their hand to, they gripped and held on to.


Be someone great. Care about everything you touch no mater how insignificant it may seem.


Don't just show up. Be there.