The second half

I continue to embrace the ageing/ dying stuff at the moment. This week I have read and been thinking about the book, ‘Half Time – Changing your Game Plan from Success to Significance’, by Bob Buford. It’s basically a book about reassessing what is important in your life mid-stream. I am a bit past the mid-stream to be honest and I have definitely been reassessing for some years, but this is how it made me think.

I liked this quote:

‘The demands of life and the nature of youth together make it very difficult to understand the biblical truth that in order to appreciate the magnitude of your individual significance, you must also understand and accept how small you are. While the first half is all about gaining, which sometimes results in loss, the second half is more about releasing and relinquishing, which usually results in strength. You do not see that clearly when you are 26 years old.’

The book gets you to ask yourself questions. Some are standard and obvious. Others have a little twist.

Peter Drucker says that two important needs are self-realisation and community. He asks how you are doing in these areas.

You are invited to put one priority in a box which is to become your life focus.

What is my one thing?

What have I been given and what have I done with it?

If your life were absolutely perfect how would it look for you?

Am I missing anything in my life that’s important to me?

What am I passionate about?

Who am I?

What do I value?

What do I want to be doing in 10 years?

What gifts has God given me that have been perfected over time?

Gifts I am unable to use?

What would I be willing to die for?

What is it about my job that makes me feel trapped?

 

My answers are not complete at the moment. I made some notes, but they are still a work in progress.