Jeffrey R. Holland says: "The best things in your lives are worth finishing!" This is so true. The best things are worth finishing. This is a little bit in contrast to the book I just finished called The Dip by Seth Godin. He says it is good to be a quitter. I agree with both. Here is why:
In order to be the best at what you do you must be a quitter. I know, I know that is not what you or I were ever taught growing up. We were all told "Quitters never win and winners never quit.". This morning my 12 year old son and I were talking about how the dip applies to him. What I told him was that while he is at school he needs to try out different things and expose himself to different subjects to see what he really likes doing. When he sees that something doesn't suit him then quit! Take Spanish but if he doesn't like it after trying his very best then quit after one semester. You will quit a lot of things by the time you find what you really love!
The best things in life are worth finishing! Your education is worth finishing! Your goal to be the best piano player or violinist or artist or football player or fill in the blank! These things are worth finishing. In the process of finishing you have to quit a lot of things.
I also appreciated a video I watched this week. The man (I don't know his name) said if you involve the Lord you will see him do great things! This is speaking in business but it really is in everything in your life. If you involve the Lord in your business he will do things you never thought possible. Also don't underestimate yourself! You can achieve goals. You can achieve huge goals, especially when you include the Lord. People will laugh at you but you can still do it!
So the lesson this week is involve the Lord in all things, quit a lot of things before you find what you want to be the best in and finish the best things in your life!
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