3 🔑 To Develop A Healthy Attitude
Developed from 2 Timothy 2:1-7
(1) Attitude of a Solider
The best soldier is an undistracted soldier. If a Marine is in combat and thinking about what’s going on back at base, what’s for dinner that night, or longing for a cold shower and a nap when he’s finished, it’s not going to end well.
He isn’t present. He’s distracted.
To have an attitude of a soldier is to be present. Most people say not to worry about what’s next and that’s true. However, I catch myself not worry about what’s next, but just thinking about it. I will spend time thinking about the next thing on the calendar or the next to do, and completely miss what is happening right in front of me. Be present and not distracted by other things.
(2) Attitude of an Athlete
Every athlete in every sport is subject to the rules of their sport. A 800 meter track star can’t begin the race knowing she must complete 2 laps around the track, but after the first one, calls it quits and expects to win cause she was in first when she decided to stop. No!
To receive the medal she must push through the second lap, the pain, the mental fatigue, and cross the finish line.
We can’t start making or shifting rules to work in our favor. That doesn’t work. We can’t start quitting when it gets alittle hard. That doesn’t work. We can’t stop starting things because we can’t see how it’s going to end. That doesn’t work. We must preserver.
(3) Attitude of a Farmer
Name a true farmer that isn’t a hard worker. I’ll wait. The words farmer and lazy just don’t go together. I see them as antonyms. They are complete opposites.
I notice in my life, when I begin to stress, overthink, worry, or just simply think about other things, it’s because I’ve stopped working toward the mission before me.
There is no room for these things when you’re hard at work. A farmer could spend month caring for the soil before he even plants a seed. A farmer could spend month watering the dirt because the seeds hasn’t spouted yet. A farmer could spend month watering his crop because it’s not ripe. Being a farmer is less about the results and more about the hard work when there is no evidence of results.
I like to say, being a hard worker is more than getting results. Being a hard worker is working even when you don’t see the results.
(1) Attitude of a Solider
The best soldier is an undistracted soldier. If a Marine is in combat and thinking about what’s going on back at base, what’s for dinner that night, or longing for a cold shower and a nap when he’s finished, it’s not going to end well.
He isn’t present. He’s distracted.
To have an attitude of a soldier is to be present. Most people say not to worry about what’s next and that’s true. However, I catch myself not worry about what’s next, but just thinking about it. I will spend time thinking about the next thing on the calendar or the next to do, and completely miss what is happening right in front of me. Be present and not distracted by other things.
(2) Attitude of an Athlete
Every athlete in every sport is subject to the rules of their sport. A 800 meter track star can’t begin the race knowing she must complete 2 laps around the track, but after the first one, calls it quits and expects to win cause she was in first when she decided to stop. No!
To receive the medal she must push through the second lap, the pain, the mental fatigue, and cross the finish line.
We can’t start making or shifting rules to work in our favor. That doesn’t work. We can’t start quitting when it gets alittle hard. That doesn’t work. We can’t stop starting things because we can’t see how it’s going to end. That doesn’t work. We must preserver.
(3) Attitude of a Farmer
Name a true farmer that isn’t a hard worker. I’ll wait. The words farmer and lazy just don’t go together. I see them as antonyms. They are complete opposites.
I notice in my life, when I begin to stress, overthink, worry, or just simply think about other things, it’s because I’ve stopped working toward the mission before me.
There is no room for these things when you’re hard at work. A farmer could spend month caring for the soil before he even plants a seed. A farmer could spend month watering the dirt because the seeds hasn’t spouted yet. A farmer could spend month watering his crop because it’s not ripe. Being a farmer is less about the results and more about the hard work when there is no evidence of results.
I like to say, being a hard worker is more than getting results. Being a hard worker is working even when you don’t see the results.
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