Our family ushers in June with optimistic trepidation mixed with joy. The optimistic tr
epidation is in regard to the surgery Eileen will have and the cancer status tests I will have. It’s also a joyous time as we engage the June activities of our family and kids.
Our younger son called Saturday beaming with so much positive energy that I thought he had gotten a promotion. But no, he’s still in a hard battle for his job. He’s the one playing professional baseball. For some, our son is someone who plays baseball for the Phillies organization. It’s that for us too. But it is also his job; his source of income. A coach reminded the players the other day that after the draft in a couple of weeks, there will be a bunch of new guys who will have jobs. Let’s say that in the 50 draft rounds the Phillies select 40 players. That is 40 players who will have new jobs with the Phillies and 40 players who will lose their current jobs with the Phillies. Although our son enjoys his job enormously, one never knows what each day brings. For his part though, he’s not merely trying to keep his job; he’s trying to get the next job up the rung of the ladder!! As could be said, the best way to avoid drowning is not to keep treading water; it’s to swim to shore!!
Too often we just tread water in our jobs, in our family life, and in our faith life. That’s a dangerous way to try to stay afloat, especially in these very trying times in which everything American seems under attack. In our lives, we need to have a vision of where we want to go and then get swimming. We can tread water for only so long. I sometimes wonder if one of the reasons that we have so many emotional maladies is because we spend so much time treading water in our lives, rather than pursuing the dreams and opportunities that so many have sacrificed to give us.
So, as we usher in a new month and close the Memorial Day weekend, I hope we remember those who died to give us the freedoms they held so sacredly, which we should also hold so Divinely sacred. The men and women we honored especially yesterday didn’t die so that we could just tread water, drowning in our miseries. They died so we could have freedom and thus pursue the God-given fruits available to free men and women. It’s time we all get a sink or swim mentality toward our nation, our families, jobs, relationships, and faith life. This is a time to swim, not tread water!!
epidation is in regard to the surgery Eileen will have and the cancer status tests I will have. It’s also a joyous time as we engage the June activities of our family and kids.Our younger son called Saturday beaming with so much positive energy that I thought he had gotten a promotion. But no, he’s still in a hard battle for his job. He’s the one playing professional baseball. For some, our son is someone who plays baseball for the Phillies organization. It’s that for us too. But it is also his job; his source of income. A coach reminded the players the other day that after the draft in a couple of weeks, there will be a bunch of new guys who will have jobs. Let’s say that in the 50 draft rounds the Phillies select 40 players. That is 40 players who will have new jobs with the Phillies and 40 players who will lose their current jobs with the Phillies. Although our son enjoys his job enormously, one never knows what each day brings. For his part though, he’s not merely trying to keep his job; he’s trying to get the next job up the rung of the ladder!! As could be said, the best way to avoid drowning is not to keep treading water; it’s to swim to shore!!
Too often we just tread water in our jobs, in our family life, and in our faith life. That’s a dangerous way to try to stay afloat, especially in these very trying times in which everything American seems under attack. In our lives, we need to have a vision of where we want to go and then get swimming. We can tread water for only so long. I sometimes wonder if one of the reasons that we have so many emotional maladies is because we spend so much time treading water in our lives, rather than pursuing the dreams and opportunities that so many have sacrificed to give us.
So, as we usher in a new month and close the Memorial Day weekend, I hope we remember those who died to give us the freedoms they held so sacredly, which we should also hold so Divinely sacred. The men and women we honored especially yesterday didn’t die so that we could just tread water, drowning in our miseries. They died so we could have freedom and thus pursue the God-given fruits available to free men and women. It’s time we all get a sink or swim mentality toward our nation, our families, jobs, relationships, and faith life. This is a time to swim, not tread water!!
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