Things we want in the long term are difficult, which generally means we give up before we start. Sadly, things we know we should avoid are so easy. You know, sleep in, no exercise, couch potato. Booze and laziness. Wasting time in dating relationships or video games. And taking no action for things we complain about. It’s so easy. And at the moment, it may be temporarily satisfying. You feel less accomplished the following day; you may even feel worse. You might be upset about breaking your I diet the 3rd time this week and/or nursing a hangover while wasting another Saturday. If not that, there’s likely something similar.

Or, take a hard look at what you want in life and put in the toil. The work. Better marriage? More career fulfillment? Better parent? Feel closer to God? Better food and exercise habits? Gain knowledge? Yeah, that requires a lot of effort. But dang yo, I used to be real good at the easy things….a life of mediocrity and never really finding out what I was capable of.

Some people live their entire life without ever knowing, yet they still had dreams and aspirations. The shouldda, couldda, wouldda. My biggest regrets are’t what I’ve done wrong. My savior forgave me and continues to do so. I had to forgive myself so I could move forward and not dwell on those failures. I do regret and will continue to regret inaction. Not taking action when I have goals, dreams, obligations, ideas or when I feel led by God. Inaction taken when I knew it would make things better, tomorrow and beyond….and wasting time doing something easy while feeling the same tomorrow, the next day and beyond. I had to quit avoiding toil.

Go get it.