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Risk

08/19/09

On page 127 on Andy Stanley’s book “Visioneering”he writes: “There is always risk. There is always sacrifice. But it is an individual’s willingness to break through the barriers imposed by risk and sacrifice that positions him or her to see what could become a reality. He who shrinks back from the challenge spends his life wondering.”

That last line “He who shrinks back from the challenge spends his life wondering” is a haunting thought. Spending life “wondering” seems like a miserable existence. We all have “what if” moments in our lives… that’s probably normal and natural, but if our life is characterized by “wondering, what if” we are in trouble.

It occurs to me that the trick is to get a sense of what is really important – important enough to risk and sacrifice. There is nothing heroic in risking and sacrificing for the trivial things (money, “toys”, hobbies, etc.). But when we figure out the one or two things that are of most importance to us, challenges should not keep us from attempting “to see what could become a reality”. The alternative is to spend our lives unfulfilled and constantly “wondering, what if”.

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