Have
You Missed Your
Divine Appointment?
Dear
Associate,
It
was a gorgeous Sunday drive to La Jolla. You couldn't have
asked for a nicer morning. The sun was beaming, the birds
singing, and the beach was dotted with surfers, sightseers,
and sun worshippers.
I
was a first-time visitor at a church service. The congregants
were attentive, the message uplifting, and the choir radiated
with joy. And toward the end of the service, we stood for
the doxology.
As
I prepared to leave, I noticed something small and dark underneath
the pew in front. It was a checkbook with a driver's license
and credit card stuffed inside. The lady in front didn't drop
it, and the people behind directed me to the admin office.
They
had never seen me before, yet they didn't think twice about
me with someone's private information. I made my way to the
office and turned it in to the staff.
Pretty
rudimentary, right?
Maybe.
Maybe
not...
Because
I believe I was there by Divine Appointment. Similar to being
the Chosen One. Someone hand-picked to perform a certain task.
Some
of you are scratching your head—so let's review the facts:
1)
It was my first and only visit to that church.
2)
Being late, I had to sit where there was an opening.
3)
No one else picked up the checkbook or volunteered to turn
it in.
It
was my task to see it through from beginning to end. Without
any assistance. It even felt as if I was being tested.
And
just as Luke Skywalker was the Chosen One to bring balance
to the Force: How about you? Have you been chosen to participate
in your Divine Appointment?
Are
you supposed to fight the forces of evil without any weapon
except your wit?
Are
you supposed to raise five hungry children by yourself when
you've lost your job?
Or
are you supposed to become a filthy rich philanthropist but
you can't even qualify for a loan?
And
after realizing how imposing your Divine Appointment may appear,
do you pack your bags and run the other direction? Hoping
never to attempt this difficult task. Quickly excusing yourself
by thinking others are more qualified or more deserving than
you.
History
records the story of a man who didn't like his Divine Appointment
in the city of Nineveh. He bought a ticket to sail away in
the opposite direction. Didn't work.
It
seems he got tangled in a storm, was thrown overboard, and
was delivered to Nineveh. There he finished his task, but
his heart was nowhere to be found.
What
about you?
Have
you been chosen to do something monumental? Something grand?
Or maybe something more common and less newsworthy?
Maybe
you're already in the trenches and it's becoming rather difficult.
Time-consuming. Instead of praises—you get complaints.
And instead of moving forward: you idle, or drift backwards.
Maybe
you want to pass the torch to someone else. The Caribbean
Cruise looks a lot nicer right about now. And tickets go on
sale soon.
Who
would know if you'd quit? Who would care? You could train
someone more capable to replace you.
Well,
I beg to differ...
When
you reach the sunset of your life—you'd know. All of
a sudden—you'd care. You'd start asking those "What
if..." questions.
"What
if I had stayed with my wife?"
"What if I had never cheated on my taxes?"
"What if I had gone to that seminar?"
"What if I had written that book?"
"What if I didn't retire early?"
You
can't replay those moments again. Once they're gone—they're
gone. So it's vitally important to live in today's moment
and find out if you haven't missed your Divine Appointment.
And if you did, to figure out how to get back on course.
But
don't neglect the smaller appointments either...
Do
you have special tasks you knew you should have performed?
Were you supposed to walk the little old lady across the street,
but didn't? Were you supposed to hold the door open for strangers,
but wouldn't? Are you supposed to spend more time with your
kids, but haven't?
Your
smaller appointments show the world what you're made of. The
stuff inside. The things that attract or repel the right people.
The difference between doing well... and not so well.
The
smaller appointments open your eyes to see the larger ones.
Because if you dismiss those, you've already dismissed your
Divine Appointment.
In
retrospect, please ask yourself...
If
you were shown your Divine Appointment - something you knew
you were chosen to fulfill - would you begin your mission?
Would you start, and then quit when it got a little too hot?
Or worse, would you dismiss it and never start?
Ponder
those thoughts, and until our next appointment you have my...
Rich
blessings,
Tommy
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