DO LATER, NOW

Do now how you’d feel about it later.

If you’d feel bad about it later- then don’t do it now.

If you’ll feel happily worn out and satisfied later- then do that!

We get so caught up in how we feel in the moment that we neglect the eventual.

The best part is, the eventual is where we will eventually live (see how I did that?)

So, build the house now that you want to live in later.

Map out the repercussions now and you won’t feel lost when you get there…

Because, well, you won’t end up there- you’ll detour to the higher ground.

Afraid something you’ll say will hurt feelings later once it gets back to them?

Then say it to them now and save yourself some time. Either way you’re going to hurt them. 

Wait a second! That’s terrible advice!

Is it? If you’re so concerned with hurting them, then don’t.

Find the words to say it another way.

Speak the truth, but do that thing we so often decide to leave out—love!

But the singers say love hurts, it stinks, it caused me to lie.

Hard to digest, but 1 Peter (take that 2 Peter- winning!) says something about love too.

He says it covers a multitude of sins.

You feel intensely about something? Feel intense about love!

It’s all about perspective they say, and this time around, they are actually right.

I won’t suppose that it’s easy.

I won’t presume that it’s always feels good.

But I will propose that it’s right and enduringly noble.

I can’t say it’s something I’ve nailed down

I can’t say it’s something that’s become as elementary as breathing.

But, it has indeed become a worthy everyday challenge.

They (again, here they are) say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The thought is that we are in an ever state of good will without the “to men” part.

We expect it, demand it for ourselves but the thought of reciprocation is absent.

So, let us rebel against our selves, our self wills.

Let us do later now. Let us live the truth and walk out our truths in love.