Falling Up?

Today I am taking the role of a motivation writer but this writer is actually writing to himself and not to others. In physics there is a quantity call entropy. The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy always increases with a system. To put it more commonly, amount of disorder in a system increases unless there is energy put into the system. That is, the natural path is toward disorder. We can all see this everyday life by just looking around our room; the natural path is towards disorder. Applied to life, I notice that my natural path is not toward knowledge and improvement. Even at my advanced age I feel there is room for improvement. Therefore I need to be more intentional about these matters. I am involved in my work at Rockwell, Chinese language, Bible study. Not satisfied with mediocrity, I need to be more intentional about rising above the ordinary. The natural path will not get me there. I need to look for the time-wasters in life and use that valuable time wisely. I need to carefully read one technical article each day to expand my knowledge at work. I need to be disciplined to read 30 minutes a day from my Chinese elementary reader. I need to be more purposeful in Bible study. All these sound like New Year's resolutions which no one can keep therefore I put it in writing to remind myself. I know this, I won't drift into excellence.

Whatever our desires, maybe we should all reflect on being more intentional and avoid drifting into mediocrity. I know if I drop a stone, the natural path is to fall down. I have decided to fall up.