One of the things I learned very young was the power of association.  I have always tried to "hang out" with those that have common goals to my own, that uplift and inspire me.

Last night we spent some time with just such a person.  He was talking about doing your "Personal Best".  Now, personal best means different things to different people, since we're all unique.  Someone's personal best might look like someone else's worst day...  you know?

Anyway, he said that he always tries to do his personal best everyday.  That means he goes to God in the morning and commits to doing his personal best, and then in the evening, he reports back to him.  He said that you will know in your heart whether or not you did your personal best - and so does he.  So be honest with yourself, because there is no lying to God.  ;) 

But then he said something that really inspired me.  Because this sounds like a good plan to try, right?  But then he says, "Just think what a wonderful year it will be if you did this back to back everyday?  Pretty soon you'd have a personal best week.  Then a personal best month....  and if you're REALLY good at it, a personal best year."  Now, he wasn't saying that personal best is PREFECTION.  Just that when you are faced with the day to day decisions, CONCIOUSLY make decisions that you feel are the best.  Do things to the best of your ability.  No one expects perfection, but he said if we put forth an honest effort we would see our lives change for the better in ways we couldn't imagine.

Redbeard and I are giving it a go.  It can't hurt to do my "personal best", now can it?

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