Ok, I admit it, the title is a redundancy, in case you picked up on that. Life, by definition, is dynamic. In other words, our life is always full of life, active and moving. Even for the couch potato, the assembly line worker and the elderly in the nursing home. Of course, these are stereotypes, but a stereotype is a stereotype because it is built on the reality of the picture.
So the title "The Dynamic Life" does not necessarily mean the "productive life" or "the positive life", but simply that life is ever changing, never static. As we go through our days, we are doing something, both physically and mentally. We are either growing and improving or growing and diminishing. There is no such thing as a static human being.
So the question is, "Which one are you?" In our day and age, there are so many possibilities for growth and improvement. But at the same time, there are so many opportunities for distraction and loss. We can put in our eight hours a day of work and then waste the rest of our time in distractions and entertainments. In this case, we are diminishing, as we are not using the mind and/or body that God has given us. Or we could be using the rest of our time for the improvement of our minds, our bodies or the improvement of others. Granted, there is the fourth option of our efforts going toward the diminishing of others, and unfortunately, this is common.
So where are we at? A slow decline into mediocrity and waste or are we growing and improving. We only have so much time, considering that most of us have to work and sleep, which is 2/3's of our day. What do we do with the other eight hours?
So the title "The Dynamic Life" does not necessarily mean the "productive life" or "the positive life", but simply that life is ever changing, never static. As we go through our days, we are doing something, both physically and mentally. We are either growing and improving or growing and diminishing. There is no such thing as a static human being.
So the question is, "Which one are you?" In our day and age, there are so many possibilities for growth and improvement. But at the same time, there are so many opportunities for distraction and loss. We can put in our eight hours a day of work and then waste the rest of our time in distractions and entertainments. In this case, we are diminishing, as we are not using the mind and/or body that God has given us. Or we could be using the rest of our time for the improvement of our minds, our bodies or the improvement of others. Granted, there is the fourth option of our efforts going toward the diminishing of others, and unfortunately, this is common.
So where are we at? A slow decline into mediocrity and waste or are we growing and improving. We only have so much time, considering that most of us have to work and sleep, which is 2/3's of our day. What do we do with the other eight hours?
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