Ever remember trying something new? I remember trying to ride a bike for the first time. Man, I was a little less than awful. I also remember trying to teach Sunday school for the first time. I have probably shared this story but it shows how things can go.
I had prepared for a couple of weeks, and had enough notes and materials to last for, what should have been, three days; the class was forty-five minutes. So, I was pretty confident that I was going to blow them away. Class starts, I begin to "teach" (here, I use the term very loosely), and, fifteen minutes into the forty-five minute class, I have used up everything I had prepared. It was not good.
Today's word is a quote from Aristotle and I tag line from me, which says, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Develop excellent habits.
People so often continue doing the same stupid stuff and expect things to get better. Listen, if you do stupid stuff, expect stupid results. If you wait until the last minute to prepare for something, don't be surprised when your idea comes out half-baked. If you will develop excellent habits, you will never be perfect, but you will get better.
I have gotten a little better at trying to teach. While it is still painful for those listening, I can at least make it the entire forty-five minutes. I think that has much more to do with GOD giving me the gift of gab, and them having the gift of patience, than my teaching ability. However, the point is true, develop excellent habits, you'll be surprised at how much better things get. Unless, of course, you're the one having to listen to me.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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