I LOVE THIS BOOK!! As Nancy mentioned in our class last week, I believe this book puts into words common sense ways of effective/fruitful/positive living that many people discover by trial and error, or never find at all. After reading this book I have asked myself "self, have you been living an effective life?"...haha, the answer was a resounding YES! but also, not completely.
I believe I have been good at living a "principal-centered" life as discussed in Habit 2: beginning with the end in mind. The funeral visual that Covey asks us to ponder helped me realize that in MOST ways and on MOST days I am living a life from my principals. I am definitely not money-centered (or I wouldn't be a musician!), I am definitely not enemy, friend or pleasure centered. MOST days I live a life doing and behaving from my principals. I try to use my gifts because I believe to whom much is given, much is required. I try to love unconditionally whether my political, spiritual, or other views are the same as yours. I try to be giving, loving, encouraging, loyal....all the things I would want spoken of me at my funeral. On my worst days, I worry about money or tie my emotional well-being to my husband's, but on my best days I believe I live a principal-centered life. This reminds me of a song we had sung at our wedding and that I lead in worship (now, you must understand I am relating based on my paradigm of being a Christian worship leader!). The song is called Center, by Charlie Hall:
Oh Christ, be the center of our lives
Be the place we fix our eyes
Be the center of our lives
You're the center of the universe
Everything was made in You, Jesus
Breath of every living thing
Everyone was made for You
You hold everything together
You hold everything together
We lift our eyes to Heaven
We wrap our lives around Your life
We lift our eyes to Heaven, to You
More reflections on another Habit will follow.....
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