Easy or Important?

What makes it so difficult to get the important things in life done? It seems like there is always time for the not so important things. It's just the important things that seem tough to make happen. I mean think about it. We don't seem to "prioritize" the not so important things in order to make them happen. It's just the important things we have to put into a different category altogether in order to, what? Get them done? Maybe that's it. Maybe we set ourselves up to not get the important things done by putting too much pressure on the entire situation.

Or, is it because the important things are just harder to do? Are we back to the avoidance thing again? Are we avoiding the "pain" of the more important things we need to get done in our lives?  The less important things are just easier so they seem to sneak into our lives and take a priority presence of their own. Do we just naturally migrate toward the easier things and put off the more difficult?

There is another possibility. Do the more important things carry more "risk", so we are afraid to engage that which we can't control? If we make the call or make the contact and things go wrong or we get rejected, then what? Things can change quickly. There is that "c" word again. So, maybe it is fear. It is just safer to work at getting ready to get ready to do the important things which is a great way to avoid doing them and then wait to be saved by the not so important things.

In short, I'm not sure what it is that keeps us from getting the important things in life done. I just know there is a war on in our lives. It is a war between getting the things done that we need to get done and getting the things done that we want to get done. It is war that rages in both our personal and professional lives. As I am reflecting to you, I have calls that I know need to be made. Why am I not making them and why have I not made them? I need to exercise. Why have I not already gotten it done? Not enought time? That is a lie. I have simply chosen to do other, easier, not so important things.

The bottom line is this. We cannot afford to lose this war. There is too much at stake. Life is too important. If the easy wins over the important, then we ultimately find ourselves in bondage. Bondage can come in health packages, in financial shortages, in relationship miseries, and in spiritual confusion.

The answer is to get the important things done first. It is the easiest way to live. It is the safest way to live. And, ultimately, it is the way to freedom. Save the easiest for last. There will always be time for easy. Do it on purpose!