‘It was a calling to something greater than himself, some thing other than himself.’*

‘There is a mission out there greater than yourself.’**

What do you see on the horizon?  If you keep along this path?

Cleverness has never been the problem – we’re all pretty clever.

The problem is wisdom.  Our choices have brought us to a place we couldn’t have imagined, and now? Defeat?

We can change the horizon.

Maybe we can spend a lot of time lamenting our mistakes and trying to undo them, or maybe we can identify something greater than ourselves to live for – and sort out anything we need to about ourselves along the way.

Chris Guillebeau tells the story of Jiro Ono, a top restaurant owner who tells Guillebeau he feels victorious when he finds a good tuna to sushi, which may seem a strange way to talk about his work; Guillebeau comments:

‘I also got the message: The man loves what he does.’**

A new horizon comes into view when we find ourselves on a quest to something greater than ourselves.

(*From Alex McManus‘s Discipleship in the Way of Jesus.)
(**From Chris Guillebeau’s The Happiness of Pursuit.)