Last week I celebrated my 69th birthday and one of the questions that keeps swimming around in my head is, “What does it feel like to be that old?”  I came to the conclusion that the only person who can answer that is me AND that answer will be a function of how I choose to live my 69th year.  One of the things I like about being older is that I have seen and done a lot in my life, and that has given me perspective.

I find it interesting that so few people truly live their lives with intention.  Oh, they possess good intentions, but they are seemingly unable to to follow through with the necessary actions to make those intentions a reality.  Intentional living turns good intentions into good actions.  It makes a person proactive and positive, rather than passive and inconsistent.  As I have aged, I have become a person who values routine.  I figure if I keep doing right things day after day, week after week, year after year, and decade after decade, they will add up to right results.

Today, no every day, I encourage you to be a person of intentional living.  Intentions in and of themselves, no matter how good they might be, are useless unless they are followed by intentional actions.  Sometimes it is difficult for a young person to have the patience to do that.  I can testify to that.  But as someone who is working on the back half of his life, I can tell you that it is worth it.  Just sayin’!

Make Today a Magnificent Day!

Gary L Rupert

Culture Strategist/Coach

II:Leaders Creating:II Leaders

LCL Mentors @ Marching Arts Education