Waste it. Spend it. Invest it.

The kids and I went to chuch this morning, as we do most Sundays. I went in with a bad attitude mostly because because I wasn't feeling well. As the service started I was wondering what I was doing there. Just when I was considering sneaking out to take a walk, a mother and daughter did a duet that was so beautiful I almost cried. Later the pastor spoke about the three options we have for what we can do with life: Waste it. Spend it. Invest it. I've done a lot of wasting and spending but not enough investing. So despite my intention to sleep through the service I went away inspired and realizing I really need to get my shit together and start giving something back. I need to shift my focus from 99% about me and my problems to 99% on helping others. That was clearly the intent because as we left the sanctuary there were tables set up displaying all sorts of volunteer opportunities. My daughter, who already drank the Kool-Aid, somehow talked me into joining the choir. I was actually thinking more about something like taking meetings into to detox or getting on a speaker list. But I suppose being a positive example to my kids is a good start.