Legacy Doesn't Come in a Box
40 WESTERN PALLET
Picture this: It’s Monday morning and I’m at my attorney’s office. I sit down at the table, and I put my phone down as I’m getting situated.
“Don’t worry,” I said, smiling. “I won’t get distracted—especially since I know your meter is running.”
He seemed annoyed, so I continued.
“It’s just that if my wife or one of my sons calls, I’ll need to take it.”
“Everything OK?” he asked.
“Yeah. It’s fine,” I explained. “I decided a while back that I would prioritize them if they needed me. So, whenever I’m able, I take the call. Frankly, they’re the most important people in my world and I think that stuff like that goes a long way in affirming that importance.”
At this point, I was up on my high horse—pontificating about the importance of LEGACY and STEWARDING relationships in your life—and I was feeling pretty good about it, thinking that it all sounded very lofty and noble.
“That’s the STUPIDEST thing I’ve ever heard,” He blurted out—knocking me off my high horse.
At first, I was stunned.
Then, I got angry.
Ok, don’t punch him. He’ll probably sue you or have you arrested. Besides, that’s not what Jesus would do—even if He was mad as a hornet.
He went on, ranting about how he loves his family just as much as anyone, but they know not to interrupt him while he’s working.
I had clearly triggered this guy.
how you handle your work/life balance. But the idea of a work/life balance is a farce. In my experience, life is not that cut and dried, and I think that kind of compartmentalization can be dangerous because it often leads to a lack of integrity.
When we try to put our lives into neat little boxes, it’s easy to act one way here and another there. But an integrated life—led by purpose and priorities—lends itself to consistency in the way we think and behave.”