Ready, Set, DO!

What will it take to get us moving?

In the world of track and field the athletes line up at the start and they call, "Ready!". At this point all the competitors are at the start and ready to take off and compete for the prize. The next call is "Set" and they get into the race position and await the starting gun. With adrenalin pumping, elevated heart rates, and an eye on the competition, all the athletes are ready to go! But in that race, only one can win! They all compete for the prize, but there is only one winner.

But what if the call were different? What if the call was one that goes out to all the athletes, all the citizens, all the members, and in the race, each one can receive a prize. What if, in this race (the race of life), each person can in fact win. The start is the same. We all come to the race. We all line up with our skills and abilities. The call is made, "Ready?"! And we get to the starting line and start to focus. The next call comes, "Set"! And we get in a position to run the race, to make a difference. Then the final call comes. But in this race, the race of life, the call comes as "DO!". Ready, Set, and DO! In the race of life our call is to DO SOMETHING. In this race the same sequence is there at the beginning. We come and are ready. We get set to enter the race as we come closer to each other, and closer to our creator. And then when the gun is ready to sound; when the race is ready to be run, it is our time to DO SOMETHING.

In the race of life it is often all about just that, doing something. We all enter the race at some point. What makes us different from one another is that some of us jump off the starting line and run the race to the best of our ability. We do something with whatever we have. Whatever skills we have. Whatever funds we have. Whatever we have. We just do something because we want to and we can. We no longer sit at the start waiting for the right moment, or waiting for another start. We take off and do whatever we can.

I encourage you this day to get in the race! Do something! Do anything! The race has started, people are in need all over the world. You have been given the skills, the funds, and the abilities to do something for someone else. Let's win this one together!