By: Gabriela Yareliz
“You want a meaningful life? Everything you do, matters. Everything.” Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
When I read the quote above by JBP, I nodded. I have always seen life this way. Some people see it as overkill, but life just doesn’t work the way many assume it does. It surprises all of us. When we slack or treat something as if it doesn’t matter, it has consequences. Some people find procrastination in certain areas accceptable. I read somewhere that procrastination is the arrogant notion that somehow God owes you another opportunity to do this one thing. The truth is we don’t know what tomorrow holds. Everything we touch– we don’t know if it is being touched for the very last time. And that is fact.
Scripture tells us, “Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.” Ecclesiastes 9:10
When The Arena puts on its conference, there is a sticker on the floor at the entrance of the stage that says “This Matters.” It’s the last thing the speaker sees before they see the crowd. That always stayed with me. When I am gearing up to do something, I often whisper this phrase to myself.
When you face the next task and the next opportunity, don’t squander it with arrogance or shrink back with fear or dismiss it (and we all are guilty of this at times). Think, “this matters” because it really does.
GABRIELA YARELIZ 