Think for a minute about these current /recent popular songs:  John Mayer’s “Say”; Ronnie Milsap’s “My Life”; Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying”.  Each one challenges me to get on with whatever living I’m wanting to enjoy, making whatever contributions I want to make to my world.

The lyrics in these songs bring to mind the “butterfly effect”, which simply suggests that when a butterfly in a rain forest on the other side of the planet flaps its wings the movement of air it creates eventually results in dramatically altered weather patterns on this side of the planet; maybe even a tornado!  The point of the “butterfly effect” for me is that everything we do matters.  Every moment is valuable, every word builds or erodes, and every action has either positive or negative consequences. 

It’s also true that everything we don’t do matters.  Moments unused, words unsaid, and actions not taken also bring consequences. 

It is literally breath-taking to realize that that my life could have impact in places and in ways that I may never have considered.  What a sense of energy and adventure that thought generates, and what a privileged stewardship life becomes when I live in that way!

So, what do you need to say or do?  Who is waiting for what only you can give?  What good or perhaps even awesome things might happen in the near or distant future if you get on with it right now?

The songs share truth; go live it out!