What I learned from Rocky Balboa. I saw Rocky Balboa today with my son Chris. This is a typical Rocky movie and worth the time and money for all of you fans of underdog, especially if you have elderly people who need a little 'inspiration to get out of this chair. (Sylvester Stallone is 60!) By the way, he is set on Rambo IV, which will be published in 2008!
There the film narrative, but there were three lines I've heard that we all learn.
The closest I rememberThey are:
"Life is hard and you break down, but not about how hard it is to be written, its because you are going forward, once down, hit counts."
From the moment we are born, life is a struggle, there always was and always will be. Let's start with the difficulty of breathing, crawl and roll on. We begin to walk and fall over and over again when you learn to maintain balance. Then comes the task of walking and running, the 'accompanied by cuts and bruises, scraps. We need to stop? No, the press, despite the pain, despite the fighting, despite the circumstances. Then in most packages, we are a bicycle, roller skates, baseball and, with more falls, cuts and abrasions. We struggle to get good grades in school, we fight for friendship, and strive for love. We strive to keep a marriage together and we fight for our children, and when we are old, we did not avert the sickness and pain and suffering of the aging process just to stayalive. Good fighters need to train not only for the speed and power, but must also be able to take a shot and move on. If they get knocked down, get up and must continue until the final bell rings.
People, life will break down, will deliver some devastating blows that not only beat the wind to the sails, but it will take you to its knees. Whether through disappointments, health issues, death of a loved one or loss of employment, safeMeeting a mortal blows of life. Everyone does. But are those who get up before they find out who can be counted at the sight of victory. These people look at the price. They know that bankruptcy is not hit and knocked to the ground, to expect that if you are in a fight. Failure is staying down and not always up before the bell.
God one day ring the bell for us last time, if our fight is over and only then. If youstill breathing, you should still fight. Not always give, whether in service, relationships, finances or health. If you are one of the mortal blows of life have come to know, take a moment to catch your breath and renew your strength and then get up, you have confidence in your coach (Jesus) and press the call at the finish line and remind all around You have people who are struggling, they need someone who has the experience to help them cope with life and, why not find someone and teach them what? Know
"You're a fighter, that's what fighters do, fight."
If you know what they are, it is much easier to do, you must do. Me? I am a preacher, motivator and part-time writer, what I am and what I do. Auto mechanics working on cars, lead plumbing, carpentry, building writing and writers. If you do not accept who you are and the gifts that God has given you, you will never be satisfied with your life and you're always running for something else. I know I fought withfor years and it was not until I gave up running after all, what does not and I focused on what I was, I must be satisfied only partially. I like singing, but if you have ever sat in church in front of me knows that I can not sing, Oh, I have the sound of it, but the happy part, this is not a gift that God has given. No matter how many CDs I cut, I'll never get to it, so I did not even try. People were the gifts of God to man, all we can do certain thingsothers can not do. I can not deal with things that nurses have to handle, my stomach does not tolerate, so I can not do as a nurse. But praise God for those who can! Some people can not stand before a crowd and speak, I have no problem with that. What is it that God has endowed?
What comes naturally to you? If you want to live a full and satisfying life, you must find out what is the gift that has been lifting and distribution, educating children, cooking, writing, driving a truck orRunning a business. What gifts God has given you, always better to focus on it and be satisfied. If there is a struggle to do what you do, maybe you do something that you should not do.
"Who has the right to have someone who can not do anything when they tell you to meet all needs."
This is an area where we must be careful. Sometimes the desire of people to make sure things are done well, often reject those who are gifted and easier, because it does not meet the requirementsthat man came into force.
The gifted and talented are many musicians who have never taken a lesson in his life, but if someone asked us what we do for a particular instrument, we tell them that they should find a teacher and lessons of play. What should I say, yes, the typical way is not always the only way. Some people have to deal with and qualified by God to do certain things, and who are we to say who can not or should not do, just becausemans do not like to go to them. The Bible tells us to examine and test the soul, not to discard it just because they met our needs. Only when each person chose the God of the Bible used the look and point me to one man for the job would be. We have to see if the person for the job despite his proven ability, their talent on paper.
How many pastors are the ones who have all sorts of degrees, but can not seem to hold together a church? But the man still putsHave space only because of some importance. You can use this same question and apply it in the world of work, we have all kinds of competent and qualified persons in positions of leadership, but as we often run into people who are lousy at their job?
Cried the people should not be forced to practice, study or improve yourself to be. My son plays the piano and drums, my youngest, can play both pretty well, but never had a lesson and I never had to tell them to practice inor buy books to learn the music. They did it all by himself. No one has ever had to tell me to keep learning how to be a better pastor, or research on something that I'm talented a. It 'a part of me is a pleasure and I do it is independent and if someone says it should or should not do.
Bottom line, if you are looking for someone to fill a job, find the names and talents before you look for those that have been qualified by the people. It makes all the difference inWorld.
And you thought Rock Balboa was just a movie about a couple of old has-been back in the ring?
