I was reading one of my inspirational emails Beliefnet The Masters.  And on this particular day it was from Dennis Waitley and the subject was urgency vs. importance.  The question he posed was:

"Is what I'm doing right now important to my health, well being and mission in life and for my loved ones?"

We focus on the urgent and the important things aren't beating down our doors. The University doesn't call us to advance our education and improve our life skills. We've never got a call from the health club insisting that we show up. Or a subpoena from the mountains or ocean to appear for relaxation and solitude.

Yet we receive urgent phone messages and emails weekly from people with urgent deadlines.

I think this simple question allows you to consider what I think is the biggest question we face in our lives:
Do you have a mission?  Do you know how to find it?  This is that nagging question that you ask yourself "Is this all there is to my life?"  If you are asking then of course it isn't!!!  Once you have your mission identified then it will be easier to focus your energy.  I have been asking the Is this all there is question for years and as I try to answer it I find it easier to put my energy into the important not the urgent.  Remember we want to be managing our energy not our time.

If you are interested in finding your mission - I am running a course in High River April 4th, called An Introduction to Living Creatively.  The exercises we will be going over will definitely start the process to finding your mission among many other things!

I now have this question posted to be seen daily. Let me know what you think. Here is hoping that every day when you ask the question you answer with a resounding YES!!!  I know that when I go to speak in Lethbridge at the Hort Society tonight that it is important to my mission and well being.  My goal is to ensure that more of every part of every day can be answered YES.

QUOTES
One day with life and heart is more than time enough.  James Russell Lowell
May you live all the days of your life.  Jonathan Swift
To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life.  Robert Louis Stevenson