Speed With Direction...

I love to read, as I mentioned in my 8 random things post. But until I came on staff here, I hadn't read a lot of non-fiction. Some Max Lucado, Purpose Driven Life, stuff like that. But not much. I'm much more a fiction reader. And don't ask me to narrow down a certain type of fiction. I enjoy almost everything out there.

One non-fiction book that I have been re-reading is a really short, really great book by Mike Breaux. I got this book last fall, when a friend of mine sent it up from Kentucky. My old church had got a jump start on the release date because Breaux is the former senior pastor there. He's now a teaching pastor up at Willow but I got to know him during the time he was in Lexington. Let me just say, if you ever get a chance to hear him speak, take it! He is a great speaker, very relevant! Anyway the book...

It's called Making Ripples, and it's all about how everything we do, can and does affect someone else. It's a little book that has a BIG message. The second time around a section jumped out at me. Breaux talks about a researcher who asked a group of 95 year old men and women to look back and reflect on their lives. They were asked, "If you had it to do all over again, what would you do differently?" In short, here were their answers.

1. We would reflect more-slow down and savor the moments
2. We'd risk more- go out on a limb
3. We'd do something with our lives that would live on long after we're dead and gone

I want to make sure that I don't come to the end of my journey without making some ripples and making a difference. There's more good stuff in the book, (including an amazing ripple in Breaux's life) but you'll have to read that yourself. If you've got an hour, grab this book off a shelf and dive in. Start making some ripples!