A friend of mine sent me this quote in an email the other day.  It really spoke to me and I felt that it needed to be shared.  Look at this as a challenge from me to you.

quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.  set God-sized goals.  pursue God-ordained passions.  go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.  keep asking questions.  keep making mistakes.  keep seeking God.  stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution.  stop repeating the past and start creating the future.  stop playing it safe and start taking risks.  expand your horizons.  accumulate experiences.  enjoy the journey.  find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can.  live like today is the first day and the last day of your life.  don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshipping what’s right with God.  burn sinful bridges.  blaze a new trail.  criticize by creating.  worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks.  don’t try to be who you’re not.  be yourself.  laugh at yourself.  quit holding out.  quit holding back.  quit running away.  and remember; if God is for us, who can be against us?
-mark batterson