There's Got to be Rhythm: A Recap

All too often us guys feel like we are in a rut. We feel like our lives are just blah, that we get up every day, do the same old things, go to bed at night, and get up the next day to start the cycle all over again.  That, my friends, is a life that lacks good rhythm.  We weren’t born to be rhythm less.  The example set by Christ, the same Christ we try to follow as men striving to develop a passionate, rewarding, purpose-filled life was by no means without rhythm—good rhythm.

Let’s recap what a rhythm filled life is:

1.    Practice authenticity

2.    Be kind

3.    Seek beauty

4.    Seek God

5.    Be hospitable

6.    Serve others

7.    Learn to celebrate and mourn well

That whole package of practices we can, and should, embrace is an absolute cinch to take us out of ourselves (after all, we are our own worst enemies) and cause us to focus more on others in a Christ like way.  If we do that our lives won’t have the rhythm of bad rap music (out of control) or a poem without rhythm (which doesn’t make sense).  Instead, our lives will have purpose and beauty, and we will have a deeper understanding and appreciation not only of ourselves, but of others. We will have good rhythm.