Life Requires Maintenance.
Things left untouched, in their natural state will decline.
Grass needs to be mowed, dishes need to be washed, our hair, nails and etc all require maintenance.
It's just a part of life. Routine maintenance of the things that are important to us prevents decay. An abandoned building will quickly be overtaken by decay if left unmaintained.
The same requirement goes for our inner person to. It takes maintenance on our attitude, our outlook and our vision. Leave these things unmaintained and they will decay.
The same requirement goes for organizations and communities. Maintenance is not the fun work, but it is essential to longevity.
I'm not referring to maintenance mode where you are reactive and fix breaks, but I am speaking to preventative and proactive maintenance that builds.
Where possible, it is better to strengthen what already exists then to restart from scratch. When it comes to your character, it is much much better to work on the existing rather than re-build from scratch. Maintain character and integrity over everything else.
Grass needs to be mowed, dishes need to be washed, our hair, nails and etc all require maintenance.
It's just a part of life. Routine maintenance of the things that are important to us prevents decay. An abandoned building will quickly be overtaken by decay if left unmaintained.
The same requirement goes for our inner person to. It takes maintenance on our attitude, our outlook and our vision. Leave these things unmaintained and they will decay.
The same requirement goes for organizations and communities. Maintenance is not the fun work, but it is essential to longevity.
I'm not referring to maintenance mode where you are reactive and fix breaks, but I am speaking to preventative and proactive maintenance that builds.
Where possible, it is better to strengthen what already exists then to restart from scratch. When it comes to your character, it is much much better to work on the existing rather than re-build from scratch. Maintain character and integrity over everything else.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for reading, Mark. I'm humbled that you take the time!
DeleteThis is incredible advice. Saw a saying on twitter that said, "Don't confuse motion with progress" Could we say that motion + maintenance = progress?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great way to say it!
DeleteThank you for this!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRoutine is not a very attractive term today. There must be an app for that...
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