Tom Sirotnak, author of Ultimate Warriors, wrote about a feisty, quick-witted 104-year-old man named Walt Jones. Jones lived life with zeal as explained here:
Walt outlived his third wife, to whom he was married for 52 years. When she died, someone said to Walt that it must be sad losing such a long-time friend. His response was, "Well, of course it was, but then again it may be for the best. She kind of petered out on me in the last decade."
Walt went on to explain that he wanted to purchase a motor home to visit all 48 of the contiguous states ten years earlier, when he was 94. His wife wouldn't hear of it, using excuses that, at his age, he would get them killed, they would fall victims to violent crime, or they would die and there wouldn't be a funeral parlor around. Walt persisted, "I'd like to make footprints in the sands of time before I check out. But you can't make footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt...unless you want to make butt prints in the sands of time."
What about you? Are you taking advantage of your time? Are you making a difference? Are you a player on the field or a spectator in the stands? Are you warming a pew at church or are you on fire for Jesus?
Are you making footprints or butt prints in the sands of time?
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