“The Beauty of Finishiative” by @Kaala
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“The Beauty of Finishiative” by @Kaala
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It’s not how you arrive, it’s how you finish.
And while demonstrating initiative is a good thing, I think I’ll take finishiative over that any day.
Have you ever started a project, felt the thrill and excitement of that start, then fallen off the finishing wagon? I have. A lot. It reminds me of what my grandfather, Francis Meyer, used to tell me.
He raised me after my parents got divorced and he would always tell me “It’s not how you arrive, Kaala it’s how you finish.” No matter what we were doing he would always find a way to interject that statement everywhere.
When we were playing checkers and I was winning he would look across the board at me and say, “It’s not how you arrive it’s how you finish,” then triple jump me for the win.
We’d be eating dinner and he would look at me and say, “Slow down, Kaala. This isn’t a race. It’s not how you arrive it’s how…” I know, I know, Grandpa. It’s how you finish.
I never forgot this (obviously) and that’s good. Because this could be on of the major differentiators between successful and unsuccessful people. Everyone can start. Not everyone can finish.
The bible says
“Better is the end of a thing than it’s beginning…” (Ecc. 7:8)
Paul the Apostle models finishing for us when he says,
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
Speaking of running the race a friend of mine just told me about his first marathon. Now, 26.6 miles is a long time but you know what? When the gun goes off at the beginning of the race everybody starts well. Everybody is feeling good. Everyone has that rush of the start, the high of the beginning. This isn’t a bad thing. It’s just not the only thing. ‘Cause it’s not how you arrive…
My friend Ed had trained and put in the time. He was prepared. But at the end and in view of the finish line, something happened. All of a sudden he began to cramp up. He kept his legs moving but the cramping got worse.
His feet then his hands then even his face got numb and he panicked. With 285 yards to go, finish line in sight, he stopped. He fell to the ground and stayed there.
But, it’s not how you arrive it’s how you finish. The year following Ed ran and finished his first marathon. He ran and finished the next five after that!
Sometimes we fall short of achieving our goals and miss the finish. We fall short at work, at home and even with God. The thing is that it’s not really about how many times you fall as long as you keep getting up and moving to the finish.
There’s no trick to finishiative, only desire and heart.
Keep moving towards the finish line that God has called you to. Keep your eyes on the prize. Run if you can. Walk if you can’t. Crawl if you have to but keep moving to the finish.
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