Content? Then there is a problem…

I have been reading a very good book recently, and I am not much of a reader. I have mentioned it in a previous post and its called “Do Hard Things.”

I have gotten to the meat of the book now and although its an easy read, its challenging. The stuff that Alex and Brett Harris go over is challenging, difficult, and tough. It causes you to dig inside yourself for answers you haven’t thought about before and reasons for actions that you may have never noticed before. I really liked a particular message in their book, its something like youth are given strength, adults are given wisdom. Adults have information, knowledge, and experience that when combined with the youth’s drive or strength, can leap impossible distances. Some of the kids mentioned in their book blow the socks off of any of the teenagers I know. They mentioned something like the “I can do it better than you” thought. This isn’t meant in a snotty way by no means, its meant in a challenging way. It means “I know its going to be hard, but I think I can challenge myself to do better than you.” Their entire book is about doing hard things. They have four levels of “hard things.” The first is stepping outside your comfort zone, the second is doing “Big hard things” basically doing hard things with other people or collaboration, the third is to do small hard things that don’t have a quick effect or result but over time have a big effect you may not see at first, and the fourth is the hardest which is going against the crowd of culture and being different from other people. An example here they mentioned was about not going to see rated R-movies, etc. They even use some common examples of thoughts that are showing weakness such as “I am not built this way” or “I just can’t think this way” they challenge you to not think like this anymore and push yourself to try it and try whole-heartedly. Basically they say “if you are only contempt with your life, then there is a problem, you need to try harder.” Something I have learned to love in my life is challenges, its because they are challenging! They aren’t easy and that is what makes the reward when you do conqueror your challenge, so much better.

These guys are really cool Christians and are doing something really big. Someday I hope I can meet them and talk about doing “hard things.” You can visit their website at www.therebelution.com.