This Habit is our last Habit, and I couldn’t imagine a better note to leave this subject on. Sharpening the Saw is all about YOU! It is not about improving something or picking up a new skill, it is about taking what you have, enhancing those qualities, values, morals, etc. and finding a balance.
That balance needs to be found between these four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual. You can enhance your physical life by exercising, eating healthy, and simply loving you for you! You can enhance your social/emotional life being social, reaching out to new types of people and interacting with people of different personalities and interests in order to keep you open and accepting. You can enhance your mental self by taking up a new hobby, learning a new process or even by simply reading a new book. You can enhance your spiritual self by relaxing, meditating, re-reading your favorite verses of the Bible, or simply by saying a little prayer.
If you continually renew and revive yourself in these four main areas you are continually growing; and nothing is better than self growth (that is what this whole blog is about!). When you strive to live a life of balance it takes work and time and finding what works for you, when you are working to better yourself, either by understanding or growth it takes time to find harmony. It is important to understand that you can burn yourself out, or over do what you set out to finish.
'Sharpen the Saw' is about taking yourself (in every aspect) and simply doing a little stretching. If you enjoy reading a blog, try reading a book. If you enjoy writing, try another genre. If you enjoy eating healthy, try a new recipe. Keep yourself open to new things, you never know what little divine pleasure you may find in something you never saw yourself doing.
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