Halftime is the title of a book by Bob Buford that I highly recommend. The book makes an analogy between our life and that of a football game halftime. At the halftime, each team gets to evaluate how they’ve played the game so far, and they get to change their game for the second half. The second half of a football game can play completely different than the first half.
Right now, I’m calling halftime on your life. If you were to die today – right now – right in this instant, how would you rate how you’ve lived so far? Would there be relationships where things were left unfinished or unsaid? Would you be proud of how you spent your time, energy, and money? Who is the primary beneficiary of that time, energy, and money?
It’s halftime.
If you sidestep making your first half wrong, and don’t try to make it right by justifying your actions, if you just skip the part where you beat yourself up, and honestly assess where you are, what would you honestly say about your life so far?
Would you say that your life so far has been about giving, getting or taking?
What of your life would live on after you? How many people would say that their life is forever positively changed because of you? Will the world notice your passing? Will the world care that you’re gone?
It’s halftime.
How have you played so far? Have you been playing full out? Are you playing to win, or are you playing to not lose? Are you taking appropriate risks? Are you stretching yourself to new heights? Or are you playing it safe?
In life, are you “killing it,” or is life killing you?
It’s halftime.
Are you loving people well? Are you making your life matter? Do you know the impact you are creating with your life?
The awesome news is that the “game” is not done yet. It’s halftime and now you have an opportunity to play the rest of the “game” completely different. What do you want to keep the same? What do you want to change? How will you play the rest of your life?
