The Sweaty Prize

I am slowly plowing through a book I've tried to read two or three times before, The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. Each previous time I failed to get past the first chapter, putting it down before I got into the meat of the book. It's not that it's difficult to read, but it is a book that makes you think - thus you need to be ready to invest some time and brainpower. I guess I just wasn't ready before. This time the payoff is proving to be well worth the effort.

Isn't that how most things work. You really only get out of something what you're willing to put into it. And things that are easy rarely yeild anything of real value. I enjoying sitting down to watch a movie with my family. But while a few moments of escapism can be "fun", seldom is there a real lasting payoff. The time spent with my family around a flickering screen is cheap in compairson to time spent with them around a gameboard or in conversation. Sadly, we're often unwilling to pay the price to build real deep relationships.

Over the next few weeks I'm planning on investing some time reading The Divine Conspiracy. As I do I'll use my blog to share some of the insights gained as a result of my work. I'm not an especially deep person. Most of my wisdom and insight are drawn from the wells dug by sweaty entrepreneurs who labored before me. However, I hope to share some of the water brought up from Mr. Willard's fount.