Opening Day

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Do you realize that on Opening Day of the 2011 NFL Football season every team was tied for first place? Think about that!

The same holds true for other sports races as well. And no matter what the odds makers say, the final season's results for each team is governed by the performance of the individual team through out the season. But every team must also perform in ordered to be judged for that final standing.

Just as in a sports competition, we all are born into first place in this world. Clean, pure, and without sin. But to keep it we must perform to live our lives as it is intended. Every day, until our final day. Judgement.

There comes a time when one has to stand up. Stand up for something. Stand up and be noticed. Otherwise you are just passing through this world by living in the shadows. And that won't cut it.

The good news is that if we err in taking a stance, we can be forgiven. But just to aimlessly wander through life as if it were without meaning or purpose, is for me, unimaginable. And that is how I see many in this world.

So, stand up. Let me see you. Even if we disagree.