Do Hard Things...

So I have been reading through the book Do Hard Things as I teach it to the youth at church. And it has some really awesome things in it. Today I was reading about complacency and rising above it. The strategies that were given for raising the bar were as follows:

1. Do what's hard for you
2. Be known for what you do, not for what you don't do.
3. Pursue Excellence, not excuses.

The premise is to not live the life that comes natural to you, but to live life outside of the box....

Wouldn't you know that during the middle of the chapter, "KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK..."

There is Dana, standing at my door. She asked me if I had things to make a smoothie...I told her I didn't have any milk and the only fruit I had frozen was strawberries...so her response was to go downstairs and get some milk for me in order for me to make her a strawberry smoothie...

I'm not going to even lie, I was frustrated.

While she was downstairs, Lucy came in. I welcomed her. She began to tell me that Dana had really taken advantage of her and had become really greedy, at one point even asking for all the things to make a cake...And basically she was warning me about Dana.

I began to think about what she was saying, I don't think I need a warning. I think I'm called to love. And I think Lucy is too.