Five minute destinations

A thought from a book I am currently reading:
Dr. Henry Cloud in his book, “Integrity, the courage to meet the demands of reality”, points out three pitfalls to avoid regarding the components of character.

Hitting a performance ceiling that is much lower than one’s aptitude
Hitting an obstacle or situation that derails you
Reaching great success only to self-destruct and lose it all

Your character will directly affect those three areas. He says these three scenarios have little to do with competency, brains, or talents and have much to do with the person. It is tragic that there are talented people not going anywhere. We ought to have some destinations in mind today. Some goals that will give us a sense of accomplishment. Sometimes it seems like I have so many goals that others have set for me that I have no time for my own. I need to change that at some level, even if it means getting up 5 minutes earlier to spend quality time with God. Perhaps it is taking something that is cluttering my world to the landfill. In the case of last night it meant tightening up the screws on the mailbox that has been ready to fall off the pole for several months. I think if I started a list, I could come up with lots of five minute projects that I could call destinations today.

I need to stop writing now and go fix that dripping faucet that has been driving us nuts for months. That new washer should take about five minutes to put in.