Topic: Upgrade Or Replace

Your home could need parts of the electrical wiring replaced. In the early part of the last century, homes wired for electricity were wired with what is called a knob and tube system. Porcelain tubes and porcelain "knobs" were used in the home to separate the two electrical conductors used to bring electrical service into a residence. Over the years, this two-wire system was replaced with a safer three-wire system containing a third bare copper ground wire to prevent shocks and electrocution. When old homes are rewired, the new and safer three-wire system is being installed. To leave parts of your life in disrepair when parts of your life need upgrading or replacing is foolish. To not upgrade your skills when you need to do so is foolish. To not replace parts of your knowledge base with new knowledge is foolish. To not stretch yourself and grow beyond your present limits because you refuse to replace your present thinking, knowledge, and wisdom, holds you back in countless ways. Unfortunately, we live in a throw-a-way world. Too many people are willing to throw away treasured parts of their life and parts of themselves. Although we may think we need never upgrade anything in our life, we must remember to upgrade everything becoming obsolete. Changing what is old and comfortable may be difficult, but we must swap out the old for the new if we are to grow beyond our present limits. Some potted plants continually grow until the root system of the potted plant is too big for the pot. The potted plant will either need to be put in a larger pot or the plant root system and part of the plant will need to be trimmed back. "Painful" as it might be for the plant, uprooting and repotting helps the plant in the long term. Likewise, we may all need to uproot parts of our life to give ourselves a chance to grow.

These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/wisdomminute

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