Resourcefulness

There is a difference between resources and resourcefulness. Most of us think that we cannot accomplish the things we would like to due to lack of resources. There was not enough money, time, talent, technology, management, contacts, experience, etc. However, we can be resourceful and make things happen. Being resourceful is being creative, determined, loving, caring, curious, passionate, or having resolve. I will give you an example. My son was resourceful the other day at the pool. He had no water toys to play in the pool we have not really bought anything, we had not even thought about it. My son became determined to swim after something, play with something, so he made a game. He became was determined, resourceful, and creative. He kept asking us to bring the sunblock bottle into the pool and we kept telling him no. He kept asking. Finally, he just walked over to the place we had our things got the bottle and took it into the pool. He began to throw it like a ball, it would float and he would chase after it. Soon he made a game out of it, throwing it and having me chase after it with him and the first one to get it was the winner.
How creative and resourceful that was! "Well I do not have a toy so I will make one." Instead of getting upset and quitting because there was nothing to play with - because of a lack of resources - my son become resourceful and made something happen.

"Now here's a surprise: The master praised the crooked manager! And why? Because he knew how to look after himself. Streetwise people are smarter in this regard than law-abiding citizens. They are on constant alert, looking for angles, surviving by their wits. I want you to be smart in the same way—but for what is right—using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior."

Luke 16:8

You want to really live? Quit telling yourself and everyone that there is a lack of resources and you can't do something because of it. Jesus tells a story of a owner who praises a crooked manager because he problemed solved through resourcefulness! We need to do more than get by on the "good behavior." My son did not listen to me tell him not to bring the bottle in the pool. I am glad that this time he did not listen, because we had fun! Be resourceful today. Look for the possibilities in situations, in people, in everyting that you encounter. You can be playful enough, creative enough, passionate enough, determined enough, loving enough to solve anything that comes your way. Let things once seen as problems stimulate you to "creative survival!"

Namaste'