How True it is...

I'm in the middle of a week of vacation and haven't really done all that much...which is just the way it's supposed to be! I'm doing a bit of this and that - no real projects. Any reading that I'm doing is mostly light. I'm reading a bit from Fred Smith (he was a model Christian leader) and thought I'd pass this little quote he made. He wrote this in the context of being a mature leader and that at some point, maturity will bring us to the crossroads of the here and the hereafter - and mature leaders live their life with an understanding of the hereafter. And then he adds this:

If I see any one danger sign in our society, it is losing our consciousness of God and the hereafter. The Puritans were strongly motivated by their sense of God’s ultimate judgment. In my many years of living I have never known a devout Christian come to the end of his life and wish he had lived unChristianly. On the other hand, I have known many non-believers who felt they missed the bar and wanted a do-over. A priest for street people told me, “I’ve never known a dying man to call for his therapist.”

I think he's right...but then again, maybe it's because 50 is crouching at my door ready to pounce!