procrastination

Procrastination is a popular pastime. I heard one fellow joke that he had just now received his 1995 procrastinator’s manual in the mail. Someone asked if he could see it, and he replied, “No, I haven’t gotten around to unpacking it yet.” Our society, which prizes mediocrity, holds proactive thinking in light esteem. They make fun of the “nerd” who has next week’s biology term paper done and in his briefcase. They also make fun of churchgoers. That is, until the times predicted by Solomon in Ecclesiastes, when“the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
"I find no pleasure in them"-
When your teeth and hair fall out and you make funny noises getting up, you suddenly start thinking about heaven. By that time, you just may not feel like it. An elderly friend of mine, a faithful Christian from her youth, considered the changes going on in her life and concluded, “I’m ready for whatever comes. If I were to go right now, I’d be happy.” That’s proactive thinking concerning judgment day. Grandma always said to me, whenever she handed me one of her dishpan cookies, 'a stitch in time, saves nine.'