What a fearsome task life gives us: to either burn or to drown.

I've been keenly aware of all the ways I am not perfect. What ignorant choices I have made that might come back to wipe me out and drown me, having learned a lesson too late.

I am striving, as I hope you all are, to bring my present words, thoughts and actions to a cohesive point; I want to build my ark: something capable of withstanding the storms of life and protecting those whom I love.

In the process of aiming higher, I am humbled and made increasingly aware my human frailty. Whoever I eat with, sleep with, do business with and speak with -- each person and interaction can tip me closer to life, or death.

So I watch myself carefully, and judge every thought, decision and action. I find myself sorely wanting of perfection. Self-Accountability, that most critical eye, beckons me to pluck out my eye and cut off my hand if it should cause me to sin. Better to enter heaven a bit burned and bruised, than not to enter the Kingdom at all.

Make your choice: burn away your imperfections willingly, or drown in the floods unwillingly!

What a fearsome task life gives us: to burn, or drown. To burn willingly is to live, to drown willingly is to secure your own destruction. What I mean is this: Those who drown themselves in their passions will burn unwillingly in the face of judgement. Those who do not burn themselves willingly through self-sacrifice often drown unwillingly in the storms of life.

So watch yourselves carefully, and pay attention.

Are you burning, or drowning?