Depending upon how old you are, there most likely was a time
when life smacked you in the face as if to say “Wake up stupid!” Sometimes it
takes something that seems negative at the time to serve as a wakeup call to
get back on track. Sometimes it can be a near miss, like almost getting
arrested, hurt or even killed. Sometimes life can smack someone who is stubborn
several times around before they even decide to listen. Therein lies the key
question, when life smacks you to wake you up, are you going to be ready to wake up and listen?
Consider the following questions for discussion and think about the
upside of life smacking you upside the head as a wakeup call:
Share about a time in life when you finally had a wakeup call
and decided to change. (Did life have to smack you more than once for you to
finally listen?)
Statistically speaking, there are many situations in life in
which if someone plays the odds and refuses to change, eventually things will
catch up and there won’t be a happy ending. There may be exceptions to the rule
but realistically speaking, discuss the most common ending in the following
situations:
Cheating in relationships
Living a criminally oriented lifestyle
Abusing alcohol and drugs
Are there any other situations that the group can think of which most often do
not have happy endings unless there is a change?
Sometimes learning from others can be a way to smack yourself
to wake up and change before something bad happens to you. Be honest, what is
one life situation (even if it is just a small one) that you need to readjust
before something you regret might happen?
As always, to end on a positive note about taking some
action, what is one thing that you can start doing now to change your course,
even if just a little but toward a more positive direction?
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