Our area is under a tornado watch.

Gusting winds. Dark grey sky. Rumbling in the clouds.

Local weathermen and women fill the channels and commentate like Brent Musburger on Monday Night Football. (Lot’s being said, but most of it doesn’t make sense.)

Until…

“Please move to an interior room of your house.”

“Take precaution.”

PREcaution.

Be ready BEFORE the tornado comes. Prepare yourself and your family and friends for the storm.

You don’t wait for the winds to take the roof and say, “Anybody got a plan?”

Sure, you can ignore the signs (sorta like I am doing by writing this right now.) But it doesn’t change the danger.

Listen…

You know what your personal tornados. You know what triggers your storm. You know the pattern in your life that causes you to swirl out of control.

Don’t deny it.

Don’t ignore it.

You know ahead of time the damage of your words.

You know ahead of time the destructive force of your actions.

You know ahead of time the devastation left in your path when you really get loose.

Take PREcaution.

PREpare a song or scripture or quote or memory to calm to the storm. To bring you focus. Something simple you can remember and act on immediately. (It’s to late to turn on the weather channel after the house blows away.)

“Well, sometimes I just lose it.”

Bull.

“If you knew my (friend/wife/child/co-worker), you would see I have a right to (shout/argue/maim).”

That’s stupid.

A good reason to damage does not exist.

Success is NOT an Accident,

Paul