[412 words] Earnest Shackleton and his men sailed for Antarctica on the very day that England declared war on Germany in World War One. At their first port of call the party sent word they would abandon their expedition and offered themselves and the ship to their country. But Shackleton received a cable from a man who could see the ultimate value of the venture even in the moment of a national struggle for survival. The message was a single word: “Proceed,” and it was signed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill. It’s so easy to turn aside from our main goal and be lured in other directions if we are not careful. That happened to the Rich Fool in one of the parables of Jesus. The man was so focused on his success, and building additional barns, he forgot about his soul. The verdict came suddenly,…