Mind Boggling
By Njeri Mucheru-Oyatta
Chapter 49
Finding your passion is one thing, obsessing over finding your passion is another. For the last few days I was obsessed with having found my passion and deciding to follow it. Confusion abound in my mind but finally I pulled through. It has not been easy changing my perspective of life so drastically as I have done especially on the issue of God. But I am happy about having done so and look forward to seeing my passion filled future unfold before my eyes.
I do not expect it to be easy but it has never been easy anyway. I think it will be easier now that as far as possible all my choices will be well thought out.
Now that I am back to sobriety, let me make my point clear to you. My question to you is this. Don’t you want to know who you are, what your purpose is here on earth and why you do the things you do? Who does not want to know this? Even one who is ashamed of his/her past, should be making changes now so that s/he can have a shameless future.
Death is not final. Many of us believe this. Even if death is final to you, as long as you are alive, you may as well make the best of your life!
This is what I think. I think that the difference between Heaven and Hell is simple. The people in Heaven know who they are and their purpose and those in Hell do not! And Hell is not a place anyone is sent to. It is the automatic result of a purposeless life. If you do not know yourself and your purpose, the knowledge of God will be too advanced for your small mind to comprehend.
It does not take much to know who you are and realize your purpose. All you need to do is think. Exploit the free mind you were born with. Realize that not knowing yourself and your purpose is a dangerous thing. It makes you wear a mask and pretend to be someone you are not. Many of us mask our insecurities caused by our lack of knowledge of ourselves and our purpose using weapons such as bad tempers, pride, inferiority complexes, oppressive behaviour, defensive behaviour, abusive behaviour, self pity, addictions and the like.
The choice here is as follows: You either choose to know yourself and your purpose and thus live a transparent life open for everyone to see or you choose to not know yourself and your purpose and thus live an insecure, secretive life. Which will it be? And why?
Do not fear. Life is an illusion which ends when you die and reality hits home. Do not attach yourself to the people here on earth and worry about their opinions of you. At death, its each man for himself and God for all of us. God should be foremost in your mind when deciding what kind of life you want to have.
A purposeful life, which is what a passion filled life is, requires a minute assessment of all aspects of your life from the bed you wake up in to the clothes you wear, the way you style your hair, your overall appearance, how you treat others around you, your eating habits, your sleeping habits, what you do with your work and your money, your relationship with your parents, your relationship with your children and your siblings, your marriage or partnership, your addictions etc.
After you have assessed your life, you need to assess your character and work at building on the attributes that will help you find your passion like self-confidence, patience, tolerance, boldness, curiosity, belief, loyalty, conviction, forgiveness, honesty, determination, ambition, initiative etc.
In order to build these characteristics, you have to be ready to make a DARING move in your life. For instance, if you are not happy with your job, change it; if you are not happy with your marriage, sit down with your spouse and discuss what changes are necessary; if you are not happy with anyone in your life, sit them down and address the issue on your mind without being confrontational; if you are not happy with your car, change it; if you are not happy with your house, change it;, if you are holding onto past hurt, address it and let it go.
Unless you surgically clean out your mind and justify everything in your life, you are blocking yourself from realizing your full potential and finding contentment.
Christians who want to see Jesus and have Him lead them into Heaven to meet with their God are required to present themselves as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God. Our bodies do not make it to Heaven. It is our minds that matter. A mind filled with thoughts that relate to worldly purposes will remain attached to the world even at death. To get to Heaven, your mind should be filled with thoughts that relate to who you will be at your death when worldly purposes cease to be of any significance.
I have come to a realization that timing is everything in everything in life. The choices you make in your life in regard to the kind of person you are and the things you do determine the timing of events in your life and thus, the people you meet and the opportunities open to you.
For instance, if you are a mean bad tempered person, most people will keep away from you and you will miss the opportunity of getting to know someone who may have an association with the love of your life! If your business dealings are dishonest, you waste time planning your lies and end up missing out on business dealings with honest people that are probably more lucrative and definitely less stressful.
Your thoughts are what you act on and your actions are dependent on what information you have available to you. Do not limit your choices by refusing to just think about who you are and what your purpose is in life.
One of the choices I have made to start off my passion filled life is which presidential candidate to vote for this year. Am certain that my choice will get me where I want to go because as I said, the Bible has the answers to all your questions. If you think and look hard enough, you will find them.
By Njeri Mucheru-Oyatta
Chapter 49
Finding your passion is one thing, obsessing over finding your passion is another. For the last few days I was obsessed with having found my passion and deciding to follow it. Confusion abound in my mind but finally I pulled through. It has not been easy changing my perspective of life so drastically as I have done especially on the issue of God. But I am happy about having done so and look forward to seeing my passion filled future unfold before my eyes.
I do not expect it to be easy but it has never been easy anyway. I think it will be easier now that as far as possible all my choices will be well thought out.
Now that I am back to sobriety, let me make my point clear to you. My question to you is this. Don’t you want to know who you are, what your purpose is here on earth and why you do the things you do? Who does not want to know this? Even one who is ashamed of his/her past, should be making changes now so that s/he can have a shameless future.
Death is not final. Many of us believe this. Even if death is final to you, as long as you are alive, you may as well make the best of your life!
This is what I think. I think that the difference between Heaven and Hell is simple. The people in Heaven know who they are and their purpose and those in Hell do not! And Hell is not a place anyone is sent to. It is the automatic result of a purposeless life. If you do not know yourself and your purpose, the knowledge of God will be too advanced for your small mind to comprehend.
It does not take much to know who you are and realize your purpose. All you need to do is think. Exploit the free mind you were born with. Realize that not knowing yourself and your purpose is a dangerous thing. It makes you wear a mask and pretend to be someone you are not. Many of us mask our insecurities caused by our lack of knowledge of ourselves and our purpose using weapons such as bad tempers, pride, inferiority complexes, oppressive behaviour, defensive behaviour, abusive behaviour, self pity, addictions and the like.
The choice here is as follows: You either choose to know yourself and your purpose and thus live a transparent life open for everyone to see or you choose to not know yourself and your purpose and thus live an insecure, secretive life. Which will it be? And why?
Do not fear. Life is an illusion which ends when you die and reality hits home. Do not attach yourself to the people here on earth and worry about their opinions of you. At death, its each man for himself and God for all of us. God should be foremost in your mind when deciding what kind of life you want to have.
A purposeful life, which is what a passion filled life is, requires a minute assessment of all aspects of your life from the bed you wake up in to the clothes you wear, the way you style your hair, your overall appearance, how you treat others around you, your eating habits, your sleeping habits, what you do with your work and your money, your relationship with your parents, your relationship with your children and your siblings, your marriage or partnership, your addictions etc.
After you have assessed your life, you need to assess your character and work at building on the attributes that will help you find your passion like self-confidence, patience, tolerance, boldness, curiosity, belief, loyalty, conviction, forgiveness, honesty, determination, ambition, initiative etc.
In order to build these characteristics, you have to be ready to make a DARING move in your life. For instance, if you are not happy with your job, change it; if you are not happy with your marriage, sit down with your spouse and discuss what changes are necessary; if you are not happy with anyone in your life, sit them down and address the issue on your mind without being confrontational; if you are not happy with your car, change it; if you are not happy with your house, change it;, if you are holding onto past hurt, address it and let it go.
Unless you surgically clean out your mind and justify everything in your life, you are blocking yourself from realizing your full potential and finding contentment.
Christians who want to see Jesus and have Him lead them into Heaven to meet with their God are required to present themselves as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God. Our bodies do not make it to Heaven. It is our minds that matter. A mind filled with thoughts that relate to worldly purposes will remain attached to the world even at death. To get to Heaven, your mind should be filled with thoughts that relate to who you will be at your death when worldly purposes cease to be of any significance.
I have come to a realization that timing is everything in everything in life. The choices you make in your life in regard to the kind of person you are and the things you do determine the timing of events in your life and thus, the people you meet and the opportunities open to you.
For instance, if you are a mean bad tempered person, most people will keep away from you and you will miss the opportunity of getting to know someone who may have an association with the love of your life! If your business dealings are dishonest, you waste time planning your lies and end up missing out on business dealings with honest people that are probably more lucrative and definitely less stressful.
Your thoughts are what you act on and your actions are dependent on what information you have available to you. Do not limit your choices by refusing to just think about who you are and what your purpose is in life.
One of the choices I have made to start off my passion filled life is which presidential candidate to vote for this year. Am certain that my choice will get me where I want to go because as I said, the Bible has the answers to all your questions. If you think and look hard enough, you will find them.
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