We ask questions all the time about things going on around
us that we don’t understand. Who what when where why and how. Do we ever take
time to ask them about ourselves? Who are you what are you doing where do you
want to go why do you desire that and how are you going to achieve it?
Life goes on with or without our permission. We do not
control the time but we do control how we use it. Every second of every day is
an opportunity. Are you committed to the moment? In life there is a choice to
make we can float on by and go through the motions of being alive or we can
actually decide to live. There is a difference. When we are intentional about
our thoughts words and deeds we create intentional habits leading to a life of
not finding ourselves but creating ourselves.
Are you the type of person looking from Binoculars off shore
trying to find yourself or are on shore with a sword hacking through the jungle
in order to uncover a self you never knew existed? At times we may have to step
back to look through the binoculars if we have lost sight of the shore but once
we know the general direction we must take action, get to shore and start
hacking through the vines of the jungle. Vines are thick and complicated but
possible to get through. What areas of your life are vines needing to be
removed in order to reveal the you, you wish to find?
The key to creating you is to take action and do something.
Two individuals are stuck in the middle of a ocean. Both can see the shore from
where they are at but the swimming is going to be difficult. One individual
decides he is going to swim to shore. His arms and legs are exhausted as he
finally reaches the sandy beaches. People come and help him up from the beach
and take them to their village. Once there he is given water and a place to
rest. That night he is invited to the village feast and is able to regain his
strength and is welcomed into a new community. The other man decides he will
let the waves take him to the shore at their own due time. When he arrives at
the shore he is not exhausted but he is there alone. No one comes and offers
him water, he does not have a place to rest or a feast to attend to. Both men
arrived at the shore by putting opposite amounts of effort. Working hard and
taking action or being lazy is and individual choice but the reward is not
going to be the same.
Be intentional about who what when where why and how you
want to be and you no longer spend your life searching to find yourself but
instead you are creating the self you wish to become.
