Friday, June 4, 2010

The Search for Meaning (19%)

Are you ready to stand up and be who you really are?
 
Our lives are designed for purpose. It's a vague statement which leads to confusion and chaos. Nobody wakes up knowing what their destiny is. 
 
Everyone is on a search for meaning. Everyone wants to live with purpose. The suicide count would be higher if this weren't true.

Without the will to live for something greater than yourself, you have nothing else to live for. We find fillers to bridge the gap like a significant other or a job but what happens when you get dumped or fired?

If you put your entire being into something that can fail, you'll lose yourself entirely. There are consequences for every decision we make. Sometimes they render goodness while other times very evil things can come into existence.
 
If all we did was exist what would be the point?
There has to be something more. There has to be something bigger than you or me.

Live for more than yourself.
 
Live for something greater.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Capacity to Overcome (12%)

Fear is a powerful agent.

It can control us.

It can motivate us.

Or it can cripple us.

I don’t know what’s in store tomorrow…in fact, no one does. Why do we live as though we’re in control of our fate? Since when did we choose our destiny?

I believe in Destiny but I’m not much for admitting fate is a big deal. It’s so gloomy and dark. It’s a very heavy word.

But destiny breeds meaning and purpose. It makes me feel alive and whole. You can’t escape fate but you can become a master of your destiny.

Control is a word we seem not to grasp. The fact of the matter is this, if we’re in control of our lives it means we’re in control of our mistakes as well. All we ever see are the things that drag us down. Has it ever crossed your mind to look at the good things you have done and are capable of?

Maybe if we focused on the good things a little bit more we would halt ourselves from doing the bad things.