MEANT FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE

To quote:

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you." ----- Oprah Winfrey

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🌿So what is our calling?  Have we ever stopped to figure that out? 

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🌵Honestly, sometimes we don't know it. Some discover it in midstream alongside something else going for them. Sometimes it comes to others later in life, much later. But then again who can tell why this is so?  Why God so chooses what time you should or shouldn't?   Yet the goal is still the same.

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🌴The essential thing, I guess, is to do what is being asked of us as best as we can. That is after we have found out what it is, of course. That is the challenge and task HE has set out for you.. me.. and everybody to do. And pronto!

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🌱No, it's not to be another Oprah Winfrey or a Helen Keller or a John F. Kennedy or other highly esteemed personality who have made their indelible mark on us and on the world.   But then why not? - That too is something fantastic and on a grander scale yet.

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🍃But usually it is in being what we do best with what life and God has given us.   Just as we are in our ordinary puny lives.  And that could mean being a ...... mother,  leader,   priest,   father,   son or daughter,   friend,   student or teacher,  bus driver,  carpenter,  sailor,  pilot,   employee or social worker,   nurse or care giver,  businessman,  NGO,   street sweeper, etc.  But this also means that we give it our best shot, whoever we are-whatever we do.   If it be a street sweeper, be one that does an excellent job of sweeping the streets that when people  walk by your street they will admire the work of the hands that did it!

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🍃It is in knowing that what we have is not there for keeping.  It is meant for something much bigger than you and me. 

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🍂I've said this before, I know.... and you will always hear it from me a hundred more times, my dear friends.  But I really do believe that each one on this planet has a task to do to better this life or help better this world.

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🍃Yet let us not forget, too, that we are our own enemies because we are so inclined to forgetfulness. We forget a lot of things we should be remembering and tend to take a lot more for granted......... like birthdays,   anniversaries,   grandparents,   good old friends,   appointments,   favors,   believing in the greater good,   hope,   faith,   trust,  courage,   standing strong on our values,  not following the herd,  refusing the bad that mess up our lives,   being thankful for those wonderful memories which lend meaning and reason to our otherwise ordinary mundane lives.  

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☘We often forget to be kind,   friendly,   compassionate,   sympathetic, generous,   helping,   understanding,   tolerant,  human and humane, non-judgmental,   forgiving,   trusting where trust so inspires,   believing in a greater good,    to aim to build and not destroy,  savoring the simple pleasures of life and living. 

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🌾We forget to learn where and when learning presents itself.  Parang bang sinasabi natin na okay na ako kasi graduate na'ko eh.

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🍀We essentially forget that we don't belong to ourselves. The  I - Me - My - Mine  of life and living has a limited shelf life.  Better for our own good to understand soonest that we are here for a higher purpose.  And our world revolves on this.

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⚘Like we also forget to remember to thank HIM for HIS blessings then and now and too in the future yet to come, if we be allowed to see that far..

🍁Let's find our calling.   Know our calling.   Embrace it.   Enrich it.  Make it our gift back to God.   

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Blessings to you all, in Christ.

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WORRYING WON'T TAKE YOU UP THE MOUNTAIN

 

 

  

One of the nicest things about early morning walks is the chance to watch the day unfold. Trees seem to look greener, flowers brighter, animals on the street light and cheery chasing each other on the paved streets, and people... Well, people are a good mix of both great and not so great. I get a good feed of both in that morning walk.
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Great disarming smiles come from people who have learned how to make peace with the world and life. Wan smiles come from people who are not there in the moment. Their thoughts, as a friend once said to me, may be on some worry or care, mostly of yesterdays, which they can't shake off or won't because it's their comfort zone. Can you believe that? Worry as a comfort zone? Perhaps they think that worrying is the thing to do. And that NOT worrying makes them LESS responsible or efficient.
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Well, when worrying tries to mess up my day, I turn to this verse.....
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Matthew 6:25-27 -- “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?"
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Peace, as God has promised us.
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The absence of worry, as life has taught me, enables you to have a clear clean field to sort out issues with. It affords true discernment as to what is important and what is not. Then you can decide better what to do with it without the unnecessary fuss and flurry which usually accompanies stress and anxiety which in turn clouds the brain. That, in all good reason, is the responsible and efficient way of dealing with issues, problems, cares and woes. As a good friend once said, "Worry makes me lose sight of my goal. Makes it harder to climb the mountain."
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True, people can't help worrying. Worry, as seen to be, has its uses too. But don't overdo it. It's a struggle not to worry, I know. A habit hard to shake off; worry warts abound. I struggle with that, too. But be kind to yourself and save yourself frequent trips to the doctor, too.
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You might miss God's blessings if all you do is fill your mind and heart with anxiety. Free space for awesome blessings to come in!

Further, life is beautiful; you might be missing that too when all that you do is worry.

Wishing God's bountiful blessings upon you and yours.

YOU WANT SOMETHING GO GET IT

Just an observation.....

Some of my young friends tell of their so many plans, so many dreams, and yet never seem to know what the right one for them is. Confused and bewildered they keep on hammering at a wide range of choices believing that the right one will eventually surface, that somehow things will break and they will hit gold. I’m not convinced with that method. There has to be conscious effort. They have not recognized their path because they didn’t search well.

It’s not always smart to spread yourself thinly over a wide field of prospects. It’s like using up energy and shooting wild bullets with no specific target in sight. Besides it will wear you out faster and pretty soon you will find yourself dragging your feet from one place to another. That’s a candidate for frustration , disappointment and a waste of precious time and talent – one which you can’t afford to lose. Besides Father Time waits for no one.

On the other hand, I have seen other young people take on a well-thought out and planned approach. These boys and girls start out with a well-defined and definite sense of purpose; have equipped themselves with the necessary education and training,  studied their prospects sorting out those which they believe will be a sure fit. They don’t bother with anything which does not fill the criteria they have set down. In such a way they succeed to narrow down the choices to the best of the crop. Once this has been decided then and only then do they gear up for the pursuit and journey armed with a clearer vision of what they have and what they hope to achieve. Surprisingly the required enthusiasm, energy and imagination needed to see it through bursts forth with such unexplained intensity that it certainly amazed me no end. They then were rewarded with gaining greater momentum and ground as they steadily inched their way towards their goal confident with what they know.

"You are the embodiment of the information

 you choose to accept and act upon. 

To change your circumstances

you need to change your thinking 

and subsequent actions."

 -Adlin Sinclair

 To you reading this... GOD BLESS YOU and have a wonderful day.

PERFECTION IS ITS OWN END

What’s perfection? It’s an end. Maybe somebody else’s better description of perfection will come to mind but this strikes home for me.

Doesn’t perfection also mean excellence, faultlessness, flawlessness? That’s quite an attractive bunch of words indeed and it seems to have a power of its own the way it pushes many to want it for themselves. At all cost sometimes.

Is it good? I don’t know. People will have their reasons to want it; it’s all a matter of choice. But I think that it’s nothing more than the end of a challenge, a dream, a goal, a journey, growth, learning, ambition, of life.

Perfection when achieved would put an end to countless long hours – days – months or years of toiling over data and reports, the excitement of putting together an impossible project, of hearts pounding wondering if you’ve made it or not.. and so much more. All those things would be all gone because everything would be in its perfect place. What else would there be to do? In short, it ends the chase and everything it would entail for a person after a dream.

What challenge is there left in or with perfection?

Even a perfect human being can be quite a bore. There would be nothing more to discover, to be surprised with, or to be interested in anew. There would be no learning; he (or she) would be so predictable. Even in relationships. And God for him --- would be nothing but a comic book character like superman.

That could be said of things and stuff too. If things we used in our daily lives were perfect, what need would there be for invention, creativity, innovation, vision, imagination, improvement? What need would there be for dreams?

"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person." -- Dr. David M. Burns