Could this be true? That somehow we all want to know what our call is. What is my purpose, what is my work and assignment? If I have a calling, what is it? I have found out that most of us having known our callings are scared away. We look at the enormity of the responsibilities surrounding that call and flee. Yet we sincerely want to know. Why do we want to know then? Who are we deceiving? Is it true that we just want to know for the sake of knowing and then probably walk away without lifting a finger about it?
It could be overwhelming to consider life and life-calls some times. Life! It could be so demanding. So painful, so crazy, so personal and so funny! I love one thing about life...Its how so crafty it could be on you. Life knows how to play some pranks on us all. It has its own intelligence .It’s own mind, full of baits. We can’t just master life. We will keep learning what life is till we die. We will continue to experience “newness”, madness and maladies of life as long as we are on this side of the earth. We may know more but fail to check often on life. The results…? - Regret, some pain or the other.
Recently, I received a phone call from my shift supervisor at work; asking me to take up some extra shift and make more money to the detriments of my goals, spiritual development and more. It was a promising offer. But it was more than that. It was not an overtime offer that could merely offer more money. Rather, it was temptation that could take me farther away from God! Life is so funny. It will promise us more money, more fame and more fun. Life will offer us more overtime; more and more of everything until we die…but wait a second. How much will be enough? When will we be satisfied? Can we ever get satisfied? We sometimes forget that life is like a cliff. You are easily lured by the beauty of this vantage point. But you could die so cheaply by tripping and falling headlong from the same cliff. When we fail to weigh our decisions; when we fail to reconsider some offer and prizes before taking them up; we pay higher price.
The cost for living is dying. Death to self, life to God… living for afterlife is the key. Life is continually in the asking of our very life. Life is in the asking for our very soul continually. For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? That was the word of a wise teacher several centuries ago. Those witty words worth reconsidering today… Why do we do what we do? Why do we take or give whatever we exchange? Is it to sell our souls or to buy back time, opportunities, and values for good? Think for thoughts! How, when and where will life give you a chance to answer your calling? Do life and your calling merge? You have been trying to ask some questions? I know. Okay, life will want to burden you up. You need to know that. It will want to squeeze you into molds with mundane matters so as to prevent you from answering your ultimate calling and fulfilling your purpose. So what will you do? That is the question. Say No to life. “Abbish?” [Can you hear that?].Make more peace, happiness, fulfillment than more money.
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