Are you really satisfied, fulfilled, and happy with the life you are living?
A wise man once said
At age 20 we wonder what everyone thinks about us, at age 40 we really do not care what anybody thinks about us, then at age 60 we realize nobody was thinking about us.
When you are young, you think that what people think about you is important and you put yourself under stress just to please or court the favorable opinion of others.
Our parents and guardians play a lot of important roles in our lives. In fact, majority of us are good men and women as a result of the numerous good interventions of our parents. However, there are times when society, our guardians and our parents do more damage to us than good eventually, and we must watch out for those times before we self-destruct.
So, your mother says she wants to see her grandchildren before she joins her ancestors. Based on this sentiment, you go out, marry under duress, get pregnant and succeed in giving her grandchildren. 30 years on, you wake up wondering how you got into such a messy marriage. And even though your mum is gone to join her ancestors, you are still living with the effects of that decision you took because of your mum.
Or better still, grandma says you will be a good preacher, and everybody is pointing you to the bible college. Instead of sitting, reflect and think if that is what you really want to do. You follow their lead. Well… you end up a preacher and after 20 years you are miserable and out of place.
Can you count the number of times you took major life decisions and did something just because of societal pressure or from the need to impress friends and family?
I know of cases where families wanted doctors, lawyers, teachers, and engineers, so they pushed and steered their children towards these directions instead of guiding the children to make their own choices according to their talents and dispositions. As a result, people are miserable trying to be something God did not call them to be, and they go about their work and vocations with straight, moody, and unhappy faces.
There are overbearing, domineering and manipulative people who speak into your life and think it is their God-given right to tell you what you ought to do and how you need to do it. If you follow such people, you are like a slave, a prisoner to their imagination and you will never be free.
You might get rich, famous, influential and look successful – but you will know no peace. In fact, you will be unfulfilled and miserable until you find out what God created you to do on earth.
We are all here with a different mission, seek for yours and stop living your life based on the pressures of society and people’s expectations. My challenge to you today is this, look deep down into your life. Are you satisfied with the life you are living, if you are I thank God for your life, if you are not, you can always do something about it. It is not too late.
Do not spend your life doing something God did not expect you to do.
