One of the features I admire about modern tech- gizmos is the reset button. If you lose your password to your email, or your gadget is freezing, and not functioning optimally- all you need to do is to click the reset button, and bingo, it starts afresh.
Just like these gadgets, your life from time to time needs to be reset to enable you to perform optimally and reach your destiny. The Merriam-Webster dictionary 2012 defines reset as “to start anew; to set, adjust, or fix in a new or different way“.
Sometimes, life can choke us with one problem or the other, we can get all stressed up and tired and situations can arise that we have absolutely no control over, in those moments we must reach out and press our reset button.
The bible for instance is a reset feature for man, it is where we discover solutions to mankind’s problems and challenges. Forgiveness is also God’s reset button for sin and guilt. Generally, the hospital and all who work there are the reset button for sickness. Washing clothing is the reset button for dirty clothing.
Sometimes in life, your perception of how the world operates must be reset so you can have a fresh perspective on issues. For instance, the man whose first wife and love left him for another man- this man will have a distrustful default setting in his future relationships without a reset – he will be unable to trust any woman in his life. Even if he ends up with another woman, he may be unable to trust her and may always be expecting her to cheat on him. The only way out for such a person is to reset his default settings.
Let us consider four areas in our lives that will need reset from time to time, so we can live fruitful, optimal, and abundant lives in the land of the living.
1. Social Reset: –There are some friends, and associates you have been with since the seventies, eighties, and nineties, they have added no value to your life, they are rather aiding you to do all the wrong things. It’s time to reset that bad company. Watch the company you keep because you become the company you keep. If your circle of friends isn’t helping you positively, then it is time to reset; get fresh contacts, fresh ideas, and fresh conversations that will help you. The company you keep can make or unmake you. Hit the reset button if you are in the wrong crowd.
2. Spiritual Reset: – Man is essentially body and spirit; you will be doing yourself a lot of harm if you aren’t feeding your “spirit man” with the right spiritual material. When was the last time you prayed, went to church, and read your bible? It’s time for a reset; Deepen your spiritual roots, get a good and authentic Christian church, go for bible studies, and get a good spiritual director. Spirituality is the gas that gets you to sail through the storms of life and beyond, it will get you to your destiny.
3. Physical Reset: – You are the captain of your ship (body), it makes sense to take good care of yourself. You have no idea health is wealth until you start falling sick. Are you into drugs, alcoholism, gluttony, or using all your energy on women (sex)? If your answer is yes to any of these, you need to really hit the reset button fast. Check your diet, an occasional quick body service may be a good idea- a regular med-checkup to nip problems in the bud, take a vacation, rest, take it easy, spread your schedules avoid stress, and find ways to detox.
4. Emotional Reset: Is anyone giving you emotional stress and making your life a living hell? It is time to reset the emotions that have been managing you. Not falling prey to emotional slumps and pitfalls is critical to living your destiny. Your heart has been broken, you have been betrayed, you just lost a loved one, and you just got out of a fierce divorce battle in court: – it is time to reset. If you need counseling, get it, if you need therapy get it, don’t allow unhealthy emotions to go unchecked. Your ability to press your reset button will save you, it is time to reset.
My challenge to you today is this, examine your life, your thinking, your values, and your perceptions, and if they are negative, *RESET*, take action, and reset your life before life resets you into destruction and extinction.
