I refuse to become one of those women who conforms to what society has deemed to be credible in the eyes of those before me. I am an individual streaming with creativity and substance beyond this realm of so called reality. Why is that we chose to lead these lifestyles according to what someone else says or what someone else thinks? Why do we chose to lead these lifestyles based on the income and what outcome may brink?
On the horizon I see far beyond what these individuals would like me to think or believe. This is my reality. . . . . The reality where my God has whispered to me great dreams that will come into fruition before I close my eyes and journey to my resting place. I have faith and believe that as time passes all the things that I need will come to be without the longing or the asking. I realize in my life that reaching for things that are not within the realm of what God longs for me to recieve is not the answer to life's riddle. Reaching for God and allowing Him to bring that which will give me peace is the only way to truly find this "pursuit of happiness".
I am unsure of how long my epiphany will take to reach the hearts of so many who are lost and do not understand where to turn next. Or the one's who follow these "leaders" in society who only know of the world and what they can get from it. I pray that in time they will pull back the "veil" that hinders their sight and see the vision that He has in store for them.
How do you reach this point of clarity? It is not a very easy journey and it does take more time for one person than it does the next. The turns that you will have to take can lead you from 0 degrees to 180 degrees. You will find themselves alone at times and surrounded my many the next. You will have to detach the umbulical cord to the world that you once nestled so near to for most of your life and become attached to a spiritual life.
In this life you can find a peace that surpasses anything that you could imagine. You will be amazed at the lifestyle you once strayed from, found less enticing, seemingly uncomfortable to be the life that you wish you had all along. In that moment, you will see exactly what peace looks like.
Unfortunately, our biggest problem is not that achieving this moment of clarity is so difficult of a transcendence. Our problem lies in the nature of that which is more comfortable and that which we are conditioned to recognize more readily as a "norm" or the accepted life. Why is that we long to be accepted? Some of you relate this accepted to respected or held at high esteem. But what should it matter what you have of this world? Be it the admiration of your peers, be it the wealth of the land, be it the power or control you have grown to believe you have. . . . . . when you reach your final resting place these are things that will not depart with you.
All you have is today. Why should tomorrow matter when you can not readily grasp nor obtain the minutes or hours that have not come into existence? What happens then these plans that you make and the steps that you follow to reach what you have become conditioned to believe is "the way" do not seem to go the way you expected? Perhaps, the inevitable breakdown of your reality.
When the truth of the matter is that my reality is not your reality nor the reality that has been created and televised for your viewer's discretion. You must first determine the true definition of success before you can even begin to take the first step towards seizing your destiny.
My success lies in my ability to affect change in the way most needed. For a life void of lending assistance and guidance to those lost on the path trying to discover life and its truth, is not much of a life at least not in my eyes. When you close your eyes at the end of the day what can you say about your life?
Was it spent chasing after selfish ambitions? Perhaps chasing someone else's dream or expectation? Or maybe you have spent your days wallowing in self-pity and confusion accepting the reality that has been handed to you?
When the truth of the matter is life is what you make it and what they sell as the "american dream" does not have to be purchased and is returnable. In my travels, I have learned that what is expected of me by man is not nearly what is expected of me by my Father. To continue to acknowledge and reach for that pipe dream that has been pawned to so many of my brothers and sisters is not my idea of life.
At the end of the day, no matter what we are dealt and what may feel like an absolute does not exclude you from making a choice to live TODAY in this moment. To choose not serve these idols that have been given to us so freely. Do not choose to be a sheep amongst the wolves.
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