Normal day seated by the television expecting to be enthralled by medical jargon and impassioned creativity by Shonda Rhimes in the series “Private Practice”. I was met by an emotionally captivating episode whereby the individual casts were mourning the death of a colleague and it explored how the people were impacted by his life. As I watched, what followed was the irrefutable reality that struck a lasting chord: the fact that one day, YOU won’t wake up.
Indeed it is a bittersweet truth to swallow, but one day you will not wake up. One day your temporary assignment on Earth will be over. Despite this being an inevitable truth, I could not help but realize how insignificant it is to harbour hatred, sadness, jealousy, envy and unforgiving emotions towards your past, a friend, parents or people who have caused you harm. It struck me that time is so precious, and so is the breath of life. But the question at hand is, how significant do I see it? I believe that our generation is living as though their temporary assignment has no expiration date, but it does. It is only when death meets us that we start/celebrate our first birthday to eternity. But we will only get there once we meet death or Jesus Christ returns. But even so, have you paused and pondered on the fact that, someone out there is waiting to be impacted by you? Someone out there is waiting to be forgiven by you? Someone out there is waiting to receive their breakthrough because you decided to share God (or your testimony) with them?
“Do not withhold from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.” –Proverbs3:27
Sadly, we are living so outrageously that we die before we could make it. Like we have less appreciation for the breath we have. We have less appreciation for the people who surround us. We are so absorbed in some habits; we forget that we or they will not wake up one day. And when that day comes for either one of us, how much of an impact will we have made? Will they leave having received their blessings of being forgiven by us, loved by us, healed through our testimonies or impacted by us? Will we leave having blessed others with forgiveness for whatever they may have done towards us? What will they have benefited from us, once they leave? This perspective is a good speck of light that could get you to coast through life living out your very purpose.
We all believe that we are destined for greatness, but we seldom let that ooze out into our actions. Sure, living with this kind of perspective is not easy, but you cannot let the rough patches of life taint the goodness in you. There is a thing called habit, and maybe if we try making use of this speck of light until it is habitual, we will live having eased a lot of life’s strains. It is possible; we just need to believe it. Not by just nodding and agreeing, but by living it.
The sky is never the limit. Earth is just a speck on a canvas. We are light years away from the bigger picture of the universe. Maybe if we let go of this mundane truth that “the sky is the limit” and think bigger, we will reach the apparent “unattainable heights”. It is a mental attitude thing, really.
“What would the world have lost if you had not been born? What will the world lack because you fail to live out your potential? Will you carry songs, books, inventions, cures or discoveries to your grave?” –Myles Munroe
