BECOMING OR SURVIVING?
“Vision gives you the audacity”
As I casually strut and slay into your Tuesday aka Wednesday now and whatever time in the day you are reading this, and do it so well I might add ::flips hair:: , let me check in and ask how you doing! I know it is a thing we ask in passing but genuinely how are you? Mind, body and spirit? Definitely write in the comments below or email, send a DM, I love when I hear from y'all. Nonetheless, we made it through the first month of the year! Arguably, the month where we are the "most intentional" and the most "focused". You have set your goals, created your vision boards, set your resolutions and all that good stuff and then February hits.....
Loool I am going to let you fill in the gap for what happens there hahaha.
Look, it happens to all of us, we go from being centered and focused to SURVIVAL MODE. We are just trying to make it through the week, put food on the table, make the deadlines and the once bright, illuminating goals are now daunting tasks that look unrealistic. Where does the fire go and why are we so quick to go into survival mode?
And TRUST I get it! In 2019, my girlfriends and I had a running joke that when we asked each other what was good we would say “we were just trying to make it” because it seemed like we were getting no reprieve. Just endless nonsense, hurt, frustration, closed doors you name it, it was happening. It literally blurs out the sun. There no longer is vision, you just want peace of mind, a night where you aren’t crying or pissed off, anxious or deprived of sleep. Who would have known these very moments were making us, fueling us, equipping us for who we were becoming.
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Lets be real rap raw. Purpose is scary. It was cute when you were in kindergarten being asked “what do you want to be”, but as an adult… it is daunting and no walk in the park! It becomes this looming question we seem to be chasing endlessly. On the flipside, isn't it crazy that at a young age you are expected to know who you are before you even understand yourself or know the world? We are mandated right from the very start to fit a role in society and answer the question who will you become?
I think there are various misconceptions about "walking in purpose". Various schools of thoughts from different beliefs but what is a shared notion, is that purpose is not about amassing accolades, putting notches in our belt, or simply attaining things. It is about the “WHO”. The character and integrity of the person behind what you do.
There is nothing worse than being established on the outside and empty on the inside.
Who are we becoming underneath the accomplishments and recognition? Who is the person that is being formed underneath it all? It is the constant question of "why do we do what we do?" that we MUST position in our mind. Purpose draws more from us than just who we are impacting, it calls us to refine the inner being in us. The line that separates those who are merely living to survive from those who understand the journey of becoming. It is the inner construction of the once deprived person becoming the true form in which God intended them to be, which is more like Him. His character that shines through our everydays. While you are hustling are you being considerate? While you are championing your cause are you serving? While building your business are you gaining wisdom and working in integrity? Not to just be a good person just for the sake of being known as a good person ( trust there is nothing worse than fake humility) but what we pour out of us must come from a nurtured place or else we are nice ornaments; seasonal and ineffective for the next season. Remember we were built to last.
