Something More Than This

Have you ever been in a place where it feels like all this talk about 'effort' has made a cynic of you?.....where you feel that despite all the talk to the contrary, effort, hard work and discipline are not always evenly rewarded? And this, because you know first hand what it feels like to give your all and have life send you back mere echoes of emptiness, reverberations of despair?

Truly, if we are not careful we very easily get sucked in and overwhelmed by the evidence around us. Our material circumstances lead us to doubt the likelihood of positive change.But if at all you are among the minority with deeper motivations than keeping your head above water,  simply doing what is necessary to guarantee a pay cheque, to pass that exam or secure that deal, you'll find pretty soon that something innate pushes you to get beyond this place.

Yes,  deep inside you know that, like the caterpillar, you were born for something more than this.....you feel a constant, unrelenting urge to see what's possible, to ensure your lot is not as those who 'die with their music still in them.' And like the caterpillar emerges from its chrysalis a beautiful butterfly,  you know that you will emerge from these circumstances stronger, more masterful and far more prepared to bless your world.

Time has taught me that life is cyclical....like the seasons, positive and negative material circumstances change. More importantly, I've come to learn that the way we experience our circumstances, our attitudes as we pass through them, is far more important than the circumstances themselves. Our belief that we were born for more than we are currently experiencing moves us beyond despair, and becomes the catalyst for persistence, for hope and ultimately for change...No doubt, you were born for something more than this. It behooves you, therefore,  to make every 'effort', to ensure you do not deny the world that which you alone were born to bring to it!