Ask yourself: What do I really want to get out of life? What can I offer the world that no one else can? These questions have the potential to save your life. We’re all born into a cultural paradigm not of our choosing. That paradigm has an enormous amount of power and influence over the course our lives will take. But sometimes, in order to discover our authentic self and our true vocation, we have to break away from the cultural paradigm. We have to have the courage to put our foot down, to draw a line in the sand of cultural expectation, and simply say “no!” A sacred no to the status quo is a sacred yes to our authentic self. Don’t wait until your deathbed to wish you had the courage to live a life true to yourself. Act on it now, to hell with cultural expectation and the pithy platitudes of the status quo. You’re your own person. Only you know what you want out of life. You have something to contribute to the world that no one else can contribute. It’s up to you to figure out what that contribution is. So what if your family expected you to become a lawyer or a doctor. Become a painter or a photographer anyway. So what if your church wanted you to become a pastor. Become a poet or a novelist anyway. This is your life, not theirs. Take their advice into consideration, but then do what you must do in order to discover your most authentic self. Gary Z McGee
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:43:56 +0000
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