It's Misplaced!

I woke up this morning thinking about the life of my teenage son wishing he had certain qualities and abilities to be super successful in the areas I feel really matters and counts. As I was about to pray for him, it dawned on me that all of those things were there, they were just misplaced. He, just like all of us, have everything we need in our possession to survive, be successful and have the life the depths of our souls long and cry out for. It's there but like him, some of us never meet that part of us because we are so worried about not having "it" we don't bother to look for "it". "It" is always something someone else has but never us.

Like some teenagers, we are surrounded by constant noise, restlessness, impulsiveness and fear. We are afraid of being different, not fitting in, not being accepted and failing in our temporary relationships with people we may not know beyond high school or in our case as adults, seasonal people. To please and impress (others) becomes more important than to fulfill (our purpose in life) and become (everything we want to be).

Yes we all have unique traits, the special effects that makes us who we are apart from everyone else but we also have although slightly different, 1 nose, 1 mouth, 2 ears and all of the things that makes us human. I find it hard to believe that our creator would give us matching every  thing else except our ability to succeed. Whether you want to believe it or not, you are a success. You are succeeding right now, right where you are. Whether you like it (your area of success) or not.

I am a firm believer that what you focus on grows and becomes abundant. Do an inventory of your life and notice where you are placing all of your thoughts and physical efforts. If you like the success you have produced, don't change a thing. If you don't like the success you have produced, your decision to change lies there.  Think about the life you want to live and focus on that, you will get what you need to get there. Don't take my word for it, try it for yourself. The only thing you have to lose is that which you want to lose anyway, right?