We routinely make choices. When our lives depend on making appropriate choices we are wise to direct diligent focus on that which we desire. If you have ever looked at your life asking the question, “How did I get here?” you have experienced the consequences of poor choices.

Choice is the very essence of freewill. Without the ability to choose freewill would not exist. Part of our inherent freewill is the ability to select how we chart our path. Our perceptions of the choices we have rests on our understanding of purpose.

When we are clear about what our purpose for being here on the planet serves, or rather what is promoted by our existence here, then we can be clearer about the choices we make.

Where were you trying to go?

Moving through life without purpose is like going on a trip to Don’t Know Where, without compass or map. Because you are not sure where you will go, you are not sure when you arrive, neither can you determine what equipment you will need for your journey. When you are lost, how will you know? If you want to get help along the way, how can you ask for direction when you lack awareness of your destination?

Have you ever been in a situation where it seems that your best efforts were not enough? Ever been in one of those situations where you ask, “How did I get here?” (either audibly or silently?). One where you find that you are knee-deep in a puddle of mud, and try as you might it appears that on your own power you are unable to pull yourself out? Indeed I have.

I have seen others pass me, some with muddy shoes and soiled clothing; a testament to their being stuck before too. I have seen some snicker and point me out. I have experienced some encourage me and offer help. Still others continue to move past in hurriedness, as if to be sure they remain free of mud.

Although I was not clear where I was going, I was certain that the mud in which I found myself entrenched was by no means where I was trying to go. How did I get here? Somewhere I made a wrong turn. Something had taken my attention off of the path. How did I get here? A retracing of my steps before entering the mud puddle revealed where I got off track.

Without a Plan we Plan to Fail

Benjamin Franklin was quoted to have said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” When we fail to set the course which leads to our desired destination, we will arrive somewhere. We are constantly in motion toward something. Even when we are asleep our bodies are in motion, processing the resources we will need when we awake.

If I were to sit on the sofa repeatedly engaging in nonphysical activity while taking in more calories than my body needs the end result is weight gain. On a cognitive level I understand I am not on the course to health by being a junk-food, eating couch-potato. However, the advertisers of the foods I desire to keep out of my diet are banking that I will select their products. My lack of awareness about the millions of dollars spent to entice me to choose their products does not lessen my choice. It is important for me to be aware that I have choice and seek those tools that will enable my goals.

From the mud puddle, vantage-point, I have realized I lacked diligent focus on my destination, and my purpose. Whenever I have failed to map out where I endeavor to go, there will be others willing to provide me with an alternate destination. Distractions and detractors abound. There is a thief that comes to steal kill and destroy. He employs many methods to accomplish his goals.

How did I get here?

Wherever we are in life, we are there because of a series of choices. While I am not able to delineate every step that got me here. What I am certain about is that God has chosen me to live my life here and now. He has endued me with freewill. As the loving, omnipotent, omniscient God, He has also provided me with the tools I need to walk in His purpose for my life.

Take Inventory and Take Action!

If you need help with unveiling your purpose, contact me, I can help. Get a copy of my book, “What do they think we are Peanuts or something?”

Love,

Deborah

“Lighting the path to loving your neighbor as yourself”

P.S. Please send me a brief note about how you will express your thanks and what you have to be thankful for on this quickly approaching Thanksgiving Day 2015.