I believe deep inside every
human being lies some good.
We are God's creation. God's
creation is marvelous. The joke goes that some of us are fearfully made than
wonderfully. But the truth is, we are God's masterpiece. The best of his
creation. In all of us, God put in something good. Something beautiful that, if
harnessed well, can lead to better humanity.
Unfortunately, due to the
pressures and demands of this world, the good in us may never be seen or
portrayed. All that we exhibit is the bad in us. When we continue to feed the
bad in us, it grows into a huge monster, and the good is slowly overpowered or
starved. It doesn't mean it's gone. It's just been given a backseat and
silenced. Depending on which one we feed in us, we could either be the worst,
toxic person or the most amazing person that people will ever experience. Daily,
we start by making a choice on who we want to feed, who we want to exhibit. The
challenge we go through in feeding the good or the bad defines who we are and
who we become.
It's said we make our habits and our habits make us.
We pick what to do in a situation. If we continuously do that, it becomes a
habit, and before we realize, we are known in that way. The guy who comes late
or the generous one. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a
habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.” ― Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People.
Our thoughts are very key. Whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if
there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. If you dwell on
bad thoughts, you will yield bad fruits. You can't focus on bad thoughts and yield
the opposite. You are known by your fruits. Some of us are good at countering
our thought patterns. We intentionally tell ourselves what to think by sieving
the thoughts that come to us. This is very important. Imagine if everyone
walked with a screenshot of what they are thinking all around them, you would
be shocked at those around you. But we have to train our minds on what to dwell
on. It's said you can't stop a bird from flying over your head, but you can
stop the bird from building a nest over your head. There is the battle that we
have to fight so that we can bear good fruits. So the good in us can be
experienced.
There are a
leader and a follower in each of us. The leader knows what you need to do to make
your move to the next level in your life. The follower, on the other hand, has
some ideas. Assume you need to lose weight, the leader in you has a clear plan.
The follower will want a few more days to start the plan; maybe next year or a
few more ice cream treat won't hurt etc. But until you empower the leader in
you to take charge, then you may be at this for as long as you keep talking
about it.
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We, therefore, need to watch out who we empower. We need to
be careful who we pay much attention to. What are we sowing every day? The
concept of Garbage In Garbage Out, GIGO, is so real. If you choose to be free,
you then become a source of freedom to others. If you decide to liberate
yourself and focus on the good in you, you become a liberator to others.
While it's always very easy to feed the bad in us, to
invest in the good, you need a little more than the usual effort. You need to
go the extra mile. You will need to be very intentional in why and how you do
it.
Find a few
friends and talk about this.
