Spiritual Guidance

I have always wanting to have an impact on friends and family in memorable ways. Life for me is about connections deeper than earthly bonds. To do that, I have to recognise that today's minutes counts. At one period of my life, I seemed to be frantically rushing from one activity to the next. A friend asked, "Why are you rushing through life? Are you in a hurry to get to the end?" It was a sobering question to me.

Life happens on the way to the future. Similar to calendars, I would see my life from two perspectives: "a day at a glance" and " a lifetime at a glance." If we keep our calendars open only to the the "lifetime at a glance" views, we forget to live each day to its fullest. We skip meaningful moments because we seem to be hurrying to turn the page.

On the other hand, if we leave our calendars open only to "day at a glance," we may miss reminders that the sum of our life is our days end to end. Both calendar views gives us the complete perspective. Our total impact on family, friends, and associates will amount to our impact one day at a time.

Living life to the fullest now doesn't mean that we do not plan for the future. On the contrary, we invest ourselves in things and people that have a life beyond ours. But living today means we can live with the confidence that actions today affect the quality an peace in our lives for years to come.

General speaking, most people feel separated from God in two situations: when one has plenty and when one has little. When we have plenty - money, jobs, friends, good times - we somehow think they have all come about by our own efforts and wisdom. When we have little - no money, no job, no friends, tragedy, and disappointment - we feel that God has pulled away from us and no longer cares. But that would be thought differently.

We got to have a personal relationship with God that gives us a heart of gratitude in "feast" and a steadfast peace and hope during "famine".

We should have given a great deal of thought to our spiritual nature. That thought creates our calm center and motivates our outward actions, producing high impact in the lives of others. We have anchored ourselves on spiritual certainties in life. We have found answers, purpose and meaning for our lives in our faith.