My Mind Speaks.... Purpose Power Impact

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My Mind Speaks……Purpose Power and Impact

During the last years of my varsity days I spent most of my days listening to Lady Antebellums’ music, more specifically the song “I was here”. School was rough and had me questioning if that was what I really wanted to do (You know how us humans are like when things are not going our way). This song introduced purpose in my life in a meaningful way and I felt the urge to want to do something that matters and say something different. I wanted to touch a few hearts and leave nothing less than something that says I was here. But I did not know how? (Hands on head) or where to begin? Especially because the song refers to a lot of talented people like Mark Twain and Van Gough and song writers and people discovering cures. To top it all, I had no idea what my talent or gift was, so I felt so stuck (I refuse to incriminate myself further about that year lol, but you can ask Sandra). In that same year, Beyoncé released her version of “I was here”. I was like “Yoh My got!” NOO!! Whyy?? I do not know if I will do something that will leave my footprints on the sand of time. But I would listen to these songs almost everyday until my soul was satisfied and that was the subliminal launch of my quest for purpose. Today I would Like to chat about how I discovered my purpose and harnessed its power and currently watching the impact.

·       Purpose

·       Power

·       Impact.

These words embody the core of who I am and who I am meant to be. I adopted this as a personal slogan from Hulisani Ravele.I really hope she doesn’t mind.

When Charlotte Gambill came to South Africa for the SHE conference in 2017, she gave them a little more meaning. This would be the last year I attend a #She conference at CRC Pretoria as well as the most memorable. It was as if it was perfectly timed, that I would hold on until this event came. Destiny I tell yah.

I came to realize what my purpose on earth is a little after I lost my Dad. During that time, I experienced a lot of feelings of betrayal, loneliness and confusion. Nothing made sense. I questioned everything that I had come to know in my life to that point. On 09 June 2016, exactly two months after my Dad went to be with the Lord, I began to feel a shift within me. I did not know how to feel. It was as if something propelled me to think deeper or reminisce about his life and the events that happened after his life. As if all of it was supposed to have meaning. I was numb and tired and broken, and I wasn’t ashamed to admit it anymore. A traumatic event had happened. But a part of me did not want to wallow in my sadness anymore, I wanted to rise above my grief, so I longed for a deeper meaning for my hurt.

 As I continued questioning my life, I kept making small break throughs. They were too small to notice at the time, but they were there waiting to be solidified a year later when I met Charlotte.

I realized that I had a lot of people around me who had me on speed dial (as a first point of contact in case of emergency) but the same people would not lift a finger in cases of emergency in my life. To be honest that realization made me feel sad. But with that realization it also dawned on me that what if this is my whole purpose. What if this is the reason I am here? To be there for someone else without having any expectation. What if I was created to serve others with no complains and no prospects on collecting a reward later. Just serve whole heartedly. What if I could put a cross over “Don’t cross oceans for people who wouldn’t cross a puddle for you” and replace it with “No, Do it. Cross oceans for people. Love people, all people, no conditions attached. No wondering whether they are worthy. Climb mountains for them. Life and love aren’t about what you gain, it’s about what you give. And I thought, if this is my sole purpose in life, I would be happy to have lived. And with that began a thorough healing process. A process of unlearning and re-learning. It took me 26 years to realize but once I found it, it was a course worth living for.

Charlotte came packaged in a sermon titled “set her up to win”, to give a detailed meaning to all that I had been feeling. This was a message about Ruth and Naomi, and David and Solomon. That is when I knew I was called to set another woman up to succeed. Now I find young girl and try my best to set them up to a winning way. And It gives me so much joy and fulfilment.

“When David realized he wasn’t going to get to build the temple for the Lord, he spent the rest of his life collecting materials, supplies, labour etc. for the temple. It’s no wonder when God asked Solomon what he wanted, all he could  ask for was  wisdom because everything else had been taken care of” Reference to sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBHnGnlyakk&t=2351s

Ladies and gentlemen that is the story of how I discovered my purpose. Now I harness its power everyday by making sure that I see every person with the right set of eyes. Show compassion where needed and help heal someone out there.

What are you living for? Have you realized what you're purposed to do? Do you think about who is waiting on the other side of a realized purpose? How important is it to know your purpose?

In closing, like Dr Myles Munroe said “Don’t die old, Die empty. That’s the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard”

 

My Mind Speaks…