SELF DISCOVERY.......why?

SELF DISCOVERY IS A GLOBAL SOCIETAL NEED...- the Builder
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I must say that there has been and there still is a vast number of contribution from various intellectuals on this discourse of self discovery. We are now living in an era where people, organizations, institutions, and everyone everywhere is seeking to progress in life to the next level. I believe many people have concluded within themselves that, " if I want to move on in life,I have to know and do something new I never did before ".  Same as companies; they would say, " to expand our business and progress, we need to know new things, employ new skills, and do new things to attract our customers ". Basically, almost everyone now is searching for his/herself, to identify what things he/she can do to change his/her current status in life. Always remember folks, that a change initiated at one place or one part of the world (be it a village or a city) is a global change. Hence,everyone has a gift to activate and a role to play in changing and reshaping the world wherever we find  ourselves. Self discovery is a global need; in as much as you need what you have, the world also needs it to be a better place.
       
       However, the problem is not with the progression. But with the DISCOVERING  process. Many are those who have tried to give a pathway that leads to this discovery and have achieved little or none. Aristotle, once said," the knowledge of self is the source of all wisdom ". How valid is this submission?
Do you know yourself? Does the knowledge of yourself imbue you with all other knowledge you seek in this world? Then why keep learning even after discovering your abilities and capabilities? Well, there might be some truth in that; the knowledge of self is a key to self discovery. But Bertrand Russell, a great British writer and philosopher, once submitted that " unless we assume God, the reason for living or doing any other thing pertaining to life is meaningless ". Wow! What an admonishment! What he said clearly synchronizes with the declaration from the Holy Bible that, " where there is no VISION, the people PERISH "..-(Proverbs 29:18). This clearly proves that, for there to be a a growth, success, progress, stability, peace and development in your personal life, family, business, or nation, there must be a VISION emanating from your self discovery. So what am I driving at? There can never be a genuine self discovery without God. If you are an atheist, I am sorry but it is the truth. You need to believe it in order to live it. Some folks end up  majoring in the minor things of their life simply because they did not know who they were and why they existed; so they would rather work for money than for their self accomplishment which comes from exhibiting their real potentials which might have nothing to do with money but rather impacting and improving lives.

     Have you ever wondered why the world is so much messed up today?
It is simply because the world have witnessed the risen of some leaders who do not even know who they are and what their purpose or function is, so they are just being manipulated here and there to compromise the future of their Nations. I might sound controversial over here but I believe what am about to say is 100% true based on past records of the world. Everyone alive today, all the humans on planet earth and those gone to outer space,those in the villages and those in the cities, the rich and the poor, the white and the black, the fool and the wise, all have a purpose and function in life. A God given function for which they(including you and I) exist. This can be clearly seen from Genesis 1:26 in the Holy Bible. There are some peculiar tasks we need to perform on earth that made our existence a NECESSITY. The principle is, when you are ignorant of something, you become vulnerable to it. Know yourself and be imbued with unlimited self control.

     NOW, establishing the fact that we are made for a specific and special task in this world as well as in the life of others, the next question is "how do we discover it, and how do we manifest it?"

Expect the PART 2 of self discovery, and let's explore the real you for a meaningful living...

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