Are You Prepared for the Future?

If you think a lot about security, be sure you are thinking correctly. Having a good job does not make you secure. You are not totally in control of whether you keep it. Having a pension plan or retirement fund does not make you secure. You have little control of the decisions others make unless you watch it constantly, and even then.....

What then? What will make you and your loved ones secure for the future? It starts with how you think about things. Begin with, "There is no such thing as security." Once we accept that fact we begin to create real security in our lives. Second, develop a philosophy for your life that trusts that everything that happens is loaded with opportunity for growth, change, redirection, and above all, a means to define your life moment to moment. If you try to control or resist what is happening, you may be missing the very things that set your life apart. You may miss the moments that bring you what you really need.

Stay focused on your SOUL when you make your decisions, NOT on SECURITY. Why? Because when you feed your soul, the rest will follow. You have an innate capacity to KNOW what is important for your future. When you ignore your inner voice by making fear-based decisions, you take yourself further and further from the path that creates the vital, fulfilling life. As you travel along the illusory path to security, you may be destroying your health, your will, your energy and your sense of belief in you. What then will you use to start over if you find that you were wrong to trust in a false God?

I'm listening to an audio version of "The Infidel"written and narrated by a Somalian woman who fought against the traditional understandings of security. She had observed women who believed that their security was based on the right marriage and handing the responsibility of their lives over to men. She had noted the outcome when on going civil war left these women desperately trying to survive with little or no preparation for doing so. When her father arranged a highly advantageous marriage to a wealthy man, she ran away, opening her life to uncertainty and dangers she had never been taught to anticipate. She thrived. When she had to explain her choices to a tribunal of elders, she attributed them to the demands of her soul. It was the only words she might have said that caused the elders to step back and treat her with respect rather than disdain.

Trust your Soul and you will have what you need when you need it. Ignore it, and you may get all you believe you need, but have little capacity to enjoy it.