{"id":131,"date":"2020-04-08T21:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babatunderaji.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2020-04-08T21:04:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T21:04:35","slug":"a-sense-of-fulfillment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babatunderaji.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/a-sense-of-fulfillment\/","title":{"rendered":"A SENSE OF FULFILLMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As\n a typical Nigerian, with my level of maturity, experience, exposure and\n being able to make sense of people\u2019s activities in my environment, I \ncan boldly say that, in Africa, “not some but majority of us are all striving and trying just to get out of poverty<\/em>“, take it or leave it, that has been our problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without\n even far fetched, look deeply inside yourself, ask yourself the mindset\n behind what you are doing, the reasons for your time and energy \ninvestment. Without doubt it\u2019s obvious\u200a\u2014\u200ato get out of poverty, get \ndesired position, or a place of recognition and fame in society or \nworkplace, so that you could feel important and worthwhile. Hmmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truly\n speaking, we are all victims of this, yes, no one is left out. Hardly \nyou will see people who do not carry this mindset, and these are only \nthe people that carry sense of purpose, aiming towards fulfillment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think\n with today my friend, the mindset behind our career and academic \npursuits, our parents sending us to school, and even so called religious\n we engaged in, are how all these things can fast track and help us get \nout of poverty easily and quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From one generation to another generation, these mindsets and ideologies have been established, applied, enforced, compelled and imposed by our parent, spouse, friend, people, society and even so called religious leaders. Some people perspective and definition about life and success, has been the reasons for some people envies, burdens, struggles and unnecessary stress in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, leadership, politics, religion, marriage and even education have lost their values and true meaning. Position, hunger, money, status, and fame driven spirits are now called leadership spirit, leadership through politics is no about more serving the followers, but enslaving them, educational institution is no more about bringing and maximizing the potential and giants in students, but taking from them to build giant buildings, religion is no more about empowering the congregation but instead expanding the auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We preserve nature, for example, but kill babies. We build solid houses but cannot construct lasting homes. We are smarter but not wiser, bigger but not stronger. We know more but understand less, and we live longer but enjoy life less. We are preoccupied with the status quo and we seek to gain status symbols but forsake responsibilities. We seek position, not for people gain but for personal gain. We go faster but get nowhere, conquer space but cannot conquer our habits, protect whales but abuse our children, go to the moon but wander far from home, and flirt with fantasy to avoid reality. And this thing we do, we forsake purpose and chase that thing which is good but profiteth little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\n me shock you my friend, that a man can do, posses, attain, acquire and \nbe anything he wants to be without God, agree with me, but no man has \never fulfilled without God. Ask philosopher and atheist of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless you assume a God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless. Bertrand Russell, atheist.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ladies\n and gentlemen, Without any form of argument, let me leave this to the \nfoolish that says in his heart that “there’s no God”. In one way or the \nother, our parents, perhaps the Faith we engaged has already let us \nknown and revealed to us that we don’t just exist, we have source, we \nare creatures created by a Creator – the God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expressing myself from this perspective, the question is what makes a creator creates?
Agree\n with me that before a product is designed and passed through the \ndevelopment phases, there lie in the heart of the creator or the \nmanufacturer the purpose for creating that product, in a literal sense, \npurpose predates production. Meaning before you and I were created, \nthere is purpose assigned to each and everyone of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based\n on the purpose the manufacturer has in mind, he then uniquely designs \nthe product and builds-in the functionality that can make the product \nworks according to the the predefined purpose. So I say to you my \nfriend, that you carry the characteristics and traits that no one else \ncarries, you are uniquely designed, no one share your fingerprints. \nYou\u2019re perfectly created for your assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\n people look down on you, don\u2019t be mindful of them, it\u2019s because they \nare ignorant of whom you are, but when you look down on yourself, then \nyou are yet to know how UNIQUE you are.
-Babatunde Raji.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The question is can a clay says to its creator – the potter “how and why did you make me this way?”.
Let\n me tell you this my friend, that most motivational speakers will tell \nyou to look deeply inside yourself and discover yourself, that may sound\n true, your gifts, talents and passion maybe discovered but what is the \nessence of the discoveries without being applied for a predefined \npurpose?. When purpose of thing is not known, abuse they say it\u2019s \ninevitable. No one discovers the purpose of a product by asking the \nproduct but expect the manufacturer. So I say to you that you can never \ndiscover your purpose by merely asking anyone or yourself, “Who am I?, \nperhaps why am I here?, you discover your purpose by seeking and asking \nyour creator (God). Every product comes with a manual to communicate the\n mind of the of the manufacturer to the user, so also you have access to\n a manual that communicates the mind of your creator for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose is the original intent for the creation of a thing. It is the reason for its existence and the why<\/em> behind something\u2019s existence. Purpose is the \u201cassignment\u201d that is produced by the intent of the creator or manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without\n purpose, Life is without meaning, the World is in chaos and \ntribulations today because many are where they are not supposed to be, \noccupying space, investing their time and energy on \nthings which are good but not right. What the world also fails to \nacknowledge is that every human being is a genius if properly located at\n their place of calling and design in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\n when purpose is discovered, life is full of meaning.Purpose determines \nthe right position, it maximizes energy and gives time meaning. Purpose \nprotects you from being busy but not effective and productive, It gives \nyou the ability to see the end from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\n you come to the realization that each person in the world has been \ncreated and designed for a specific and unique purpose, and that no one \ncan be substituted for another, you are freed from the jealousy and the \nenvy that fuel your desperate attempts to gain recognition at the \nexpense of others, this stops you from measuring success based on people\n or the society standard. No one fulfills purpose without rewards. \nSuccess without any sense of fulfillment is nothing but void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success without any sense of fulfillment is nothing but void.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Never\n mistake dream for purpose, because many are out there negatively taking\n advantages of other human being like them to buy cars and building \nmansions calling it dream. Dream may take certain time or specific place\n to be fulfilled but you and I can choose to live a life of purpose \nanytime and anywhere. Permit me to tell you this: that Dream is a subset\n of Purpose, inside purpose universal, permanent and great dreams are \nfulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My\n dear friend, coming to this World not fulfilling purpose is the only \nthing that make you and I cry after death even if we make heaven.
These are my words for my friend, to seek, find and live for purpose. And be thou fulfilled<\/strong>.
Have a nice day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus loves you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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