Chapter 6
Writing from the soul
If it is not from the soul, it is not writing, it is typing. Writing is all about expansion and expression, it is not about sales.
Writing is a calling from one’s soul. Our soul is part of an endless awareness that informs us of who we are at the deepest level. It is our soul that calls us and inspires us to do what we are most passionate about, including writing.
What is it that you are so passionate about? Is it writing, counseling, or leading a change? Whatever it is that you are so passionate about is from your soul and it is your calling. It is your destiny.
Who you are is an endless awareness that needs to be discovered. It is an endless awareness of God. Who you are is how you think about God.
Who you are is not the body that you’re in, it is not your resume or the academic qualifications that you have attained, and you are not what you have accomplished up until now in your life. You are more than that.
You are an expression of God's love. And anything you do or write should demonstrate an expression of God's love.
Have you not seen petals fall off from their roses? Always know that no matter what, some things will fade away. Some things will fade away in your life before other things can bloom again.
Who gives life and bloom again? It is God that makes the dead go alive again. It was also what was being said to the roses that make them open and close every now and then. It was what God also said to us that allows what seems dead in our lives to come alive again. it is worth writing about
There is something that we cannot see which is without form. It is the beginning and the end and therefore infinite. It is this unseen that determines when a rose will bloom and when it will fade away.
It is this same unseen that determines your journey in life. If you do not understand the unseen, just sit in a corner of your room, and look out through the window. Stare at the tree of roses and ask it to fade away. Almost impossible till you inflict the tree yourself.
In the same way, we have no control over our lives, we are here to live a pre-planned life. We are not here on earth to add to or subtract from that well-laid plan that God has written for us.
We are not supposed to be, just doing, we are supposed to be living and being who we were created to be.
We are beings done already and all we have to do is to step into our role of destiny. We are to live that good life that God has orchestrated for us.
What do you consider to be real? Real is the unseen and that which never changes. Real is unchangeable. Anything that is real does not change.
If you think about it and take a look at yourself from when you were young till right now, you will agree with me that your body is almost constantly changing.
And if the only real thing does not change, then it must be that our physical bodies are not real. So, what then is real about us?
Is it the invisible infinite intelligence as some people call it or the Holy Spirit that lives in us? It must be the Holy Spirit that is the real deal.
When we are born as informed by Dr. Wayne Dyer, a latter is placed upon us that helps us escape the snares of this world.
Even Jesus Christ said to us that we are in this world, but we are not of this world. How controversial can this be that you are in this world, but you are not of this world?
Your burning seed
When life goes against you, it is the burning desires inside of you that will say to you, ”you have to hang in there”, “you have to do this”.
It is your burning desires that will keep you keeping on when life tries to stop you. In most cases, people often ignore the burning desires in them and just push things aside.
One hospice nurse named Bronnie Ware wrote a book titled “Top Five Regrets of the Dying” which highlighted the regrets of the dying.
I can honestly relate to this having worked on the oncology and palliative wards in the hospital.
I agree with Bronnie Ware who wrote: “I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life that others expected of me.”
This is the greatest regret of most of the dying. People always wished and wished till life can no longer allow their wishes to come true.
Most of those dying in the book did not step into their true self, most of them had a false identity, they had to do what people or family wanted them to do.
Health is wealth and most people often do not make the best of the health that they have in fulfilling all of their dreams.
It is not how far or how old in life, it is how well in life. Others from the report by the palliative nurse Bronnie Ware were people who regretted that they worked too hard, people who were not true to themselves and people who were not able to express themselves.
Some wished that they had stayed in touch with their friends, while some wished that they had lived a happier life.
How wrong do people live, working so hard and missing out on the most important things in life?
When I am seated right in front of my laptop wiring from my soul, I am always so happy and grateful that I did not have to wait to regret why I did not write.
There will be something you also are so passionate about, burning inside of you. Don’t let the distractions of life kill that fire in you. Remain focused.
There is a constant battle that you will have to fight in your mind called fear. That which tells you that you cannot do it.
Be yourself, listen to your intuition, and follow it. If you do not know who you are and what you stand for, you will be lost in a world that is constantly training people by day and by night to be just like everybody, when in actual fact we were born to stand out.
We were born to be unique and to be great. You have to fight the demons inside of you that tell you lies. You also have to listen to the fire that sparks in you, that one which tells you that you can do it.
The problem with the world today is that there are too many people speaking of and into other people’s lives, the TV shows, the radio, social media, video games, and much more.
What are you listening to or reading? You had better listen to what enriches you and pulls you towards your destiny.
I encourage you to make a commitment to yourself today, to be faithful to that which exists not in the world but in yourself.
No one else can get it or understand it but you. You are sufficient if you can just take one more step, if you can just open the next mail, or if you can just work a bit harder.
God will open the resources that you need to you. Life will take care of you, just open up, don’t be afraid to be vulnerable yet confident.
Our soul wants to be set free and not captive, our soul also wants to expand and to explore, so don’t stay trapped in your body. Allow your soul to travel as far as and as wide as it can.
All that people can ever do for you is to guide you and step aside, it will be up to you to make that call to step into destiny. Listen to the lyrics of your soul which says “Don't Fence Me In”
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