Sometimes I wonder: how is it even possible for some people to survive if they go with no life vision day after day, week after week, year in, year out? Desiring something great, but unable to achieve it, because of vanity.
How do they survive? Their days are busy with so much stuff that they can’t take a breath. Because of this vicious cycle, their bodies are wearing out. Only on the sick bed do they start thinking of things bigger than themselves. If they are lucky enough to stay there and have some rest.
How do they survive? They owe everyone attention, answers, help, responsibilities, love, and appreciation. They invest in everyone’s lives. They never treasure their own.
How do they survive? No proper rest, no quiet place, no time to think, recalibrate, change the strategy, change the approaches. They just run.
How do they survive? They eat, consume, they need more food, more things, a better coat, a better car, a bigger house, more money, more loans and mortgages. They can’t be satisfied.
How do they survive? They care about what everyone thinks, and they give whatever other people want. They can step on their values to just align with other people’s plans for their life. They never resist. And if they do, it is because everyone does it.
How do they survive? No happiness, no peace, no fulfilment, no contempt. Just temporary enjoyment from mere things that will vanish tomorrow.
How did I become a survivor?
When you work for money the results are short-lived. When you are motivated to become the best you can be, you leave a lasting legacy.
(Excellence the Key to Elevation – Dr. Sunday Adelaja )
If you count your days.. How many days do you have left to live with a life expectancy of 70 years?
I have 9K days plus something. Which is a bit over 25 years.
Got me thinking. I have read in “The Almighty Formula” that to live an effective and fulfilling life, we need to have a plan for 25 years.
And I have realized that it is practically all of life left if I reach the age of 70. It is the plan for the rest of my life. In this case, I should be very clear about what I want to do going forward.
I have spent my years looking for what I wanted to do. For around 40 years, I was searching for my life purpose subconsciously. For around 20 years, consciously and deliberately, I dedicated time to thinking about what my life is for. Believe it or not, it crystallized into a life mission just in recent years.
Looking back 20 years, I think that there is no way I would have identified my life’s purpose then. I believe that the time of my search could not be shortened in any way. My life journey contributed to my understanding of purpose. A pivotal moment was in recent years when all cues brought me to the realization of what I want to be remembered for.
And the irony is that I have only 25 years left to accomplish that if I have those 25 years of active life ahead of me. If I have 9.178 days.
I was lucky to wake up in time. I am even scared to think of what regret I would have if I woke up 10 or 15 years later. But if my 70-year life expectancy wish will not be granted, I might have the same regret of not seeing what I see now a little bit earlier. Just a couple of decades earlier.
No one knows how many days are ahead. But if we have a well-developed plan for 25 years, we might be lucky to pass it over for other people to run, even if we are gone. That makes the whole process of achieving your life goal a totally different game. You can no longer rely on visible resources to achieve this. You have to tap into the invisible. Wisdom is one of those.
Using the days wisely might give me a chance to achieve what I want to. Even if I am gone soon.
How many days do you have left?
Show me your daily plan and schedule, and I’ll tell you where you’ll end in 25 years.
