Dick has again asked me to share with you the beauty of this day through my word, and the spoken word.
My offering to you this day is definitely not radio, but more of a fire side reality chat of the heart.
“We have been created for greater things, to love and be loved”
– Mother Teresa
PASSION
Each and every one of us has a passion, a desire, a love. This is something that you are born with, and if pursued- develops and grows with you in life. It begins with a “word”- a spirited desire- It is the offing of many children’s books- “you can be anything or anyone that you want to be”. Starting with -“I want to be a fireman, policeman, garbage man, fisherman, teacher, president, doctor, lawyer, nurse, musician, or mom, the possibilities are endless. If this path is followed, an energetic zeal develops into another category, something that ultimately joins forces with a degree, a certification or powerful idea. These can then be put into action and move toward what and who you were born to be. With this sticktoitiveness the outcome always, always equals – “the want to care for someone other than yourself.” But whenever or wherever it is found, it is the influential entity of who you are, where your thoughts live, what you think and also the people you associate with that now is leading you to fulfilling – who you were meant to be.
“If you can’t figure out your Purpose, figure out your passion.
For your Passion will lead you right into your Purpose.”
-T.D. Jakes
You most assuredly will find confusion in your own wants and thoughts, as the people around you try to direct and steer you toward “their” path of what’s best for you, where you should live, and what you should do in this life. But…
Do not abandon yourselves to despair.
You have been selected by a force greater than yourself
to step into your God given calling, listen and hear the conversation of your silent heart –
and then proceed.
IMAGINE
Now, take another “word” out of your pocket and put it in front of or behind your quiet inner passion-“Imagine.”
This is where “Passion” grows.
The following are just a few names of individuals who have walked thru many centuries of God’s time portal with a passion and a purpose to helping others and making a difference. They took their “Imagine” and wrapped it in a “Passion.”
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Alexander Graham Bell, Grace Hopper (Pioneer of Computer Programming), Larry Page (co-founder of Google), Albert Einstein(Quantum Theory of Light), Thomas Edison (sound recordings, mass communication, motion pictures), Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Nikola Tesla(1st alternating current-AC motor, AC generation and transmission technology), Gutenberg (printing press), Henry Ford (auto manufacturer also developing the assembly line), Leonardo da Vinci (inventor), Robert Fulton (Steamboat Inventor), Samuel Morse (Inventor of telegraph and Morse Code), the Lumiere Brothers (devised early motion picture camera and projector- known as the Cinématographe), George Washington Carver (known for inventing crop rotation), Marie Curie(discovery of Radium and Polonium), Louis Pasteur (Pasteurization), Oskar Schindler (credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust), Tom Jennings (first black man to receive a patent – Dry Scouring or Dry Cleaning), The Wright Brothers (aviation pioneers), Mother Teresa (dedicated her life to caring for the less fortunate), Jonas Salk (developed the polio vaccine), Tsukamoto (inventor and stem cell researcher) and Peter Tsai (inventor of N95 Mask).
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with Great Love.”
-Mother Teresa
Gratitude
This past year, we as God’s children, have been wrapped deep in the reality of a global pandemic, on the East coast the release of a 17 year cicada & lantern fly bug infestation, a drought in the West, environmental devastation by climate change, food insecurities, political unrest and now a senseless war in the Ukraine. If we are not actually living and experiencing these things, we are witnessing our fallen world through the news.
In spite of all these negatives, we should be so grateful for the other side of the coin, those that have come forward with their positive “Imagine” word. These people have put their “Passions” to work finding solutions and cures, bringing food and shelter to the homeless, defending and standing up for the weak and meek. These are God’s children in action. People with great passion can make the impossible happen. They choose not to yell, as yelling silences the message, they speak and move quietly so that one hears God’s voice.
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is not promised. We have only Today. Let us Begin”
-Mother Teresa
Imagine Your Passion
People of the world engaged in social media tend to post lovely quotes that sometimes make your heart sing with emotion. But why can’t we take God’s Hand and step into a different journey, by getting out there and actually trying to imagine a passion of serving, and stirring the pot of change. What is stopping us?
Do it quietly, be that walking sermon; one thing, each day, just one. Our time on this planet is getting shorter and shorter, and even though we are one person, we have been given this gift to change one life. Do this not for the benefit of your ego, but for walking the path that we have actually been directed to follow. Ask yourself, why not, and DO IT. Find and discover the person you were created to be – If you can find the God inside yourself, you will be able to find the God inside every living creature.
“Spread Love Everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
-Mother Teresa
Reach for the Hand of God, see His beauty, develop your Imagined Passion to soar and reverberate throughout the ages.
“WE are all the Easter People and Hallelujah is OUR Song”
-Pope John Paul 11
Susan Towley is a graduate of Concordia University with a degree in Family Life Education, is a Certified Grief Counselor and Guided Imagery Therapist. God joined us together in 2018.
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