by: Cloyd Uyson
Happy and grace-filled weekend once again to you dear friends!!! As you relax and get energized and continue with your journey bodily and spiritually, don’t forget that there is only one thing that truly matters from the beginning ‘til the end…GOD. If you find Him you will find everything and lack nothing. I just want you to know that I have so much trust in you as a person who possesses all the gifts and blessings from our Supreme Being, the creator of all, to become the best that you can be. I’m so glad to tell you that our topic for today is from the well- known Swami Vivekananda ,who is indeed a great person with great knowledge and wisdom.In fact, he just read a book one time and was able to remember throughout his life time what has been written in that particular book with the exact location or in what particular page. This only shows that he is indeed a man of pure intelligence and obviously a man of knowledge.
Now let us try now to ponder the saying he once uttered which is actually out tile for this article,“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.” True indeed, how can you believe in a God whom you do not see and not believe first in yourself whom you actually see and feel and hear and the like? As the famous philosopher Plato once said: “everything should start from within…” Meaning to say, it is in and from yourself that all the things around you revolves. The amount of faith or belief you have in yourself is also the same measure that you will have faith in your God and with your neighbor.
As you go on your with your life , take this opportunity of believing in yourself to heart, seriously and well. Remember, not everyone could have this precious chance of being aware that you need to believe in yourself first and foremost in order to do well with the rest of life. The best way on how to do this is to retrospect, to meditate, to go back with yourself, to retreat…retreating back to oneself…confronting our issues, forgiving ourselves, others and counting all our blessings. All these combined will eventually help us understand and know who really we are and finally believe and have faith with ourselves.
Make then this step of retreating, a truly worthwhile experience, look back to your past life and examine how did you spend it. If you will present such life you lived, do you think you could put a happy smile in God’s face? If so, then ask for more blessings to keep you constantly in His grace and love…if not it is up to you to decide whom you wish to smile at the kind of life you are living now and for the rest of your stay on earth. I know you want God to be happy like anyone else…prove to Him that you are worthy of the blessings He showered upon you, most especially of having an excellent family, business and life in general. Thank Him that no matter what, in spite and despite of all our imperfections and weaknesses, our stubbornness and selfishness of our imperfect families, of our struggles, pains and hurts, God never ceases to be with us and to love and be madly in love with us! Isn’t it great to know that we are continually loved by Someone who has created us? Hence it’s accounting time…let us now check and balance our lives…the very life God gave us to be spent in loving service not only for our loved ones but also to the rest of His creation…We are His stewards, thus we should become good caretakers of everything we have. Let us add our list of friends and good works, multiply our good and charitable examples, subtract our sinfulness and pride, lust, anger, being selfish and the like.
In conclusion, believing in oneself is therefore the key towards believing with our God. Hence, now that we know this let us therefore be at peace with ourselves and eventually be at peace with God… only then all things will have its proper place and order…let go and let God control of your life, then you will never wander or feel empty sad and bitter…if you could do this tall order, then you deserve a hats off. Happy weekend folks!
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