Recently a Kenyan friend of mine was in Doha for a holiday. She says that as early as 5pm it gets pretty dark that you would think it's 8pm! You can imagine the disorientation that would cause if you thought things are the same as in Kenya.
Knowing the environment you are operating in sometimes makes the difference between success and failure, satisfaction and frustration, peace and fear.
The life we used to live has changed: it is no longer a straight line, it's more of a circle.
Let me explain. We have to some extent been trained to view life as one thing that we need to do before we can move on to the next. In the Kenyan context this would be school first and by school I mean academics. Nothing wrong with that unless of course you are not so good in class but maybe you are a great sportswoman. You could easily end up frustrated and your gift stunted and undeveloped.
The truth is that the life we live now can no longer be just one thing. It just can't be school or church or family, etc. The reality we live in is that we need to be so many things all at once। I am a part of three organizations, I am a husband, a friend, a brother, a son, a leader in church and in my community। All these place demands on my life at the same time। I can no longer just do one main thing for a season and move on the another in a straight line; I need to be a number of things all in the same season; life is a circle and we are at the center of it.
Knowing the environment you are operating in sometimes makes the difference between success and failure, satisfaction and frustration, peace and fear.
The life we used to live has changed: it is no longer a straight line, it's more of a circle.
Let me explain. We have to some extent been trained to view life as one thing that we need to do before we can move on to the next. In the Kenyan context this would be school first and by school I mean academics. Nothing wrong with that unless of course you are not so good in class but maybe you are a great sportswoman. You could easily end up frustrated and your gift stunted and undeveloped.
The truth is that the life we live now can no longer be just one thing. It just can't be school or church or family, etc. The reality we live in is that we need to be so many things all at once। I am a part of three organizations, I am a husband, a friend, a brother, a son, a leader in church and in my community। All these place demands on my life at the same time। I can no longer just do one main thing for a season and move on the another in a straight line; I need to be a number of things all in the same season; life is a circle and we are at the center of it.
This does not mean we take on anything that comes our way so that we cannot handle it all but it does mean that we cannot afford to ignore things that are a part of our lives and call.
Like I said before the better we understand our environment the more successful we will be in our lives.
The call for Lepta and for you as a part of this community is to embrace 360 living where we seek to experience the most in every segment of our lives. We want to have impact at church, school, home, work, relationships and in our nations.
Look all around you- 360 and begin to experience Life in all you do.
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