I happened to be in the hospital the other day where I overheard part of a conversation that a nurse was having with her patient. Don’t worry, I was there for support, not because I was sick!
The nurse asked three simple questions to get a quick initial assessment. At first, this seemed normal considering the reason for why the patient had been brought in for observation and further diagnosis—cognitive awareness. But those two questions have since got me thinking about something perhaps even more important—life awareness.
I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. Those three questions were:
• Do you know where you are?
• Do you know how you got here?
• Do you know why you are here?
Not only are they three great questions to ask, but when inserted in a context of life-awareness, they deserve more time for observation, reflection, and evaluation than we often give to them.
Do You Know Where You Are?
Over the next few weeks, I will be exploring the title question for this post, “Do You Know Where You Are and How You Got Here?” I invite you to journey with me. Through a series of posts, I will make intentional, well-timed pit stops to observe, reflect, and evaluate aspects of our life journeys and boldly strategize some next steps to better prepare for the stage and season beyond beyond our current reality. Not only will we address the three primary questions listed earlier, but we will do so through a series of 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours listed below.
The three primary questions will be the measuring stick—to serve as a starting point from where you mark the beginning your life-awareness journey, but it is also a progression line to identify how far you advance. Each behaviour is a form of decisive action complete with its own ripple effect of significance and influence, much like a tsunami quietly approaching the shore. Its rising wave is incredible and its wake immeasurable with nearly unimaginable results.
So, expect positive, healthy change alongside the necessary growth-challenges awaiting you down this new road intended to lead you toward a more meaningful, influential life of potential and possibility.
12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™
In Part One of our 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™ Series, we will address the following two decisive actions:
1.
GAIN PERSPECTIVE
2.
SET PRIORITIES
In Part Two of our 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™ Series, we will address the next two decisive actions:
3.
CLARIFY PURSUITS
4.
ESTABLISH PRESENCE
In Part Three of the 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™ Series, we will explore three crucial decisive actions that can very quickly position you for greater success:
5.
BE PROACTIVE
6.
EVALUATE PATTERNS
7.
REVIEW POSTURES
In Part Four of the 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™ Series, we will look closely at the next three decisive actions listed that prepare your mind, heart, and soul for the kind of success you are designed for and deserve:
8.
THINK POSITIVELY
9.
SPEAK PROSPEROUSLY
10.
LIVE PURPOSEFULLY
Finally, in Part Five of our 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™ Series, we will examine the last two decisive actions on the list to ensure that you receive the most you can through this journey:
11.
EMBRACE THE PROCESS
12.
CELEBRATE PROGRESS
Your life is the accumulation of a series of steps experienced in stages and seasons formed through an adventurous journey stitched in time.
Llewellyn Janzen
Stitched in Time
If you’ve ever carefully studied a quilt stitched together with the precious moments and memories of a person’s life or of a family history, that woven fabric soon transforms from being just a beautiful masterpiece worth observing to a monumental display of adventure worth embracing.
Your life is a masterpiece, a continuous expression of poetry being crafted by your Creator’s hands. Therefore, your life has purpose and contains potential beyond your imagination. So, embrace your future on the grounds of the potential your life holds.
[We] have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!
Ephesians 2:10 TPT (emphasis added)
If God still has more for you to fulfill than you are currently giving yourself to or embracing, which I believe with all my heart that he does, trust him to masterfully weave the components and moments of your life together. Give yourself to the 12 Influential Life-Awareness Behaviours™ as we work our way through the series. Where you are today will not be where you will be weeks from now, months from now, even years from now.
I look forward to doing this adventure with you!
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