Are you being a “Good Steward” over your life’s call?

I cannot remember how this question was presented to me, maybe something I was recently reading, but I do remember thinking about ways in which I processed how I might be a good steward over my life’s call. Compared to the universe, the operation of the sun, moon, and the stars, an earthling’s life, such as the sprout of life in the dirt-filled man’s hands, is rather small – don’t you think? The amazing growing process, the physical development our bodies experience over time without our control is quite fascinating and truly humbling to consider that we, earthlings, have been made to reproduce life as one of our calls. A life’s call, first, is different from a life’s purpose. I think. A call is something you answer to, which can be ongoing – like a lifestyle “if you will”. Not everyone answers to his or her life’s call. In fact, I would even beg to wonder for those who do not answer to a life’s call or what they may believe could be their life’s call, what type of experiences have filled their life. Let’s just play around here for a moment… When someone important to you calls you on the telephone, while your phone is ringing, you sit and watch their name vibrate or ring through your phone until the ringing eventually stops. As you are watching the caller’s name on your screen, what feeling do you usually experience? You can almost always discover your feelings about something based on your language about that very thing or situation. So, examine your thoughts about the caller and why you are ignoring or avoiding them. Is it guilt from knowing that, if the important person you are avoiding knew that you were ignoring their call to avoid them, they would question why? Maybe you experience shame because you know their feelings would be hurt if they actually discovered the relationship you two share is actually not built on truth and honesty but secrecy. Can we agree that no one outright avoids someone for no apparent reason, unless there is a problem or disagreement of some sort that brings tension to the relationship for the avoider. Do you feel grief because you want to answer but you believe with all your mind, body, and soul that the conversation will end as the conversation usually ends, in disappointment for you – so why answer? Well, consider these same emotions and maybe even what others may experience when we do not answer the call on our life. Jack Russell Dog On A Call Center Using The Phone Or Telephone.. Stock Photo, Picture And Royalty Free Image. Image 39508846.

Much different from a call, a purpose is something you seek to fulfill. My life’s call is to love on others who are here to stay, just passing through, or need a reframe on love. No, I am not the love doctor, I just enjoy love. I can say this because I have noticed that in every interaction I have with a person, does not matter who they are, what race they identify with, gender, sexuality, beliefs or how long I have known them, my approach and response comes from the same place of compassionate interest. Love changes people. If those I intentionally invest time into so choose to reproduce the love and truth I have shared with them with others, then we have a reproductive cycle of goodness circulating throughout the frequencies of earth. Do I ever miss an opportunity to love? Uh, yes! In many cases, living your life in a manner that speaks volumes gives those who are maybe more cautious, apprehensive, afraid, shy etc., to envision what it might look like for them to live their life out loud and begin taking steps toward a walking pattern that feels comfortable and brews confidence.
I have discovered that purpose changes often. In fact, I believe purpose changes from one assignment to the next. I remember when I use to believe that purpose was a destiny; a place to arrive to and then live out throughout my life. I am now open to remembering how I was constantly chasing after some form of accomplishment that I thought was tied to a destined emotional, mental, or relational place with others that would ultimately validate my existence on earth. Ha! Oh how I made it all up in my head, which was influenced from mindless chatter around me by folks who were simply trying to figure out how to make their existence meaningful too.
Purpose is forever evolving; therefore, we must not get too caught up on purpose for the sake of not stunting our ever evolving selves. As I type this post that was intended to be posted on November 1st, (my purpose was to start at the first of the month to set the tone for the rest of the month with what we shall mull over within our thoughts – but purpose decided something else… Purpose decided that I would forget my password into my dashboard that would ultimately cause for me to have to wait to post my awareness on the 2nd of November) I am reminded that purpose may change to due unforeseen circumstances that we do not have control over.

The question is will we align ourselves with the purpose in the moment and move with the flow? Or will we choose to be disappointed because we were unable to complete or achieve what our intentions were set to achieve before chance happened?

Are you being a good steward of your life’s call?
Back to this question. When I sat with this thought, here are the appreciations that came to mind:

I am being a good steward of my life’s call when I…
– acknowledge and inform myself and others what does not work for me in any given situation.
– release expectations of others to fulfill me.
– remove myself from toxic environments and relationships by using my words and not ghosting people.
– am giving of myself: my time, my energy, my gifts without feeling emotions that deplete me.
– take care of myself so I am in a better physical space to love on others around me without looking for anything in return.
– notice that I am needy of attention and I take a back seat from relationships that I would draw from to fulfill my needs to attend to my needs myself.
– harness my inner power to manifest harmony within my external environments.

– can say that if I died tomorrow, I lived a good life.

Being a good steward of your life’s call means to understand that we all have the same calling… to honor our source of creation, to love ourselves, and to love others the way we love on ourselves. Everything else in between is purposeful to keep us focused on the call. In this month of November, remember, we will never have the chance to live out November in 2020 ever again, so as we begin to direct our attentions on thankfulness, live thankfulness out through your actions with others.