Attending the Kerygma Conference 2013 is my one of the most memorable experience for this year. I attended different sets of classes - health, leadership, and business.
But among the talks and classes, one message sticks into my mind, and I know it will stick to my mind and heart forever. It's a talk of Bo Sanchez about living a great life.
How do you usually spend your day?
What do you think everytime you wake up in the morning?
What things do you consider everytime you make a decision?
Bo Sanchez said "the quality of your life depends on the quality of your decisions."
I totally agree with this. Looking back, every failure and success I had in the past were based on my own decisions.
Sometimes, we fail to acknowledge the most important things in life because we are too focused on not -so- important things. This is the reason why many people today are trying to work too hard that they tend to forget to spend time with their loved ones.
When will these people realized that they have to spend time with their loved ones? Most of the time, when it's too late, when their loved ones are gone already.
The only way to live an awesome life is to think of our death everyday.
Death gives us wisdom.
Death makes us realize the true meaning of life.
Death helps us discern the important from waste.
Here are 5 things that we should consider so we can live life to the fullest.
Note: These are just 5 but there are lots that we can think of!
1. Everything goes back into the box.
Any earthly treasure that we gathered here on earth - wealth, fame, success etc.. will go back into the box with us when we die. However, there's one thing that never dies even when we die - the love that we shared when we are still alive.
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?"
- Luke 12:20
2. Honor your dreams.
Listen to your heart and ask God for your purpose. Ask God "Why did You send me in this world?'
Follow God's plans for you for God wants only the best for you.
Life is short and death is certain. Act now to achieve God's dreams for you.
3. Don't waste time in useless conflicts.
No matter what we do - even we do the best things in the world for the benefit of people, we will encounter critics. There will always be people who will not like us and criticize us. These are difficult people in our lives.
However, we can still love them. Yes! You heard it right! We must still love them.
But...love them from a distance.
Don't hate difficult people, love them, but as much as possible we should stay away from them, so we could concentrate on the pursuing God's plans for us.
Life is short to spend time with people who will drain you, control you and manipulate you.
Choose your battles well.
4. Don't work too hard. Always create space for love.
Always spend time with your loved ones.
Date your parents once a week.
Date your kids every weekend.
Treat yourself in a spa.
Have a vacation.
Life is short, always prioritize love above all else.
5. Enjoy the present moment.
Enjoy the life you have right now.
Some people say
"I'll be happy when I get married"
"I'll be happy when I got a Iphone"
"I'll be happy when I reached $100K income"
This is not a good attitude. We should all be grateful for what we have right now, work and pray for the best things that are in store for us.
We are wiser than we think we are. We could make the world a better place if we could just live life to the fullest.
Have a happy life,
Maya
