Redefining Youth Thinking On Purpose And Success.

" I did not begin on Earth", is a statement that resonates with my heart. I was brought up in a society where people believe that purpose exists but barely understand what it entails. I was trained and groomed in a community where the educational sector brainwashed our parents to believe that the only way to measure the capabilities of their kids is by grades in school. And I strongly believe that I was not the only one who experienced living in a society like mine. Teens and youths now find themselves in some hurdles of life which has no specific connotation than to make them lose the path of success, but what centers it all is 'purpose'.

In early 2020 I was pretty frustrated with myself. Just a year earlier I said goodbye to high school. Normally, that's a good thing. Playing intramural soccer, winning the tournament, turned out 2nd in men's Long jump, such remarkable benefits, plus I had great colleagues.

And on top of that, my personal life wasn't great either. My girlfriend and I decided to end our relationship. And in that same week, I discovered I could not meet up the university's admission requirements. I felt a lot of things. But mostly, I felt like I did not understand life. Have you ever thought about it?!, What life is like?! What you are supposed to do?! It's not like babies are born with manuals that teach them to be awesome human beings. For the first time in my life, I started looking for answers because I was tired of just living or existing without purpose.

And as of early July in the year 2021, I had three days of Mentoring meetings with one of my mentors Mr. Victor Adaun, the president of Kingdom Of Arts International Limited. Out of the great things we talked about, the most dominant statement I still hear in my soul is that; "Discovering your purpose is a lifetime process".

Our Foundation

God created us, He is the manufacturer while we are the products. We won't be on earth if we are not fully tested by God. We are on earth because we have been tested just to fulfill our purpose. We did not begin on earth. Why then is our purpose important?!

Fulfilling our purpose is important because when God made us, He made us liken his Image. And we are to bring forth a positive and successful reputation to his image. Every man desires to succeed, nobody wants to fail. Everyone comes to earth, but they decide how much of them is manifested. Success is predictable likewise a failure. Success is predictable because life is made to function by laws. Truly we all know that, but due to greed, the lust of the flesh, hatred, and others we fail to acknowledge those laws. We know that whatever comes around goes around, Karma exists, give more take less. Though we were brought up to take things since we were babies, as soon as we grow up we realize that the more we give the better.

I know you should have if the not vast philosophy of what purpose is. But I want you to take a look and digest this viewpoint of purpose that I will be talking about.

The Supremacy Of Purpose

The purpose is more powerful than policies.

The Purpose is more important than policies.

The purpose precedes policies.

The purpose is more powerful than your job.

The Purpose is more important than your job.

The Purpose precedes your job.

Your job is what they pay you to do, your purpose is what you are born to do. Your job gets you finances, it gets you skills, but you are likely to get fired from your job, and it can be taken. While your purpose gets you fulfillment, gets you gifts, you cannot be fired, and it cannot be taken. The supremacy of purpose occurs this way, your purpose cannot be deprived of you, your purpose cannot be taken by anybody, your purpose cannot be broken down by anyone, your purpose cannot be controlled by humans or their inventions. The only thing that can happen to your purpose is "UNFULFILLMENT", and this can be done only if you do not have a genuine relationship and understanding with the Lord. Do you want to know why? Read Isaiah 14:24.

To fulfill the purpose of God in your life and succeed there are these 4 questions you need to answer. Every human on earth is trying to answer these questions. These 4 questions are the source of all human problems, they are the cause of the bad governance in a country, they are the cause of crimes in your cities. In other words, these 4 questions define humans.

Who am I?

This is a question of identity, a very tough one. An average human evades this question because it is a frightening one. The average human is still struggling with self-identity, which means most of us are not ourselves, but other people. As a kid I was once Lionel Messi, I was once Lil Wayne, I was once Kelvin hart, I was once somebody else. Because I did not know who I was, I try to put on the personality of other people just to look important. It got to the point of using other people's styles just to look significant. And here comes the breaking point, as soon as a man admits he is trying to be somebody else then he is on a path to fulfill a purpose.

Where am I from?

This is a question of source, a question that tells more about your foundation. In an attempt to find the right answer to this question, if you try to find out where you are from by using your ethnic heritage, you will get lost. And here comes a problem, you cannot know who you are until you know where you are from, and since you do not know where you are from, you cannot know who you are.

Why am I here?

This is a question of purpose, why were you born? why were you conceived? This is a question 99% of humans struggle to answer. And might be certain to say that most of you reading this now are still asking yourself this question or are yet to ask yourself.

What can I do?

What are you capable of? A question of potential, again over 99% of humans do not even care about the question, they do not even care about what they can do to make an impact. They are concerned about making a living and not making a difference, and just all about surviving not impacting.

The issue is 95% of the people are living below their potentials. We live in a country where the potentials of a man are known by humans, that sounds weird to me now. How on earth will a man's ability be graded by getting a C' in an exam and hereby tagged an average student forever? How? Tell me.

However, it's not that I am saying being graded in school is bad or is not important. But if there is nothing you are going to take to heart from this article, please take this statement: "Nobody can tell how successful you are going to be or define your potentials BUT YOU"