Purpose over Provision

I started to write this morning and TD Jakes popped into my head again. This time reminding me that Greatness is contagious. You’ll catch it if you get around it. The very thing that scares you the most is the very thing that teaches you the most.

So I went back to my notes I took during his Life Class with Oprah and was overwhelmed by the numerous pearls of wisdom he imparted time after time. I had so many Aha moments during his Life Class that at one point I was in tears because my whole mind, body and soul resonated with the message he was delivering.

It was like he was preaching the words of the Universe directly to me. I felt like I was called to the mountaintop by him. Like I was being challenged to accept who I am and who I am capable of becoming if I get out of my own way.

Money without purpose doesn’t make you wise he continued. There are so many rich people who are crazy. Don’t seek provision. Seek purpose. When you find your purpose, you won’t have to work hard to get your provision.

The most beautiful thing in the world is someone who knows who he or she is. People who are on point are focussed. People who are fulfilled on themselves are very attractive. When you know who you are, you are safe in who you are. And you don’t need anyone to validate you or to be validated at all. When you embrace yourself and accept yourself for who you are, you are living life on purpose.

Fear will never lead you to a positive end. Allow yourself to be worthy of being your own best friend.

Remember always that life puts us in positions that make us give what we don’t have. TD Jakes said, “You can never reap a dividend if you don’t invest. If you make the investment up front, the investment will come back later.” Sometimes later than we expected but it comes. He quoted a powerful African proverb that says, “The danger with this generation is they want to eat their dinner in the morning.”  In other words, we want the payback too soon. So we give up too soon. Often just before the payback comes.

We are being controlled by our feelings. In order to move into the blessings of the future you must first relinquish the pains of the past.

People will define you by how they met you. Turn that period into a comma. Don’t let people put a period where God wants it to be a comma. Find your purpose no matter how someone else tries to define you. Put you on a box.

Don’t forget to forgive yourself. Forgiving is a gift you give to yourself.

The most dangerous thing in the world is to have no purpose. Giving our strength to stuff that doesn’t make a difference. Find that which is worth it then give your strength to that instead and your purpose will follow.

Purpose can be found in our darkest times. Purpose is our life’s passion. Our passion will lead us into our purpose.

Don’t try to spend your life trying to be something that you are not.

If everything went the way you wanted it to go, you wouldn’t know how good you are.

Passion and Purpose are partners.

Our inner sense of passion empowers us to be what we are meant to be.

In order to ignite passion, you have to get out and get exposed. When you are exposed, you see the myriad of options out there. You learn and accept the Universe is an abundant place – of which you are a part. Therefore there is nothing stopping you from tapping into it except your limited experience of it.

Greatness is contagious. Get out there and surround yourself with those you admire. Be in there space. Be in their presence so their greatness rubs off on you. So that you can become the great person you are meant to be. So that we can become the great people we are meant to be.

I hope these words of encouragement from TD Jakes mean as much to you as they do to me. Be inspired today to find and become the greatness we are all meant to be. Purpose over Provision.

Amen TD Jakes. Amen Oprah. Amen to the light bringers. In gratitude. And reverence.