Wick - Guardians of Thought

Not everything you eat is good for you. That is why chewing and tasting is meant to help us distinguish what is good from what is not. however most bad things, unhealthy things have a little juice added to them to make them appetizing. This then puts a greater responsibility on us as individuals not to take everything in without proper discernment, through the light of God. Test everything, Good or bad and keep your ways before him clear.

Changing the focus from your inadequacies and more to the fact that doing what the process demands forces it to adhere to its own rules.

Lessons of 2023

1. There is beauty in the madness, ugliness in the success.
2. Patience and effort are the cornerstones of vision and its manifestation
3. Faith is making a choice to switch off the fear and chose to believe what he has said. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts"- Isaiah 55:9
4. Have a conversation with a stranger, old folks are funny and very insightful
5. You can spend loads of energy doing something while not getting any progress,Usually treadmills are for cardio exercises, however we often have "treadmills" with regards to our goals, things that have us running in the same place. "Using energy but not getting anywhere"? "Pouring water into a bucket with countless holes"
6. Love and Compassion starts at home. Start with yourself, then pass it on to your friends moreover pass it to those who do not "deserve" it according to your terms.
7. Jesus is Lord and that will never change

How knowing the various seasons of life can help you navigate the path.

Do you ever what on earth proving logical statements in mathematics have to do with the insurance world? How doing a subject unrelated to my goals would eventually help me get closer to them?

Often the problem is that we think everything with regards to our goals should have a direct correlation to them. In reality there are so many unseen ways in which the boring or unrelated tasks help us out.

Whether we are aware or not , our lives and aspirations are guided and brought ro fruition through our systems of thought and action. Where intentionality lacks, the will of an external or a default system will prevail to bring forth its fruit in our lives. IHarnessing these systems to keep us in check will help us focus on what is actually important, Progress. Let us explore systems and their effects on our everday living

As imperfect humans we often are miscouraged by our current selfs and the current state of being while hailing an ideal version or state. Despite how far our ideal selves are we tend to forget that this version of self largely depends on our current version of ourself. Rather that this ideal self is just a current version of us that has done the work and passed the test of time. Having a healthy relationship with the current version of self is ideal because without your current self you cannot reach your ideal self.

Let us remember being imperfect does not mean we are insufficient.

Having all your questions answered with regards to life seems like a reality we often yearn for. However knowing too much might not only deter us from facing the challenges that are supposed to shape us but it also hinders the grow of our faith in general.

Living with a supreme confidence in the process despite the having little to no results brings forth endurance with births the long desired results we have yearned for.

With so many responsibilities and commitments violently snatching hours from our days, we are often left with so little time to focus on ourselves. One might ask, who on earth has the energy and will power needed to focus on self introspection at the end of a long laborious day? Shows and Scrolling on media definitely do not need much from us and are often the popular choice.This scenario builds a loop where one may be willing to actually engage in more activities that would add to their self development however the odds are always against them. Reversing the concept of residual time puts an awareness and a high priority of giving your development the highest priority. This leads to growth and the formation of a better you which will overflow into other aspects of your life.

Loving your neighbours as you love yourself is what we are called to do but how do we do this if we don't even know how to properly love ourselves. (I am not stealing this from that TikTok song💀). Self love itself can take different forms besides the much enjoyable trips to parks or the activities that bring us relief. One major aspect of self-love that seems to have a positive long lasting effect is investing in self and self improvement.Spending time to eradicate the faulty foundations and moulding ourselves into the better versions of ourselves is key for the relationship we have with ourselves and with external parties. Love in itself is supposed to overflow, not redirected. Redirecting love opens us up to dryness, high expectations from external parties who might not even be in a better place than we are with themselves. I believe that for one to even get to the point where they love themselves they need to depend on a love greater than their own. Focusing on the Love God has towards us makes us fully understand what love actually is moreover besides our faults it gives us a benchmark and a clear indisputable truth. After dwelling in this truth, we start to have the love that has been freely gifted to us overflow to others.We also head back to the introspection of the various gardens in our lives. We come across the truth with regards to understanding that we aren't the only planters in our gardens. Society, culture, and various ideologies plant certain seeds in our gardens which makes it important for us to regularly introspect and check what is growing in different areas of our lives and moreover the source of such plants