Keys to the Kingdom
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis
'I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind is bound; whatever you loose is set free.' - Matthew 16:19.
Does it seems the singular purpose of everything in life — people, objects, events — is to derail you, beat you down, make you submit? Is yours a life of quiet desperation? Do you grow weary and tire of the struggle? Does despair bind you? Has the irrepressible enthusiasm of youth yielded to endless drudgery? Has the promise of laughter been replaced by tears; the solace of melody - supplanted by incessant clamor; the opulence of love - parlayed into a quest for power? Does the potential of a life lived without limits - a life of achievement and adventure - of joy and exhilaration - seems a shop-worn fantasy?
Thoughtful people have mused, "Life is one damn thing after another." Yet for many, those lost in the maze, "the story of me" seems a saga of one relentless, unforgiving, insurmountable obstacle after another.
This need not be your lot in life.
Look, you have managed to survive. No matter how trying the times, how painful a moment, how all-consuming an affront, how dismissive a rebuff, you have somehow endured. No matter what you faced; somehow, some way, things changed - life ambled on. The rain stopped, the flood waters receded. The drama called "your life" has in fact been packed. Every moment, every instant has been a happening - for better or for worse.
Now it is time to embrace the truth. Your life - all you have experienced - has been by choice - your choice.
The real disappointment you suffer - the mistake it is time to correct - is your perception. Every experience, every encounter, every exchange has been an opportunity. The keys of the kingdom have been entrusted to you - use them. The enemy, the threat, the challenge is not out there, in the environment, in the relationship, in the event. The adversary is you. Your resistance, your refusal to grow and change - are the means by which you bind yourself.
If you have not yet embraced the promise and potential inherent in every instant - you have this moment now to begin anew. Choose a new course. Unleash the chains of limitation, of sadness, of defeat. To live a full and fulfilling life - a life filled with moments of promise, overflowing with potential - set yourself free. What you bind on earth is bound in heaven. Stop resisting life.
You create, design, build, and maintain the world you live in, the reality you experience. Your attitudes and choices shape the circumstances you call into your awareness. When you choose poorly you squander your life in a futile struggle. Choose wisely. Overcome life's obstacles and grow beyond challenges by finding opportunity in crisis. Use the keys of the kingdom: loosen what binds. Stop resisting - set yourself free.
About the Author
Scott F. Paradis, author of "Promise and Potential: A Life of Wisdom, Courage, Strength and Will" http://www.promiseandpotential.com publishes "Insights" available for free at http://www.c-achieve.com
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