Falling into the Trap

Listening to so many people, you start to hear a trend.  "I am bored."  Another good word for boredom is ennui which is defined as listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest.  Looking back on your life, do you want it to be filled with ennui, lacking zeal and meaning?

A good place to start with this seeking is as the root of the issue.  Where is your heart? What really matters to you? And do your values and beliefs align with your daily activity?  Many of us are asked the question, "What do you love?"  A very generic answer begins with our family and friends, may continue on with our jobs, and trickle down to hobbies and or activities.  What blows my mind, is the fact that most people aren't living lives that involves one inch of anything they consider to "love."

For the longest time, I was so lost about where to find purpose and meaning.  I had no idea where to even begin to get to the path of doing things that I truly love.  It is hard to change, hard to break out of habits especially ones that we fill comfortable in, but truthfully, I truly felt BORED, lacking the motivation to do anything that could have meaning. I had all this passion, with no direction of where to go with it.

Everyone wants purpose, everyone wants meaning.  When we feel like we don't have a meaning for even being alive, we fill ourselves with articifical fixations, "fillers," and distractions to hide and avoid what we are truly feeling which is hopelessness.

Love is what directs us towards accomplsihing what we love. God is Love and He is the only one who can direct your heart to it's destiny.  He knows your heart better than anyone else, I mean He lives inside your heart!   No friend, husband, or sibliing will ever even come close to how close your relationship with God is, and that is okay! He delights in doing everything with you and being your First Love and Last Love.  Without Him, we aren't being guided or motivated by Love, and if Love is the foundation of all meaningful things, we will be bored when not following His will for our lives!!