Destined "for life"

Victor Frankl is an internationally renowned psychologist who endured many years of torment in Nazi death camps, and yet survived to excel. His suffering led him to develop an approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy. The foundation of this approach is the belief that man's search for meaning is his primary motivational force. To quote Frankl, "Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself".

I am constantly amazed at the number of people whom I meet who, in their advanced years, still struggle with finding expression for their real selves. It's almost as if they have never quite found their true identity and the questions of, "Who am I?", "Why am I here?" and "Where am I going?" remain burning questions that pose a challenge to them being able to play their music in the orchestra of life.

Frankl's assertion that success is partly a "by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself" strongly supports the idea of a Higher Power being that "person". After all, is it really possible to surrender to any human being and expect sustainable success to emanate from that surrender?

My personal conviction is that the Bible has an answer. Matthew 6:33 states that we ought to seek first the Kingdom of God and then all these things shall be added to us. Surrender to God will bring success?? In so far as my life purpose goes, what better scripture verse than Jeremiah 29:11 which states, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to PROSPER you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and A FUTURE"!!!!! Destined for life ..............

Destiny is not fate. Destiny is the framework within which we exercise our freedom and without which freedom would be meaningless. I was born a black male in South Africa and I have certain physical characteristics with a certain body type and brain capacity. That is my destiny. I cannot change it. What I do with it is my freedom.