Dear Younger-Me

Dear Younger-Me,

I write from the distant future to bring you a futuristic survival perspectives of how you could maintain your life and keep going until you get to where I am today, the day that you are 75 years old.

At 75 years old, you will not be worrying about the things that you regard as your core businesses or calling or purpose, whatever you name that to be. At 75 years old, you be happy to live a day at a time, sounds inviting right ? I know that right now, you are living out life to the full, family, career, ministry, social networks and all that. You have it all figured out, sort of, I am sure. But, at times, when one of these cracks and break down, you are terrified and would lose sleep over it. Trust me, the day will come, you don't care about that any more. It shall be thing of the past.

So, what are my advises to my Younger-Me who is pushing to the 50th mark soon ? Well, not many actually, knowing how much a meticulous planner I am (you are), I thought you must have it sorted out somewhere but I could see that you got diverted, your plans halted, changed courses (few times), deteriorated quite a fair bit, you are quite lost now, pushing 50 you see that you are running out of time, out of stamina and steam, feeling very desperate and depressing.

First thing, do not lose your sense of purpose, of who you are, what you are supposed to do as primary purpose. Everything hangs on your identity. Because you could be fighting battles and working hard but it is not for you, you are doing it for someone else, you are fulfilling someone's else dreams and wishes. Never forget your identity as the child of God, daughter of the King, you are put here with a purpose to be of help to your family. Friends and relatives are secondary lines of relationships, never reverse that.

Second thing, after falling, rest for a while then come back up. Remember the Maliau trip, at that young age, your survival instinct was so strong, you never thought of giving up, tired as you were, you never thought of dying there or being left behind in that deep jungle. You went on and one, mindful that you were not causing the team to slow down. Keep that in your mind, like that Maliau trial where your team got lost for 75 hours, you all went up and down, crossing rivers and rivers and more rivers. The whole body soaking wet.

Third thing, take time to celebrate small moments. Life is made up of moments and it is moments that we will cherish till the end of our life. Celebrate that one A achieved by the kid out of the  many subjects of no A. Seize the moment, look for reasons to celebrate, find an excuse, if needed. Cherish the people around you, moment by moment, especially so when you have many priorities.

Fourth thing, never bottle up your feeling and screwing your life too tight. Life is likened like a bottle with a cap. When you are unhappy, do not bottle the emotions and hurts inside and do not arrange your life like a military regime with a thousands one things to protect and defend, fighting every battles. Remember, not all battles are created equal. You need to pick your fights wisely and strategically. When you are too tight with yourself, running by the minutes to the next activity, with no room to spare to breathe, you are screwing up the cap real tight, one fine day, you will over-screw and find that you have no time grip to screw the bottle up.

Fifth thing, let thy food be thy medicine. As far as health is concerned, do not eat for indulgent's sake, eat for pleasure and enjoyment, food must be good to be swollen, do not eat out of not wasting the food, you are not the garbage bin of waste food for the family. Eat moderately and exercise well to get their inner core strength built up. Sleep as your body tells you too. Being an owl personality, I know you do not wish to waste time sleeping but you do realise that once you are overly tired, you are actually wasting your day productive time as your mind work against you and you lose the day too. So, you might as well sleep little, do little during the day.

I look forward to seeing you in your 70's. Be strong, stay healthy, keep the right focus.

Yours lovely,

Self

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