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Happy New Year!

We at The Human In You wish you all the best in 2023 as you continue to find the power to live above the circumstances, actively choose a true perspective, and trust God through it all.?

We look forward to all of the exciting opportunities this new year will bring, and we are grateful you are joining us on the journey.

With Love,

Marcus Malesela

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow; The important thing is not to stop questioning.?— Albert Einstein

The past years have been nothing but ordinary. The unnerving combination of war, inflation, energy scarcity, and climate change wasn’t what anyone expected as life was just beginning to move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2022 has also proven to be a year of resilience.?

Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. (Galatians 6:9 KJV)

This letter today is part of my Linkedin post dated 12/01/2023?

Once we realized that we can no longer be content with living in accordance with the demands of the ordinary world, a question arises about the meaning of life

Everything comes from somewhere and, having been changed or transformed to some degree, returns somewhere. Nothing which has taken form or is alive remains immutable, and each of these changes serves life in some fashion.?

A human being cannot be an exception to this universal principle. Being endowed with thought, how can a man go through life without questioning himself, and being endowed with feeling, how can he remain indifferent to such questioning?

The way men searched at the beginning of time and the way we put these questions to ourselves today can take very different forms.?

So, let's get to today's topic.?

In the Buddha's context;?The Insight into change teaches us to embrace our experiences without clinging to them — to get the most out of them in the present moment by fully appreciating their intensity, in the full knowledge that we will soon have to let them go to embrace whatever comes next.

I won't be going deeper into Buddhism; this is only my way of seeing things.?

Change is difficult, and when faced with the prospect of a change, many people opt to stick with the status quo. This is even true in the case of positive changes, such as a new job opportunity or relationship: Even though it might be very likely to make the person’s life better, it represents a departure from life as usual, and there is always the risk that the change won’t work out the way it was expected to.?

As a result, people are often reluctant to make decisions when doing so would result in a significant change; this can result in ambivalence about taking action to make improvements in one’s life.?

Sometimes we are dreadful to change not for what it is — we are anxious and nervous before going into a new dimension of change. Afraid that we will not fit in because our minds are still wrapped around our comfort zone. We are afraid that we will make fools out of ourselves. We think; "I may do something wrong, I'll look like an idiot, and everyone will discover that I am just only a fraud or think badly of me."?

In these cases, I find it helpful to say to myself: Well, if I can avoid looking like an idiot, I'll do that but if something happens and I look like a jerk, and everyone laughs at me then it's okay.?

You see, I had people telling me straight in my face that I was just wasting my time thinking that I will ever be a good writer or a philosopher just to say the least. But I did not quit, I kept at it, and I'll like to thank myself for not giving up.?

Why I am saying this? Guys, we can never predict what other people will think or what they will say behind our backs — maybe it will be good, maybe not. So, at some point in our lives, we have to be ready to accept everything and let go by reaching a decision in our hearts and finally saying to ourselves,?"Well, that's okay, I did what I can do best."

Are there areas in your life that you’re being common in, taking the easy way out, doing what everyone else is doing??

The good news is that it’s not too late to change. You can be like Ruth. (See,?Ruth 1:16). God has uncommon favor, uncommon opportunities, and uncommon relationships in your future, but you have to do your part and be uncommon. — derived from Today's Word with Joel & Victoria Osteen a daily prayer mail listing?

My final words

I am passionate about what I write. I believe the message of owning less has the power to change and improve the lives of all who hear it. When my words can touch people then my final wish would be for the world to open up.