The Oscars 2016; Making my Mark…

Award nights are big nights and I personally look forward to the big stars flaunting the red carpet with their glamorous expensive dresses. And of course once am awed with one of the gowns, it helps when the reporters ask them who they are wearing, not that I am about to jump wagon and go splashing on some designer rob that could feed my ‘village’, but it doesn’t hurt to know.

The next big night this year is the Oscar’s and despite the race controversy I will be hooked on. I have just been reading about how instead of asking the celebrities who they are wearing, they will be asked about their purpose. What drives them to get up every day? Who inspires them to make a difference in someone's life? How are they working to change the world for the better? Uh that will make a night for good television because much as some of them are really good at what they do I don’t know if they know what their purpose here on earth is, speaking of which how would I fare answering the same.

My purpose? Well, I would say to make a difference but then again that sounds so cliché like the beauty pageants standard answer “World Peace”

This takes me back to when I was first asked a question to this regard; as a kid my mum and other grown-ups always asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up” I can’t remember what my earliest answer would have been but most probably any of the following would have done- a teacher, doctor, lawyer …your typical white collar jobs.

With time, once I learnt more about the various careers my answer was always fixated to being a journalist and at that age being a free bird exploring the world, I guess my purpose was to be a happy, confident girl. And happy and confident I was, very well rounded and achieving on the academic front; the empowered girl child in a 3^rd world country but even that felt  innocuous and deep down I knew there must be more to my being here.

My inner resume has always asked me if what I have on paper is enough. What is my impact on the world besides waking up and doing what the world views as success?  Just how do I flip the script?

Granted I don’t have that much a following as the stars but even then what and who inspires me. Does my being here matter? How am I making a difference? If I was gone tomorrow what would my obituary read, would I be worth remembering 2, 5 years down the road. One fact is I am important and I am here for a purpose. I have cast my net deep and wide to find out for what exactly I am here for and I can sum it up in one word Love.

My greatest weakness is love; love for my family, for people I do life with, for the world, for humanity-my sole purpose is love. I’m inspired by love and try to make a difference using love. It is not for nothing that the great book says in 1 Corinthians 13:13, “Three things will last forever –faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.” I busk and glow in the glory of love and am happy to say I love and I am loved.

I don’t let life simply unfold but try to influence it whenever I have control of the flow. Some days I really feel good about being here, I smile to myself and whenever I can whisper a thank you to the Omnipotent one; other times Life simply happens, setbacks and major shifts in a direction I didn’t see coming but then again as long as am here, I try to channel my energy to a positive space, to love and when I do that I thrive.

So what is this thing called life and are you letting it take over or are you  making your mark on it.