Turning Lemons Into Lemonade - Part Three

Don't Touch My Lemons

So now that we know how to find our passions and how to recognize that inner voice that if calling us to our divine purpose. We shall look at how to be independent of what other people want for us.

If we are passionate about something and take ownership of ourselves and our purpose then the only way we can fulfill our destiny is to be independent of what others want for us. Many people will tell you what can and can’t be done. As children we were told that we should; go to school, go to college and university. We were told that the thing to do is find a job to make money, own a home, marry and have children. Most of these things were bread into us by our well meaning parents, teachers and role models.

As we grew up we were told to; follow the rules, be good citizens, fill in the forms and pay the taxes. None of these manifestations should be looked upon as wrong for almost everyone has followed this dynamic and should. The trouble with this these ideals is that they are not necessarily aligned with our divine purpose. So by combining an ordinary life with following our dreams, we will reach new heights in our lives. In order to follow our destiny its often true that we have to break off from the programming and become something of a disturbing element, breaking the reigns that hold us to the ordinary life that teaches us to fit in with the rest. Instead we should become extraordinary by following the inner voice and reaching a higher conscious level where we believe anything is possible by changing the very concept of ourselves.

The concept of yourself is basically what you expect from yourself. If you believe that you cannot achieve something through what others have said, you will be constrained to the ordinary and make fulfillment in your life unreachable  Here are just some of opinions of others that we listen to and come to believe.

• You won’t be able to afford it
• You haven’t got the grades to do that
• There is a recession, you will never be able to start a business
• How are you going to make money out of doing that?
• You should really be like you brother and become an accountant
• Your father always wanted you to join the army
• It’s too difficult
• So many fail that its not worth doing yourself
• You are too old
• You are too young
• You don’t have enough experience
• You should really go to university

If we are steadfast in our intentions to accomplish something and live a life of great fulfillment  then we should not listen to these mantras for they will prevent us from fulfilling our dharma. We will grow old regretting  and wishing that we had listen to our hearts to begin with.

Sometimes you need to live your life on ethics. Imagine if Rosa parks had followed the rules and sat at the back of the bus that day in Montgomery. The world would be a very different place, riddled with discrimination. But due to Rosa parks becoming a disturbing element, breaking the rules and following her heart, she changed the way we look at different races. She changed the entire believe system from whites are separate from blacks to we are all equal and entitled to exactly the same conveniences and conditions. She broke from the ordinary and created something very extra ordinary. There is something inside of all of us that can do the same.

In order to live the life that we truly desire we must listen to our own voices. I’m not saying that we should break the rules, not be a good citizen and totally ignore what people say (We should never be harmful towards others or act immorally) What I’m saying is that we should also listen to what our hearts are telling us, contrary to what people have told us about what is or isn't possible. We need to become something of a disturbance. Breaking the bond we have to an ordinary life, which to my mind is a half-lived life. If we are to constantly conform to what others want for us then we end up selling ourselves short and, living up to the expectations of others. We are human beings with our own destinies. Separate from our ego. We are in harmony with others but we should not let peoples expectations for us immobilize us from the path that was intended. Remember we were never taught at school to follow an inner voice.