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LIFE LESSON: Eternal influence defines true identity

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Elon Musk is a well known entrepreneur who evokes mixed feelings from different people, to some he is a Superhero to others he is a Supervillain. Despite all this the fact remains that Elon Musk is the most successful entrepreneur who has created for himself an identity of global influence which is the envy of many people. My observation is that he has displayed 2 characteristics that I believe are key to his success amongst other factors: He thinks outside the box - This enabled him to build an Electric car that works and is popular, a feat that established car manufacturers failed to achieve. He has also revolutionized space technology through SpaceX He is courageous - He went all in by risking all of his family’s wealth by plunging all his personal finances into Tesla and Spacex when both businesses were on the verge of collapse and investors did not want to put in more funding to rescue them. My journey to find my true identity is based on the teachings of the Bible which also com...

LIFE LESSON: You don't live once, you have to consider eternity.

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YOLO is an acronym for "you only live once". This is used along the same lines as the Latin carpe diem ('seize the day'), it is a call to live life to its fullest extent. YOLO is a belief system that says : life on earth is the only life there is and it is in our capability to live it to its full extent . This was my belief too but since I started this journey of faith I am learning that this belief might be misguided. Is life on earth the only life? The Gospel teaches that human beings are made of Body and Soul. The body is how we interact with other people and God’s creation while on earth, it is also the part of our humanity that dies and perishes.  Our souls on the other hand live to eternity. We get an opportunity to make the choice to be with God or without him in eternity while we are in our bodies on earth. So life on earth is not the only life there is, we have to contend with life after death which is eternal. The decisions we make about God while in our bod...