Cross to the country I’m giving to the People of Israel. I’m giving you every square inch of the land you set your foot on—just as I promised Moses. FROM the wilderness and this Lebanon east TO the Great River, the Euphrates River—all the Hittite country—and then west to the Great Sea. It’s all yours. – God speaking to Joshua Nun
It popularly proclaimed by many that human life comes to full expression
when it becomes unlimited or unrestricted by anything. So in order words when a
person is unchained, boundless and unleashed then he can begin to write his own
story and live the life he was meant to live.
In truth, the opposite suffices. Contrary to what is popularly accepted,
life becomes less and less maximized the more and more boundaries are
compromised. I believe humans were created to function with boundaries. When
people have no boundaries they fall short of being the best they could have
been.
I read of a study carried out on children in a school playground. They were initially allowed to play in an open
field and it was noticed that they continually congregated toward the middle of
the field. Subsequently a fence was erected around the field and from then on
the children utilized the full extents of the playground, running from one end
to the other. They were free to exploit all that was available for them now
that they have boundaries.
Every one of us has an area of relevance and it is the extent to which
we are relevant to ourselves and the world around us. It is important to
recognize this area and take full advantage of it. Beyond its boundaries we
have little or no relevance. There is nothing wrong with not being relevant in
some areas. Someone else will be. Rather than waste time bickering about
someone else’s relevance, concentrate on yours and be the best you can be in
it.
There is also a limit to our abilities. We cannot do it all. We may be
multitalented but we are never all-talented. Abilities, more often than not,
stem from our experiences. We all have different life experiences and that
means that we all have varying abilities. A three-year-old Chinese girl can do
something you may never be able to do – she can speak Chinese! That fact that
she can do this does not mean that she is better than you. It simply means she
had a different experience.
In addition, our spheres of influence are and will always be unique to
us. The people we know, the contacts we have, the influence we exert on them
will always vary one from the other. Beyond
this sphere your influence ebbs. Stay within this sphere.
Growth and success then comes not in out-stepping our limitations and
becoming persons we will never be but in pushing the bar upward within our area
of relevance, limit of abilities and spheres of influence.
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