FACE, PLACE, SPACE

In the world of scientific scholars, matter is everything that has weight and occupies space.
With this simple definition, everything the brain tries to think about surprisingly becomes “matter”. Simply put, matter is anything that has an identity in a location and occupies space. Even though, I am not seriously going down the “matter” lane, it is not surprising that what makes life worth living is embedded in this classification.

Unravelled in the course of this article are three principal things that define our existence. They make our achievements possible and to go far in life, their implementation becomes a necessity. I present to you face, place and space.

FACE:
Everyone has a face. We all have a recognisable element that physically distinguishes us from the next person. This face uniquely identifies us and it also acts as our ambassadors in the walk of life. The journey through life with this face can lie between the extremes of comfort and heartache. There are places we would not want to go to because of who they know us as, or what they know us for and there are places we wouldn’t mind to step into for the same reason. I have split these into two categories.

Category 1: For some of us, our identity (face) has become a major hindrance to our progress in life. I’m not just talking about colour or race or other generic factors (which undoubtedly can be a cause for hindrance) I am unveiling those things that are personal to you and me. It could be past failures, experiences, background and upbringing, mistakes that have left permanent scars, or associations that has tarnished our identities or any other causes that we can identify with. An example that comes to mind is a situation a few years ago of a young lady that stole from a family. I wouldn’t know what was going on in her head, but when the family realised that something was missing, a search was launched and she had an opportunity to come clean, but she didn’t until what was missing was found in her possession. She explained herself, she was forgiven, and it seems everyone had forgotten about it. A few months later, as she was walking on the street, I could hear someone saying… “do you know that girl is a thief”…. That was when it struck me that it could take an awful long time for her to break free from that identity.

Category 2: Flipping the coin to the other side, for some of us, the opposite of those listed above is the case i.e. a situation where our identities have received a huge boost and we are not ashamed in anyway to flaunt it.

The reality of the matter is, your identity follows you around and it leaves a trail behind. A trail of who you are.
For those of you in the first category, this is a message of hope, a re-assurance that you can start afresh.
For those of you in the second category, it is a message of awareness, an eye opening session that your identity is worth taking care of.

Facts about identity

Identity is either based on the past or based in the future. For most of us, our identities are based on the past. The remaining few of us have our identities based in the future. This is a mysterious classification and I will take a few lines to explain it.
Note that I did not say “identity based on the future, but “identity based in the future”.

This is because the future is not known, so an identity can literarily not be based on the future. Having said that, if an identity is based on the future, the conclusion is, that identity is a lost identity.

If an identity is based in the future, it simply means, you may not know what the future holds, but you know who you are in the future and this only comes by revelation.

One of the major differences between an identity based on the past and identity based in the future is “sustainability”. An identity based on the past changes with experience, so, you go through a new experience and suddenly you get lost or confused about who you really are. Loss of confidence is a good example of the symptoms of an identity based on the past.

In another article, I will explore and explain the significance and knowledge of identities caught by revelation.

On a final note, your face is your identity and it defines every aspect of your existence. Find it.

Next in the series is PLACE.

Place:
in literal terms, your place is synonymous to your location, but it does not explicitly restrict itself to a satellite navigation hotspot. It widely represents a place you occupy be it in geographic, emotional, relationship or family terms. To put "place" in context, think about your place in someone's heart.

To be continued………