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WILIOM #14: Getting older and enjoying simpler things
What I’ve Learned In One Minute…Hi friends,This past weekend I did something I have not done in a long time. I stayed home, switched my phone off, and let myself rest. No plans or noise. Just groceries, cooking, basic chores and a whole lot of doing absolutely nothing and it felt right. I had been exhausted without even knowing how exhausted I was. That reset helped me realign my systems and remember what I am really trying to do with my life. As the year is wrapping up, I have been learning to appreciate the simple things again. I do not know if it is age or experience or maybe just grace, but I have found myself paying attention to moments I used to rush past. Taking a walk. Hearing birds in the morning. Just remembering that life is better when you actually notice it. I told my boss(age forty, I'm twenty-two) the other day that the older you get, the more the simple things start to mean something. I am grateful that I am learning that now rather than later. He thought that was funny(No he did not). I was reading 2 Corinthians chapter 7 and it spoke about godly repentance and worldly repentance. I found that so beautiful because it explains something so real. When someone corrects you or speaks into your life, you have two choices. You can take it the worldly way, where you feel attacked, where pride rises first, where you take things personally and close your heart. Or you can take it the godly way, where conviction becomes refinement, where criticism actually makes you stronger, where repentance brings you closer to the person God is shaping you to be. There are moments lately where I reacted in a worldly way and only realised afterwards how much I needed godly repentance instead. I wish I had read that verse sooner in some situations, but God’s timing is perfect. This was the week I needed that reminder. My prayer now is simple. That next time I respond with a softer heart. That correction does not feel like punishment but like direction. 2 Corinthians 7: 8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 12 So even though I wrote to you, it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are. And then in the middle of all of this, Spotify Wrapped came out. It sounds small, but somehow it tied the whole week together. My Wrapped was filled with praise music: Worship, Christian-Rap. Music from home: Douglas, Kaygee. All the artists that remind me of who I am and where I come from. I realised how much I leaned on God this year. I realised how often I missed home. And how music became the bridge between where I am and where my heart rests. TL;DRThis week reminded me that becoming better rarely starts with something big. It starts with small corrections. Quiet moments. Music that grounds you. A verse that convicts you. A weekend where you finally rest enough to hear your thoughts again. Sometimes the life you want begins with the lessons you almost walked past. WINS & LESSONSWin: I rested properly for the first time in a long while. Ten hours of sleep one night and nine the next. My body needed that more than I admitted. Lesson: Peace really does hide in the simple joys. Nature. Silence. Time alone. These things steady me more than I expected. QUICK HACKSYOUTUBE HACK Clear your YouTube history. Pause it. Then install the Unhook extension. It removes all the distractions from your feed so the platform becomes something you control instead of something that controls you. A few friends who struggled with YouTube addiction tried this and their entire experience changed. Start here if you want your attention back. QFYTWhen someone speaks into your life, which response shows up in you first: the worldly one, or the godly one? Alright that's it from me. In a bit,MotheoPS.I know the newsletters have been coming out later than usual. I have been a bit busy. The plan is to return to the normal 9 a.m. release time next week. |
Motheo Masole
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