The Golden Questions of Life
Fashioned for Life
Motivational
Neno Publishers
2012
Auditing Your Life Account
The Question Of Life
The Golden Questions of Life
When you answer the questions of life; Who you are? What you are? Why you are? Which you are? When you are? Where you are? And how you are? Then you will have fulfilled your responsibility as an auditor.
One of The Golden Questions of Life is – Who you are?
This question expects you to clearly find out what gives you that identity that people use to refer to you. It is what gives you identification as a person without referring to other people or being compared with them. Your name is part of the answer.
What you are?
Remember, worth and value are not wrapped up in what you do. You are not a human doing. You are a human being. It is not what we do in life that sustains our value and status but it is what we remain or become under severe and challenging circumstances.
Here you are required to know ‘what is that special thing that makes you unique among other creatures? ‘The rational nature of human beings which makes them think is what is expected to be identified. The idea of common sense will feature out. By knowing what you are, you will be driven towards thinking like a human being and you will avoid some character which doesn’t fit in what you are.
Everyone should look back and evaluate what has happened. As you make plans to be a better person, don’t be too excited to forget that no one should live by the early bird policy without finding out whether he classifies as a bird or a worm. Knowing if you are a bird or a worm is what makes the difference. This will create balance between your past and your future.
Why you are?
This is the most noble and essential question you can ever ask yourself. In an earlier chapter, we talked about ones definite purpose. Knowing the reason behind your life is all what you need to understand in this case. You must clearly outline what you want to accomplish by the time you finish your race on earth. You must know the type of race you are undertaking. The God-given purpose should be in your heart for reference whenever you want to do something.
Which you are?
It is always common that many people would be confused with others because of their physical appearance, character, personality and other factors. In the same way, if you don’t do things in your uniqueness, originality and you copy what others are doing, you may be unlucky to be confused with others because 
there is no difference between your life and theirs. Your life should never be identical to others because you are specifically created for defined reasons. You should therefore know which kind of a person you are among others. Do things in such a manner that you will be easily distinguished from others.
When you are?
Many times, we fail to behave according to what we believe, our principle, and the morality because we are in different times. Some people would be in the camp of God during the day but at night, they run to the other side for ‘security’. Others would be religious on Sundays and during retreats but after that, in their homes, workplaces and other social gatherings during the weekdays, they can be confused with the devil himself. You should be the same person at all times if you want to please God. What makes you change with time like the moon? Learn to do good in all times and your greatness will last forever.
Where you are?
The place where we are at different times affects our life in the manner that we behave according to where we are. People will be very good when they are in the church, with their families, with casual friends and with other kinds of people. They dramatically become worse when they change the environment. Most people are affected by what surrounds them, their character and life in general is dependent on who is looking at them. They forget that wherever they are, God’s presence is not limited. You should always avoid being a totally different person when you move from one place to another. Your life should be independent of what is in your vicinity especially if there is no positive gain to it. Why should you change your ways, just because, what is around you has changed like a chameleon?
How you are?
This is an interesting and intelligent question in life. The formation, growth and nourishment of your life starts with this question. You must clearly know how your life is so that you get to know what step to take, which direction to move and what you need to move on. The more you answer this question frequently, the more your life improves. You need to understand all that your life entails. By doing this, you will know where you have been strong, and how you can even improve more. You also get to know your weak points and you can correct the mistakes before the consequences can erupt. Make sure the answer to this question is followed by ‘SO WHAT?’ Don’t just answer the ‘how’; know what to do after that. Devise new ways to avoid the same results you have been getting. Your life would not mind if you adopt a new style!
The Golden Questions of Life are personal questions which only an individual can answer. The answers to these questions can change your life from a miserable state to a life full of true happiness, prosperity, greatness and Gods favor. Don’t let ignorance snatch this opportunity to revise the syllabus of your life. It may be the only one in store for you. Making a difference depends on us. It involves a conscious decision to do something positive and constructive with our lives. And that decision requires knowledge of self. To arrive at that knowledge we have to ask other examples of the golden questions of life as: What are my abilities? What are my interests? What are my basic beliefs? Who, really, am I? Why am I here?
By Samuel Kanja
Excerpt from his book, Fashioned for Life
