Learning to live authentic

I met with a friend today. A very cool guy that I met recently in the area. We got to talking about how most of us men do what we have to do so we can do what we want to do. It was a very interesting discussion that led us to asking the question 'Why do we do anything that doesn't come from the place of authenticity within us?'

I understand that sometimes we work a job that is tolerable so we can be freed up on weekends to do what we really want. We live some of our lives from a place that is authentically connected to our hearts, but the rest can be mind numbing and unstimulating. We do it because that is the pattern set out before us by the previous generation. I'm not saying it is wrong or anything like that. I am just saying that maybe we should question if that is really the way we want to live.

Is it your decision to spend X amount of the hours you have been given doing what you don't put much heart into? Is it your decision to do the busy stuff, the stuff that we have to do, in trade for a few hours where you get to do the stuff that makes the blood pulse through your veins? Have you ever considered that it doesn't have to be this way?

I believe that we have settled, especially as men. We bought into some BS somewhere that taught us this whole line of thinking. I am not saying it is wrong. I am just asking the question if it was Papa's intention for us to adopt this style of life. Wouldn't it be more congruent with His heart for us to live from ours? Or did Jesus die a brutal death to give us life - life not very abundant?

What percentage of the hours of your day are spent living authentically? That might not mean changing everything about your life. It might mean choosing to be fully in whatever happens in your life, to make peace with it and enjoy authentically all that you can. It might mean doing something radically different.

If your authenic living quotient was more important than your IQ or your income, how would you live differently? And which will matter at the final buzzer?