"A person who wants to take charge of his life doesn't have to wait to be told what to do!"

We can learn this from Joseph in the Bible.

In the book of Genesis, chapter 41, verse 41, it says when the king of Egypt appointed Joseph to be in charge of the entire land of Egypt, the king simply said to him, "See I have placed you in charge of the entire land of Egypt." Notably, he did not explain to Joseph what he was to do, rather he simply told him to "see.”  Because telling him to "see," as the commentaries explain was tantamount to telling him to contemplate, appreciate and to do the right thing with what he was being given.

Every one of us has gifts we've been given. Our spouses, our children, our jobs and our possessions are all things we've been put in charge of, and taking time to recognize this is the beginning of taking charge of our lives.

Sometimes we are held back from accomplishing what we can achieve just because our focus is in the wrong place. We're looking outside of our lives for the things we want and neglecting to recognize the things we have. When our perspective changes to appreciating what we have we will automatically begin to work on making these things better.

To change direction in life is not an easy thing. The first step is simple awareness, to see what we've been given.

Wishing you all only good things.