The
Power of Contemplation
To contemplate simply means to
think, to study, to reflect, to reason or to meditate. There is dynamic
relationship between contemplation and action. Have you ever heard the saying
‘’ that man is an action man’’. They mean to say the person takes steps to
carry out some things. However, while it is good to take action, it is more
important to contemplate your actions before you take them. Many men are in two
extremes, on the one hand, they never take action, and on the other hand, they always take action. But as a man who
wants to produce quality result, we need to learn to contemplate before taking
action that is being balanced.
The
quality of a man’s outcome or result in life depends not on the quantity of his
actions but on the quality of contemplations that precede his actions.
A lot of men do not have the habit to
think through in their minds about what they want to do before they do what
they do and they thereby produce weak results. Great achievers produce great
results because of their habit of great thinking. Mentally examine that project
or problem you are faced with and see how you can bring forth solutions to it. There
is a fundamental difference between men and women. As men, God made us to be
more rational than emotional, while women are more emotional than rational.
Please don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t mean that men are not emotional or that
women are not rational, rather what this statement means is that each gender
has its unique share distribution of emotion versus rationality compared to
each other.
Therefore based on this premise,
we see that, God made man to be a contemplator (so to speak).He made you the
man to be able to think through things to arrive at decisions having considered
various options. Infact the scripture says ’’... come now, let us reason
together’’. It is reasoning that makes for rising. Until you practice
reasoning, you cannot rise. There are solutions all around you but you may be
allowing your present circumstances, or friends around you to blind from seeing
the solutions to the problems. You do not just get up and take action. As a
man, you think first, reflect on the outcome of that action you are about to
take before you take action. You ask yourself “Are these steps going to be
beneficial?”, “Are there alternative or better ways of doing what i am about to
do?”, “Will what i am about to do enhance or denounce my reputation?”, “ What
will be the aftermath of my actions, both on me and to others involved or not
involved?”
Dr Edugbo, O.P.
is a medical practitioner by profession, and has a ministry towards men. Over the
years, he has been involved in numerous medical, church, para-church,
non-governmental and corporate organizational work and development. He conducts
consultancy, speaking and training engagements for churches and corporate
organizations.
You
may reach him on 08130105533, pauledugbo@gmail.com
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