Life Areas

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and that your body may keep well, even as I know your soul keeps well and prospers (3 John 2)

We are in a series of posts exploring the truth about who you are.

The most recent posts dealt with the truth that you are a multi-dimensional being – body, soul and spirit.

This truth gives rise to your different life areas.

Your life is made up of several components.

These are basically:

Spiritual	-        your relationship with God
Social	-        your relationships with other people
Intellectual	-        your mind
Physical	-        your body
Emotional	-        your emotions

To be more practical, life areas are usually broken up further into life components that you can actually identify in your everyday life.

Partner/ Romance/Significant Other	Career
Family	Finances
Friends	Physical Environment/Home
Health & Well-being	Spiritual Well-being
Personal Growth/Learning	Fun/Recreation/Leisure
Community	Contribution

A basic understanding of the different life areas is fundamental to living on purpose.

Once you recognize your life areas, you gain an awareness of your life priorities. You can then start to set significant life goals and create a balanced, meaningful, and fulfilling life.

In the next post I will give you tools to help you along the road to understanding your life areas.

Are Twins Really Identical?

Kian and Remee Hodgson with their parents

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart (Jeremiah 1:5)

I’ve always found identical twins and the stories of twins fascinating.

Like Kian and Remee Hodgson born to the same mum, one minute apart – yet one is black and the other white.

Or 27-year-old Lebanese identical twins Hassan and Abbas O, whose DNA was found at the crime scene when $6.8 million worth of jewelry were snatched from the cases of Kaufhaus des Westens, a luxurious seven-story German department store. Despite the evidence linking them to the heist they could not be charged as the court ruling declared, "From the evidence we have, we can deduce that at least one of the brothers took part in the crime, but it has not been possible to determine which one." 

Then there is the case of James Arthur Springer and his identical twin, James Edward Lewis. The twin boys were separated at birth, adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named their sons Jim. Both boys sought law-enforcement training and had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry. Each married women named Linda. They both had sons whom one named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women – both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy. Jim Lewis and Jim Springer finally met in February 9, 1979 after 39 years of being separated.

Despite their similarities, the two "Jim"s had obvious differences too. They styled their hair differently, and one preferred to communicate verbally whilst the other was more fluent when writing.

No matter how alike twins may seem, they are of course fundamentally different.

Twins may look very alike physically but each is a unique personality.

The difference lies in their soul.

The soul is often described as your mind, will and emotions.

Your soul is where your personality resides.

Your soul is what gives rise to your character.

Your soul is the wellspring of your personality, passion, values and strengths.

Your soul contains your sub-conscious mind – your beliefs, attitudes, memories and feelings.

Your soul houses your conscious mind – your thinking, reasoning and imagining.

Your soul is the seat of your will – your ability to make choices.

The changes that are occurring in you as you learn from my blog posts are taking place in your soul.

Learn more about developing an empowering belief system in the next post.

James Arthur Springer and James Edward Lewis