Daring To Take The Simpleology Challenge

[jubileeday]

The story of my life, so far, has been one of continuous challenges.

I was born into a large family of thirteen children, on the island of Jamaica. My parents were poor and very religious. My father was also very old-fashioned.

Because my father saw no need for his children to pursue educational excellence, half of my school days were spent on the fields with him, cultivating food for the large family.

While still in my teens, I went to stay with older brothers in Kingston. Shortly after arriving in Kingston, I became a "Born again Christian."

Since I came from a background where education was not important, I was influenced by those who were holding negative views of intellect. After a while, I began to see through inconsistency and duplicity of leaders.

At the same time they were conditioning many of us to ignore our educational development, there children were getting the best kind of education. Gradually, I began to question much of what the leaders were saying.

One area of great conflict, was around the issue of wealth and poverty. The poor were sold a concept of good time, after we die. Others, though, were measuring their special standing with God by their social and economic standing.

Because there was no resolution on the issue of wealth and
poverty among Christians, I decided to emigrate to Canada. Here, too, it became clear that Christian wanted to live the highest quality of life, here and now.

To make up for the years spent in poverty, I attempted several kinds of businesses to become financially independent. Each of the business venture I tried, failed. This was partially because of the lack of business management skills.

Furthermore, I was using credit cards to maintain my business ventures. This let to total credit ruin. I was just one step away from bankruptcy.

About this time, I accepted a severance package at my workplace at the age of 60. It did not take long for this severance package to be blown in another business enterprise. But the idea of having financial independency could not leave me.

Eventually, all the stress of financial ruin, contributed to a stroke. But I kept on holding to the belief that I could gain financial independence and become an inspiration to others. I wanted other Christian to see that God intended for us to successfully manage His Auundant Resources.

Also, because so many of our songs are majoring on heaven, I began to write poems to emphasise God's Provisions For Here And Now. It is envisaged that someday, these poems will become songs that bring renewal of the mind. We will saturate the mind on
thoughts of excellence, wholeness and purposeful living in the here and now.

Furthermore, because so many Christians around the world are holding negative views on wealth and ownership of business, I am using my main Website to advocate change. Efforts are being made to see computer applied for bringing more people into The Information Age.

Visit http://www.globalfamilyadvocate.com and see presentation for a better life for families around the world.

As I see it, this study on Simpleology, is going to put me in a position to have the financial means for making my voice heard around the world. It is also envisaged that with the help of Simpleology, I will soon be able to present my poems in many formats.

In the mean time, I am being encouraged by the success stories here in the community. Since others in worst situations have had success with Simpleology, there is hope for me too.

David Johnson
The Messenger Of Renewal