Every Day Is Another Life

By Clipper Katembwe

Our thoughts have a way of controlling our destiny. The human mind is filled with perceived conceptions of the situations it encountered growing up. These experiences have shaped each of us into the person we are today.
Take a moment to ask yourself this simple question: what is my purpose in life?

Is this question easy to answer, or do you find yourself struggling to account for all the materialistic things you associate with yourself? Instead, should you not be thinking of the ways your talents have helped shape society?
If you find yourself longing to know why you were born, this book will serve as your guide to discovering a new life path. It will help you think outside the box and find the real you.

Know that you are not alone in this journey. Salvation and hope can be found in the pages of this work and you will learn how to battle the fears that are robbing you of the happiness you deserve.

It is time to realise that in a blink of an eye, everything you know can change. A person can be on top of the world one moment and then find themselves struggling to survive until their next paycheck. Let this book reprogram your mind to help you live a life you enjoy and can find success in.

The empowerment What Is Life? radiates, is electrifying. As you explore its contents, you will feel yourself begin to change into a new person. You will learn how to evaluate the friends and relationships in your life and illustrate how all these outside people can dramatically impact your happiness.
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Allow this book to come into your life. Open your mind to discover a new you, a more robust and happier person. The advice in this book has the power to change everything for you. You deserve to put yourself first. Start today and invest in your greatest asset, YOURSELF!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clipper Katembwe
• Release date: Oct 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005663858

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Every Day is Another Life

Clipper Katembwe

Copyright © 2021 Clipper Katembwe

First edition 2021

Published by Clipper Katembwe publishing at Smashwords

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Published by Clipper Katembwe using Reach Publishers’ services,

Edited by Caroline Webb for Reach Publishers

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Acknowledgements

I owe this book and everything I have accomplished to my father Jean Pierre Katembwe Kalala. My father has been an active supporter in every aspect that has brought this book to life. For over 30 years my father’s showcase of humility in my life, and interactions with others has been beyond exemplary to his family, friends, and society. Thank you for all you have done Dad!

I would like to also thank my late brother David Thsiasuma Katembwe. My younger brother was my other half, and extremely invested in this project, alongside many other projects that he and I worked on diligently. My brother’s passing has strengthened values that I share in this book. His colourful will for life and simplicity, demonstrated his sense of identity over ego.

I’d like to also thank my friends and family for all their support and contributions in making this book possible. Notably, I would like to recognise my late friend and uncle Felix Ilunga Kaniku, a man who realised the dreams of many through his audacious personality, charm and intelligence.

Lastly, I thank my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ for granting me the opportunity to share this book with the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1. What is Life?

- Thinking Outside of Your Brain!

- Defining Life According to Your Own Perception

- What Guidelines Do We Use to Dictate Our Lives?

- Everything in Life Can Change So Rapidly

2. Forever Studious

- Can mistakes be avoided?

- Becoming a Student of Life

- Something to Think About

3. The Power of Decisions

- What does making decisions really mean?

- The what if Decisions

- The Battle of Thoughts Versus Actions

- The Boomerang Effect

4. A Battle with Self

- Juggling fear

- Inconsistent Pressure

- Dead or Alive

- Living Beyond Your Ego

5. The Secrets of Time

- All I ask is 24 hours

- Time waits for No One to Catch Up

- Do You Have to Suffer Loss to Learn?

- The Battle With Time

- Defeating Time

6. Relationships

- The Three Elements

- Applying the Elements

- Redirecting Your Observations

- Relationships Require Maintenance

7. Happiness

- A Contract I Owe to Myself

- It’s a Small World

- There Are No Secrets to Staying Happy

- Life is Nothing More Than a Dream

Ch. 1

What is Life?

Thinking Outside of Your Brain!

To be asked to think outside of the brain is very demanding. Throughout our lives we have unconsciously transformed ourselves into automatons. I can probably ask you a general question that you can answer without applying much thought. We are loaded with pre-generated answers based on our perceptions and experiences. We tend to hold the same views about life for a long period of time, without judging and revising our thoughts.

While you read this book, I challenge you to think outside of your cherished patterns. If you were going to die today, and I asked you to describe life, what would you say?

I began to question life at an early age. Experiencing years of constant disappointment and confusion, I felt the growing urge to find my purpose in life and a deeper understanding of my identity. I want you, too, to stop and look around you. Now, based on your perceptions, how many people do you think are enjoying life? And what is the basis for their enjoyment?

I find that the last thing most of us think about is the platform of our being, our existence – life itself. Whereas some are born into much better conditions or circumstances than others, they may be destined for unhappiness and death. Others are born into poverty and will most likely die poor, yet they live life as if someone had paid their ticket to happiness. So again, I ask you, how do you define life?

From my limited perspective, while we all share the breath of life, our perceptions of life only permit us to see what we expect to see. If life doesn’t measure up to our expectations, we see it as throwing at us what we don’t need or want. We end up believing we are poor when we really do not need the money. Or we may think we are rich but have become too afraid to think for ourselves.

I was deeply seeking for concrete answers to life, identity and purpose. I had become friends with two guys, one who was impoverished and another who was affluent. My unfortunate friend had several responsibilities; he worked two and sometimes three jobs in order to barely survive and provide for his needs. My affluent friend, on the other hand, was born on a silver plate; there was nothing he wanted that he could not afford. He never held down a job, always drove the fanciest of vehicles and wore the finest clothes.

I set all judgements aside and tried to see life from each friend’s perspective. For instance, one would complain about money yet be blind to life’s intangible beauty. With the apparent contrast, I tried to figure out who is enjoying more of what life truly has to offer, thinking outside of the box.

To be more simplistic, the question is, who is valuing the gift of breath and the countless other gifts that life has to offer? Occasionally, we would all meet and hang out. My unfortunate friend would often express appreciation for the beautiful weather–– no matter how rainy or obviously terrible the weather actually was, he appreciated it!

My affluent friend was the complete opposite. Even though he had it all, he always acted as if he were trying to fill some void inside him. He was never settled, never appreciative. Everything that my unfortunate friend appreciated, he detested and complained about.

The difference between my two friends, then, wasn’t their financial position but their perception of life’s gifts. Are you the same? Do you feel that with more money or a better financial position you would start appreciating life more? An example of perception over perspective.

I find the art of life to be the only piece in the gallery not valued. We praise our clothes, cars, houses and tangible accomplishments, but never stop to praise our living selves.

I remember the profound thoughts emerging from the numerous conversartions I had with the elders. I was younger than nine years of age at the time, yet I had already started to envision the inevitability of death – with the understanding that you can’t enjoy life while completely ignoring death. For some odd reason, death completed my thoughts. I finally had a positive and a negative base as reference for my notion of reality, in that perception is not reality.

My understanding of death ignited my vivid imagination on how to self-direct life.