To becoming; my own captain is based on the author's personal exploration following events that disrupted her happy go lucky life's journey, leaving her feeling shipwrecked. A personal quest to rediscover what life was about, all the while facing a desert experience. The journey inward reveals issues that may have led to her making a wrong turn and while at it discovers, she did not have a plan after all. No GPS. She must now reroute, with that came the need to establish where she was at and a roadmap of where she wanted to go.
The book is a is aimed at purposeful living. It begs one to set out to live on purpose. To have a vision, mission, value system and be of service to community, as God intended. The book underscores the importance of being anchored in Christ Jesus, being self-aware of one's identity, examining your thought patterns, unpacking issues that hold us back, healing from trauma, forgiveness, Love and finding your life's purpose.
The book invites the youth to be deliberate and intentional while still young. That notwithstanding, it is never too late to find your true north, unravel the map to the promised land and reroute.