Wednesday 27 January 2016

Shedding Light As We Forge Ahead Into The Darkness

By Evan Sanders


Simply a moment.

A moment where the biggest deacon of your life comes upon you. A moment in the dark.

Run away or run forward.

The challenges never end. They come upon you without mercy and test your resolve, foundation, and character without rest. The challenges are there to teach you and see what you are made of.

But the big decision to be made is all yours.

Do you run?

Or do you run into your fear?

This moment had arrived upon my doorstop only a few days ago and I had to make one of the biggest decisions of my life. Initially I thought it would bring about more confusion, but interestingly enough, it brought about a sense of peace and clarify.

But how do you make that decision to forge ahead?

How could more pressure settle everything?

You dig deep down into your soul and understand exactly who and what you stand for. When you know what you are all about, it is far easier to face your fears.

So forge ahead.

Don't quit when things get hard.

You can just imagine the Captain of your ship gripping onto the helm as tight as possible screaming to his men to continue forward. There are no old ways. There's no turning back. There's only what's right in front of you.

Many times we will lose our focus and momentum.

I was looking constantly to see if the end result was there and it was always "just right around the corner." But I didn't see the whole thing through. I didn't stay according to plan because of discouragement.

But when we face our deepest fears, our purpose returns back to us.

And when your purpose comes back, there is an endless fire inside raging to keep you moving ahead.

We must always look beyond who we are now and see what we are truly capable of. If we can continuously do this, we can become something far greater than the person we are at the moment. We compete with our potential. We compete with who we are destined to become.

Yes we will fail.

But there should be pride in the defeat.

Take pride in your persistence.

Take pride in the effort you have given in the past.

The scars you carry and the victories you have had define you as a great soul that has never stood in the stands wondering "what if?"

The ones who are quietly working in the late of night are our heroes.




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