Strength & Wisdom Journal part 9

Wake up, we NEED you!

In my most recent Strength & Wisdom Tribe video lesson, titled Effortless Success, I gave you a few examples of how to effectively remove the self-imposed mental roadblocks that have been holding you back from tackling your dreams.  These roadblocks typically manifest themselves in the form of Fear, Doubt and Anxiety.

Let me tell you an honest story… Although I may present with a posture of solid self-confidence and purpose, I have battled with the sin of self doubt for my entire life.  Still today, as you actively observe me shift my main focus in teaching, from the building of mere physical strength towards FULL personal development and the building of character and life strength, I have tremendous self doubt. (but from all the recent registrations for our new Strength & Wisdom Tribe membership, I think I am finally on the right path)

Tell me if this sounds familiar. Have you ever thought of a great idea for a new business or project that involves the enrollment of other people, then you think about or physically map out the entire plan… only to sit on it and never bring it to fruition?

I have done this COUNTLESS times.  In fact, last weekend while packing up our belongings to move our growing tribe to a bigger “hut”, I found several old fitness and lifestyle manuals that I created over 4 years ago, that I never built up the balls to actually sell to people! — And here is the REALLY bad part… the information that was in these manuals are life changing!  There was really some great stuff in these books, that I created, that were just sitting on a shelf in my daughters closet.

Why would anyone do this?

Why would someone be gifted with a great idea, talent, faculty or passion and just SIT on it… letting it collect dust?

Why wouldn’t they just get off their butts and bring their POWER to the world? — Serving perhaps millions of people with their gift!?!?

I personally think it is because of 2 nasty, insidious, little *sins that tackle us while we’re on our path towards creative servitude and SUCCESS.

*NOTE: Unlike how Christian conditioning has totally destroyed the root meaning of the word “sin”, where it is professed that sin is some sort of possession by “the devil” that makes us bad or “sinful”,  I use it here in its original context derived from an Archery term meaning “to miss.”  When I say “sin”, I simply mean that we’ve “missed” the point.  We’re still good people, we just missed something and can always go back to correct it.

Like I mentioned in my last video, Fear and Doubt act as inhibitors that disallow God’s work to be completed through your hands. THIS is a very powerful paradigm to adopt!

God fulfills His work, His plans, His-tory through the hands of men!

When we begin to remove the focus from ourselves, when we stop asking “what will people think of me?”, or “what if I fail?”, and begin to consider that the seed that God has planted in you… whether it is to start your own coaching business, open a gym, begin writing novels, play the harp, become a stay-at-home mom (or dad) OR… begin a blog where you can share your stories, ideas and deepest convictions with your readers for the sole intention of seeing them take action and living up to their TRUE potential — it is Gods plan, not ours.

God loves beautiful, stronger bodies that are disease resistant. God loves football. God loves great stories and literature. God WANTS you to be home to care for your children, and God NEEDS you to share your wisdom and experiences with others in order to inspire them.

It is NOT about me.  It is NOT about you… and if you ask God, it really isn’t about Him either.

God want you to SERVE his children.  He wants all of the beautiful things described above, not for himself, but for us to share with one another.

When we let fear and doubt stop us from quitting a job that is unfulfilling in order to pursue our dream of opening a warehouse gym where we can train young athletes and build their character.  When we ignore the “Still, Small Voice” within, that is urging us to pick up the guitar we once loved to play so joyfully, but “life” got in the way of it’s practice, we are not only letting ourselves down… we are letting God down and even worse, we are letting each other down.

When this becomes our habit we are no better than the apple tree in the orchard that yields no fruit.  We are, for all intents and purposes, functionally useless.  Perhaps the apple tree still creates shade with its leaves, but it’s true function… is dead.  It is functionally useless.

What kind of legacy do you want to leave when you die?

How do you want to be remembered by others, especially your loved ones?

Will they say that you were “a giver”? — You freely gave of your BEST parts? — Or did you let your BEST parts die and wither away like the once fertile buds of a now useless apple tree.

If you are stirred by what I am saying… then continue to THINK about it.  Awareness effortlessly breeds change.

And when you Wake Up, we’ll still NEED you.