"Staples has water, twenty four in a pack for blah, blah, blah," my friend says. "If I sold them for blah, blah, blah I could make blah, blah, blah." I looked at him for a minute, then I said, "You're better than that." Interesting. He saw water and how selling it would be an opportunity to make a quick buck. I saw water and a chance to hydrate my body. I also saw how he was about to sell himself out for a few dollars.
That scenario with my friend got me to thinking about the power of belief, and how when we don't believe in our greatness we whittle away a great life on activities, jobs, projects, relationships, that are beneath us. Things and people that don't deserve our time and attention. My friend is a brilliant, creative, dynamic speaker, metaphysician and organizer! Once upon a time he hustled for a living. Consequently, when his old self, small thinking self stumbled upon a pack of water it saw opportunity. But is that really an opportunity for someone like him? Didn't the good book, the Bible, say to whom much is given much is required? Wouldn't my friend better serve the planet if rather than chase after a quick dollar he were to pour that same effort and energy into doing the work that he was born to do?
The default setting isn't where my friend wants to live and operate. Then why, you might ask, did he go there? I'm so glad you asked. We fall back to our default settings when we don't believe it's possible to realize our wildest dreams. Our default setting is to what we return when we've yet to mustered the courage to believe fiercely in ourselves. The default setting is our uncomfortable comfort zone. It's what we know.
I have a dream. You have a dream. My dear friend has a dream. Let us be committed to living our dream(s). Even as our knees shake we must put one foot in front of the other in service of our dreams. Even when our dreams seem impossibly big, we must give ourselves to them. Even when others imagine we're out of our minds, we must stay true to our dreams. Don't go back to what you know, back to your default settings where your itty-bitty self lives. Think big. Forge ahead in the direction of your dreams. Dig deep within and dare to believe in you and your dreams and watch your life unfold in miraculous, magical ways.
DeBora M. Ricks
Total Wellness Coach
Author of Love Addicted: One Woman's Spiritual Journey Through Emotional Dependency
www.DeBoraRicks.com
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