Bart with the first bale of hay produced on Carolina Red Star Farms! A testament to Knowing the Vision and Acting with Deliberate Determination! Read more below!
Dwight Eisenhower was truly right when he said, “Whatever you hope to bring to pass in the world – MUST FIRST COME TO PASS IN YOUR HEART.”
But how do we bring something to pass in our hearts? How do we go from where we are to where we want to be? How do you build a bridge across the River of Unbelief, excuses, and lack of self-confidence to finally reach the Land of the Remarkable?!
As I see it, it comes down to three key ACTIONS on our part. Not ideas but actions! Here they are:
1. KNOW YOUR VISION
First, we can’t go anywhere without having a final destination in mind. This may be large or small in scope. For most of us our vision is too small. For more ideas on BIG thinking read Michael Port’s book , “THE BIG MANIFESTO.” It is an AWESOME read! Write down the vision in the smallest details you can. You can do this in any area of your life. The more detail you give it the better!
2. BELIEVE WITH COMPLETE ABANDONMENT
This is the second action we must take. This can seem fuzzy to most people, even a little childlike. Can it be possible to turn childlike belief into faith?
I really like the old definition of faith. “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen.” If you look up the word faith it is defined as “belief” or “trust in”. It is also defined as “a strongly held set of beliefs or principles”. I truly can’t think of a stronger set of beliefs than believing in yourself. I also can’t think if anything harder to do than that for most of us!
Men and women who have made a difference believed in two things. They believe in themselves and in their vision. We must speak the unspeakable!!! When we say it ……..we put it out into the universe, when we say it we believe it. “A man becomes what the thinks about most”.
I have faith in your purpose. I have faith in you. I have faith in your heart. I have faith in what you feel you have been called to do. I don’t know you personally, but I do know what my heart feels……if our hearts are similar we are marching to the same drum!
Now the ….“With complete abandonment.” I can only speak for myself. I can only tell you what I have learned.
Believing with complete abandonment………….is “TO YIELD WITHOUT RESTRAINT OR MODERATION” OR “TO FORSAKE UTTERLY, TO LEAVE COMPLETELY AND FINALLY.” Acting as if you can’t fail……focusing on the goal so clearly that it is the only thing you see……
Most of us do not have that kind focus and belief. I see it every day in myself at the gym. I am lifting weights, doing any exercise and all of a sudden I want to quit. The weight is heavy, my arms are tired. I feel the strain in my muscles. The failure, the quitting starts in my head. Then it travels to my muscles. Then I quit! Am I that weak-willed? Is my faith that soft, is my belief so shallow that I quit that easily!!??
Yes……………at times it is!!!
The question is how do I get my “belief” to be stronger? There are three things we must do:
- Watch who we associate with. Make sure you are spending time with people who believe in you and what you are doing. Never underestimate the power of association. People either give to you or take away from you. Associate with people who reciprocate with you. This is hard stuff. You may find you don’t really have a lot of people in your life.
- Never quit………………keep going. The secret to this is breaking your action steps into baby steps. Steps that will show you are making progress. Goals of action steps that are too big….don’t get done. Keep moving………keep moving…………do the next right thing!
- Keep the vision in front of you every day. Carry it with you, put it in your car….. read it every night, every morning.
3. ACT WITH DELIBERATE DETERMINATION
This is where we all fail…………period! We fail to act, follow through AND complete the tasks in front of us!!
Why? For me it is very simple. I get over whelmed with what needs to be done. Then I don’t know where to start……………..so I don’t!! Ever felt that way??? Sometimes I may start………but then I quit. Because I don’t see enough progress. The frustration builds. It is then a vicious cycle that never ends. THEN I JUST STOP!
This morning I read……………….”BE STRONG…..DO THE WORK!”
Creating the life I was meant to live requires me doing three things:
- Know your vision and never look back!
- Believe with complete abandonment………
- Act with deliberate determination and conviction.
Every day that I practice on of these principles I move forward a step. Each day I get closer to my goal of living the life I was meant to live. YOU CAN TOO!!
Please comment below to share your journey and story. Or send me an e-mail. I would really like to know your story.
WHEN WHAT WE WANT BECOMES TRUE IN OUR HEARTS………..IT BECOMES TRUE IN THE WORLD!
I DARE YOU TO BELIEVE IT CAN COME TRUE IN YOUR HEART!
BART
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