AFRAID OF GREATER?!?!?!?
"You're afraid of how powerful you can become."
I statement I heard in a movie and laughed at in irritation; why would any one shy away from greatness?!??! Especially if it was positive life changing power?!?!? Truth is, deep down, my subconscious was betraying me. Giving away hints that that's how I truly felt about my own destiny. I was afraid of how powerful I could become.
Power is not just elevated platforms, decorated assignments, or elaborated favor but greatly involves pioneering strength, strenuous training, pits, dungeons, stretching, breaking, pressing, tears, rejection, self control, growing meekness, intensified discipline, welcomed discomfort, and unpretentious content through it all.
That is what I didn't want to subject myself to. But statements like these (from that movie) were God-inspired neon-lit billboards heaven placed to remind me of destiny. Only I could make the choice to choose complacent comfort or intense discomfort that would lead to greater.
Honestly though, complacency is heavier, darker and more life-threatening than destiny's training. Because it means we deny ourselves the chance to fully live. We are designed to live to the utmost. To explore the caverns of our souls that hold God-given treasures in the form of gifts, talents, wisdom and more.
I chose to do whatever it takes to fully live. If it meant being misunderstood, so be it. If it meant looking crazy, so be it. If it meant discomfort, so be it. It's scary yes what one must deny themselves especially in a world that daily chants the mantra of self gratification. It's hard to say goodbye to people you love, not because their dead, but because you're on different paths. Leaving the familiar for the inexplicable screams insanity.
Do it anyways. You owe it to yourself. I assure you, the rewards are so worth it. I live them daily. Give your full self a chance. You'll be amazed how great, greater really is.
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