I put out the call for all who needed to be whacked by God's favor to come join us, and they have!! Whether they read the blog or not, THEY'RE HERE! I am now suddenly surrounded by people who need a second chance in something in their life for the umpteenth time. Maybe it's their job, their marriage, their career choice, their parenting, their sobriety...whatever it is, it's a make or break window in all our lives. There is hope in the air. Maybe it's guarded hope, but it's definitely hope!
Starting over is harder... the 9th time! The first time you try, you may need a little push but the 9th time, you basically need to dig yourself out of your premature grave, drink a couple pots of coffee and quit looking in the toilet at your past. We need to let go of past failures: we can move on physically without moving on mentally, we have to fully let go of mistakes or we will relive them in our minds.
Second attempts challenge our persistence, creativity, mental agility, knowledge and talent (am I leaving anything out?) TO THE MAX! On the bright side, a second attempt is a more educated attempt. Tell yourself you're smarter this time around! Think of Edison or the Wright Brothers who knew thousands of ways to NOT make a light-bulb or build an airplane. They earned a place of honor because they were determined to keep going! History is made by people who didn't know how to quit, and they all have a tale to tell of how they did it! Very few people had success fall into their laps! If you want it, you give 100% because nothing big ever came out of someone's half-hearted attempt to kinda do something. Sort-of doing something results in something that's sort-of done.
Starting over is harder... the 9th time! The first time you try, you may need a little push but the 9th time, you basically need to dig yourself out of your premature grave, drink a couple pots of coffee and quit looking in the toilet at your past. We need to let go of past failures: we can move on physically without moving on mentally, we have to fully let go of mistakes or we will relive them in our minds.
Second attempts challenge our persistence, creativity, mental agility, knowledge and talent (am I leaving anything out?) TO THE MAX! On the bright side, a second attempt is a more educated attempt. Tell yourself you're smarter this time around! Think of Edison or the Wright Brothers who knew thousands of ways to NOT make a light-bulb or build an airplane. They earned a place of honor because they were determined to keep going! History is made by people who didn't know how to quit, and they all have a tale to tell of how they did it! Very few people had success fall into their laps! If you want it, you give 100% because nothing big ever came out of someone's half-hearted attempt to kinda do something. Sort-of doing something results in something that's sort-of done.
Sometimes we hope to outsmart ourselves: we try to safeguard our emotions by not getting our hopes up but God made us to hope. Think of anyone you know of who refuses to hope: they've had their cheerios peed on too many times and they're ready to pee on yours! When we shield ourselves from expectations, we sentence ourselves to only a fraction of what our life could become. We think we're building a fortress to protect ourselves, but we're really building a wall between us and potential solutions that can lead to our dreams. We are only safe from defeat when we quit taking it personally, quit making it a bigger deal than it is (nobody died), or just quit!
Enthusiasm & heart get us farther in life than talent and knowledge any day of the week! Think of it this way: there's people smarter than you, prettier than you, with more money than you, who are older (or younger) than you, better equipped than you, who have had more opportunities than you who have already quit! We are more than conquerors: the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us! If you try again maybe you'll look like an idiot, but maybe you'll look like you heard from God! And if you do end up hearing a chuckle or two, who's laughing? Your critics?! They're already laughing, they'll laugh whether you win or lose so who cares if they're laughing?! Don't they have something better to do? I guess their preoccupation with your life already answers that question!
At the Fusion, we are doing something different. God brought us this far and there's no way we would be at this place if God didn't have His hand on us! And He didn't bring us, or YOU, this far so we could all fail! Let our story remind you that GOD believes in YOU! And I leave you with this thought: you're not a failure when you try something and it doesn't work, you're a failure only when you quit trying.
