Reaching Deep to Move Forward
Scaredy-cat? What have you been holding back on? Sometimes you have to put your feet in the fire.
Sometimes you have to step up, to move forward, even when it's hard, even when there are risks involved.
Sometimes we have to reach deep to move forward, but there is no way around it.
It's why we are here.
It's called progress.
Let me take you on a visual journey.
Picture yourself standing at the edge of a row of hot orange coals.
You've been told to step forward; you have all the tools and resources in which to do so, the right mindset to carry you through.
You've been told the coals are 1200 degrees, the same temperature that melts some metals.
Do you take that first step? You stand there with your bare feet, perhaps thinking "I've burned myself on a 350 degree oven, with an oven mitt!" Thinking of excuses.
Excuses...
excuses...
why we don't move forward and why we don't take the first step.
Excuses why we can't move or step in that direction.
We can be very creative with our excuses, so much so that we almost fool ourselves.
But then you wonder to yourself, what if? What if you took that step? What if you moved forward? You picture yourself facing a row of hot flaming coals.
Do you step forward? YES you do.
You step forward, in focus, on the hot coals, one step, two steps.
You've been told to walk slowly so you don't create any sparks.
You move forward one foot at a time, keeping up the momentum so that at the end of the row someone has to STOP you...
stop you by grabbing your body so they can spray your feet and assure your safety.
But you want to keep moving.
It does not matter; you do not care about your feet anymore.
You know on the other side of the coals you left so much more behind, your fears, your hesitancy, and your questions.
You stepped into the side of success and possibility.
You are forever changed.
I know this because I was a firewalker.
How you move forward is by activating what I term your Personal Power of Influence, utilizing those inner resources that not only enables you to positively influence others, but influence yourself! So, be the force of influence you were designed to be and take that step forward confidently, knowing that it was never in nature's design for us to go backwards.
Sometimes you have to step up, to move forward, even when it's hard, even when there are risks involved.
Sometimes we have to reach deep to move forward, but there is no way around it.
It's why we are here.
It's called progress.
Let me take you on a visual journey.
Picture yourself standing at the edge of a row of hot orange coals.
You've been told to step forward; you have all the tools and resources in which to do so, the right mindset to carry you through.
You've been told the coals are 1200 degrees, the same temperature that melts some metals.
Do you take that first step? You stand there with your bare feet, perhaps thinking "I've burned myself on a 350 degree oven, with an oven mitt!" Thinking of excuses.
Excuses...
excuses...
why we don't move forward and why we don't take the first step.
Excuses why we can't move or step in that direction.
We can be very creative with our excuses, so much so that we almost fool ourselves.
But then you wonder to yourself, what if? What if you took that step? What if you moved forward? You picture yourself facing a row of hot flaming coals.
Do you step forward? YES you do.
You step forward, in focus, on the hot coals, one step, two steps.
You've been told to walk slowly so you don't create any sparks.
You move forward one foot at a time, keeping up the momentum so that at the end of the row someone has to STOP you...
stop you by grabbing your body so they can spray your feet and assure your safety.
But you want to keep moving.
It does not matter; you do not care about your feet anymore.
You know on the other side of the coals you left so much more behind, your fears, your hesitancy, and your questions.
You stepped into the side of success and possibility.
You are forever changed.
I know this because I was a firewalker.
How you move forward is by activating what I term your Personal Power of Influence, utilizing those inner resources that not only enables you to positively influence others, but influence yourself! So, be the force of influence you were designed to be and take that step forward confidently, knowing that it was never in nature's design for us to go backwards.
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