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You can too

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I’ve been pushing myself to see life through a different set of lenses. This isn’t because I don’t live a great life, because I do. This is simply because I want to grab all the joy I can harvest and sow it everywhere I go.

While at a birthday party this weekend I climbed into a harness and zip lined for the very first time. It took a couple minutes of me talking to myself to leap – followed by a few extreme choice words before I began to enjoy the ride.

As I whisked over the heads of a hundred people, engaged in conversation and unmoved by my escapade, the notion of trust came to mind.

On my part, I had to trust that my harness was secure – best believe I checked and rechecked! I had to trust the weight requirements – that I double, no triple checked! I had to trust the netting underneath to be secure enough to catch me in the event of equipment failure or user error – whew, thankfully that wasn’t needed……..

With all that, my trust was miniscule in comparison to the people on the ground. The people who would have been on the receiving end of danger had my line snapped. The people that cheered as I twirled by never ducking nor dodging from the possibility that I could be thrown on top of them from a sky high distance.

Why can we put trust into people, places, and things that we can’t put into ourselves? Our shortcomings are real, our accomplishments are worthy of celebration, our failures are temporary – why don’t we instinctively trust ourselves to be better – do better?

I got off the zip line feeling like I accomplished something major. As I walked to meet my group I noticed the line had filled with other adults, I told myself because I did it they believe they can too – and you know what, they can!

You know anyone that overcame addiction? You can too!

You know anyone that survived heartbreak and devastation? You can too!

You know anyone that took an idea and turned it into a business? You can too!

Trust in yourself!

Thankful Grateful Blessed

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I typically end my night with a variant of the following prayer: God thank you for allowing me another day. I’m unworthy of Your goodness but thankful because You’ve given me more time to get right. If it’s Your will that I see tomorrow I give thanks for that as well – if it’s not I ask forgiveness for all my wrongdoings and acceptance into Your kingdom, forevermore.

It was of His will that I awakened this morning and He placed some gentle signs of encouragement within my senses to let me know my prayers were heard.

The birds were singing a beautiful tune which indicated a new day. The sweet sound penetrated my hearing prior to my eyes opening – prior to the sun shining. A new day means new opportunities, and the celebration had already begun.

Raindrops were taping against my window, signaling that the wrongs of yesterday were washed away – today I have an opportunity to let right into my space, and return it to the atmosphere.

The wind was blowing through my window and circulating throughout my place of slumber. The place where my thoughts run rampant was being purified. I sat on my bed for a moment and simply inhaled the fresh air, filling my lungs – fueling my energy.

In the distance I heard the sound of an ambulance rushing to provide aide. In that moment I was reminded that while it was His will that I see today someone else – somewhere else did not receive the same fate.

I’m thankful for my today, with senses intact. I’m thankful for the birds, the raindrops, the wind, and the sirens. I’m thankful for new opportunities for myself and all who read this blog. I’m thankful for those that don’t know or don’t choose to support my thought sharing process. I’m thankful for those that will find fresh wind written within my words and gain new strength inside themselves. I’m thankful for family, friends, and enemies – all of which provide a source of encouragement. I’m thankful, I’m grateful, I’m blessed!

You Are Your Brand

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I’ve always thought it appropriate to meet a person at their price point if they provide a product that I want or need. Don’t get me wrong, there’s been times that I couldn’t justify paying the asking price based on the content value offered and I’ve taken my business elsewhere but I did so without arguing the self valuation presented by the seller.

Truth be told, time spent trying to tell someone what their time and talent is worth is wasted. Taking things a step further, I’m soliciting their service because I’m not in possession of the ability to manufacture the goods myself.

I’ve spent some time thinking about relationships failed and had an ah ha moment. Each time I ended up with a broken heart it was the result of me devaluing myself for the purposes of being more desirable.

At some point in life what others thought of me became less important than what I thought of myself. My circle changed and I found myself drawn to people that simultaneously empowered me to want better while encouraging me to be better.

Portfolios became more important than parties, traveling became more of an interest than $2 Tuesdays, and I became deaf to cat calls from the crowd.

I also noticed my expectations changed. The urge of wanting to be desired was replaced by the need to be respected. A place where that need could not be met was a place I could not revel in.

A shift occurred and I began to reassess my worth. I no longer felt the need to discount myself so that I could belong and I stopped allowing others to convince me that my self valuation was too high.

We are each representatives of our individual brand! We have to perform a self analysis of our worth and that’s the valuation we need to present to the world. Someone will surely come into our life and cause us to question our asking price – can you discount yourself without having regrets later? If not allow them to shop somewhere else!