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Happy Friday Friends!

I hope & trust this post finds you having a great day as a glorious new, chilly, opportunity begins to dawn on the Texas Gulf Coast! :)

This morning I just want to have a little talk, based on two quotes I came across this week. So please, grab a cup of coffee or tea, pull up a chair and let's look at a couple of things... :)

"It is impossible to move forward if your thoughts and actions are focused on your past mistakes and failures." - Unknown

You made a mistake? You failed? Great! This means you are alive and actually living life! It is only those who never try to do anything, or who quit the moment that something doesn't go their way, that truly fail. Mistakes and failures are not stop signs...they are stepping stones! :) I once read a great quote that said something like, "mistakes and failures are simply lessons. They have served their purpose. Learn from them and go on!"

So let's talk about our actions and focus. And I should really say those the other way around as our focus will determine our actions. Again, if we have learned from our mistakes and failures, they have served their purpose. There is absolutely no reason to keep focusing on them. Think about it. Do we need to pull out a basic arithmetic table this morning and go over it? 1 + 1 = 2. 2 + 2 = 4. It's o.k. to smile and laugh! :) Why in the world would we do that?! We have already learned the lesson. We will never get anywhere if we go back every morning and rehash every lesson we have ever learned. So why do we treat our mistakes and failures different?! They were simply lessons Sweet Friend, simply lessons. :)

Our actions will then show that we have learned the lesson. Just like we take a test to prove we have learned math, we live life to prove we have learned from our mistakes and failures. If we don't learn the lesson, we get to repeat the mistake or failure until we learn to do something different. Simple as that! :)

So Friends, please look up to the glorious future that is calling to you. Your mistake or failure did not define you, it refined you! It was simply there to help you become the best version of yourself that you are capable of becoming. Don't wish they didn't happen, be thankful that they did so you could learn, grow and become all that you were created to become! :) You matter, your life is so valuable and your incredible, God ordained, purpose is so great! Run boldly, confidently, toward it!  If you have ever made a mistake or had a failure, you are more prepared than ever before to live it!

"Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another." 

- Angela Duckworth

I guess it is the coach inside of me and the manifestation of a gift God has given me. This quote makes my Spirit soar. When I see a person, I see greatness. I see the unique talents, gifts & abilities. Yes, sometimes it is buried underneath a lot of dirt - fear, carrying the burdens of past mistakes & failures, hurtful words, etc. - but it is there. I think this is why I fly out of bed every morning. Each day, like each person, carries great potential. It is up to us - our thoughts, focus & actions - that will determine what we do with this great potential. Each one of us will decide, every day...to pursue this great potential or let it lay dormant for another day. Either way, we are going to live this day, this life.

I don't know who you are, where you are or what you have gone through. I do believe, to the depths of my soul, that you have greatness within you. I don't know what it is, but I do believe, without a doubt, that it is there. How? Why? Because the Bible tells me that the God who created everything intentionally chose to create you, on purpose, for a purpose, for which you are perfectly equipped, that you lack nothing. I believe that what the Bible says is true. This means that you, I and everyone else have great potential. God has done his part, now it is up to us to do ours.

I pray this morning Friends that you and I will strive to become all that we were created to become. Yes, it will take wisdom, strength & courage but I promise you, it will be worth it. Please don't allow your talents, gifts & abilities - whatever they may be - go undeveloped. You were created to do great things! This world desperately needs YOU - the pure, authentic, best version of you! Please, choose to pursue your greatness! :)

O.K., now I am all fired up and need to head to the gym. Thanks for taking a few minutes to visit this morning! :)

Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend and please cherish your precious families!

Kev