I hope and trust this post finds you having a great Friday and that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. :)
This weeks Happy Friday is going to be short and sweet. And yet, the point behind it is incredibly significant with profound consequences. You see Friends, it is all about you, and me, and about each one of us becoming all that we were created to become! Profound indeed!
On Tuesday my work family and I had a workshop. It was a wonderful workshop that lasted about 4 hours. And at the end, there was this question, this critically important question...
"What are you doing every day to reach your potential?"
There are so many parts of that question that challenge and inspire me. I would like to share a few thoughts with you.
As our facilitator illustrated beautifully, each one of us is made up of four components: physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. Each one is important and you and I, individually, have great potential in each area. Each one of us is born undeveloped in each area and yet for each one of us there is potential in each area. No, our potentials are not the same. Some have higher capacities in one area while others of us have higher capacities in others. That however is not what this Happy Friday is about. No, this Happy Friday is about the potential that is in you, and me, and everyone else! That's what we want, what we need, to chase...and not worry about what anyone else is, or is not, doing.
Did you notice the 5th and 6th words? They say, "every day." There is no "off day" in this beautiful journey we call life! Yes, we get "holidays" and "vacations" - thank goodness!!! :) - but there is no "off day" in our pursuit of the greatness that is within us. Yes, it is true, I did not have to get up and go to work today however that doesn't mean I get the day off from pursuing my physical, mental, spiritual and/or emotional potential today! Every day is a day calling out to us to pursue our greatness! Every day is the opportunity to grow a little bit more into all we were created to become!
Why does any of this matter? Because YOU matter! I matter! Everyone matters! This world is far too full of folks not pursuing their potentials in multiple areas. This, in large part, is why we have many of the problems we have. If we aren't developing ourselves physically, mentally, spiritually and/or emotionally, we aren't going to be healthy and we aren't going to become all that we were created to become. Listen Sweet Friends, this world desperately needs the best version of you that you can develop. You are not a mistake, a failure or any of the other lies you may believe about yourself! You are fearfully and wonderfully made, created on purpose for a great purpose, and you lack nothing needed to fulfill your purpose. It is all there! You've been given it all as a gift! It is now, however, up to you as to what you do with it! I pray, I beg you, to please pursue your greatness! I have no idea where it will lead or what you will do. I simply know that this world desperately needs YOU!
So the challenge I will offer each of us, for every day for the rest of our earthly lives:
"What are you doing every day to reach your potential?"
Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you. I will always help you and your families any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.
Have a great evening, a wonderful weekend and please cherish your precious families.
Kev
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