Are You Sure?

Happy Friday, Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great day as a glorious new day begins to dawn in my Sweet Home Alabama! I am so excited to live THIS day! Let’s not waste this beautiful opportunity that is before us! Let’s pursue all we were created to become and empty ourselves loving, caring for, and serving others! 😊

Have you ever said something like, “I wish I were her or him?” Or “I wish I had that marriage/relationship?” Here is a question for all of us; are you sure?

So often when we say things like these, what we are really saying is we would like to live their highlights. We want all of the privileges without any of the accountability. While we might like to hit the home run in the World Series, are we willing to spend the thousands and thousands of hours and lose all the things that were sacrificed in the process (please don’t miss that part!), to put yourself in the situation in the first place? Are you sure?

How is your perseverance? According to an article printed by Forbes on December 29, 2019, titled, “Did You Know Walt Disney Was Rejected 300 Time For Mickey Mouse And His Theme Park,” …well, there is a spoiler alert for you! 😊 The article goes on to share that his first cartoon business failed in the early 1920’s which led him to head to Los Angeles where he also failed. How is YOUR perseverance? Are you sure? And I do feel compelled to point out that it was probably these earlier failures that gave him the perseverance to fight on with a dream about a mouse and a place that would eventually become known as “The Happiest Place On Earth.”

Here is one that does a whole bunch of damage in our society today; “I wish my husband/wife was like that,” or “#RelationshipGoals!” Do you know all the struggles, problems, and challenges that those people have fought through and overcome to have what you see, what you say you want? There are no perfect people and there are no perfect relationships. We are all broken and flawed, we all have our own idiosyncrasies and hang-ups. The perfect marriage? As Kate Stewart said, “A perfect marriage is two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.” You want your husband/wife/partner to be like that? You want your marriage/relationship to be like that? Are you sure?

What if instead of looking out the window, we looked in the mirror and invested in ourselves? What if you and I truly just worked every day – one at a time – to become the best we were capable of becoming? What if instead of wishing we had a better spouse/partner or marriage/relationship, we worked to become a better spouse/partner and we refused to give up in our marriages/relationships? What would this world look like then?

Instead of wishing we had something we had not worked or sacrificed to achieve, let’s intentionally choose to live our lives fully. Let’s embrace the unique people that we are, strive to become the best we are capable of becoming in all aspects of our lives, and then let’s empty ourselves loving, caring for, and serving others. I wish we could all have a life like that! 😊

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

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, please cherish your precious family, and please stay well! 😊

Kev