I left home last Sunday morning heading back to Atlanta for a seminar all week. My plans were to drive back home on Saturday and spend the 4th of July at home with friends. But life had other ideas, and Thursday my body decided to take a break and be sick for a few days. Today I woke up and decided to kick my butt into gear and make the long drive home. It was very hard to leave this time, and not for any particular reason. Life has been very difficult for awhile now, I've just rolled with it and tried to make it through one day at a time. I'm in the ocean in a boat with no paddle, drifting back and forth and hoping to land sometime soon wherever I'm supposed to be. Keeping in mind the fact that I purposefully got into the boat with no paddle and pushed myself away from the safety of the shore, I'm determined that my boat will land shortly and I will be in just the right place at just the right time. I have faith that it will happen, and that all of this is for a reason. None of this probably makes sense to anyone who may be reading this, but humor me if you will and understand that this is my therapy and one of the only things keeping me sane.
I've always been a big fan of Jim Rohn, Dennis Waitley, Zig Ziglar and Tony Robbins. Motivational tapes and books always help when I'm down, and keep me inspired. I have fought depression for most of my adult life, and in my refusal to take medication I found that this type of treatment in addition to my faith in God has allowed me to keep moving forward and achieve my goals and dreams. Some people resist it, believing that they don't need to change who they are. But it's not about 'self help' or 'changing me into someone else'. It's about business and life strategy, coping skills, seeing things from another point of view, and common sense. It's about understanding 'why' and 'how things work'. It's understanding human psychology which helps us understand how to deal with people. It's also about wisdom, and listening to wise people share theirs.
Today for 6 hours I listened to some seminar's on CD of Dennis Waitley and Jim Rohn and it got me extremely motivated and excited. I'm ready to wake up tomorrow and kick some major butt! I've wasted enough time on bad ideas, bad decisions, bad relationships, and ones that are never going to go anywhere. I'm tired of being hurt, getting my hopes up and being crushed, trusting and believing in people only to find out that nothing is really what you have been led to believe it is. God is the only one who will never let you down, people can turn on you in a second and give no thought to your feelings. You can't feel confident and safe with anyone except yourself.
Dennis Waitley told the story about his dad, who left when he was 9 yrs old. He had promised to take him fishing, and he was waiting for the call that never came. He said, " I discovered when I was 9 that every incoming call wants something, and every outgoing call creates something. No one will ever take you fishing, but if your ready to go, you have to go. I became proactive and realized I didn't have a father to take me there so I'd have to take me there myself." This was so powerful I had to pull off the road and find a paper and pen to write it down. I only wish I had learned this lesson at the age of 9. I do realize now that you just have to do what you have to do, you can't wait for someone else or something else.
It's a very powerful thing to realize that you and you alone hold the key to your own world. (with the exception of God of course) I'm taking control, I'm harnessing my power and deciding my own fate. I will take me there myself, because I'm ready to go and I have to go.
Peace
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