My Northbend property is entered by a quarter mile driveway that winds back into a mountain paradise surrounded by massive 100 year old fir trees. It truly is heaven on earth with a view of the mountains, a 14 acre lake, field of dreams baseball field and a ropes course we use to help young people. At the entrance to this driveway is a small house with what appears to be the meanest dog on earth. Every time someone walks by, this crazy dog comes ripping around the corner as fast as it can barking and frothing at the mouth like he is going to eat you for lunch. To this day every time I walk by this dog he scares the stuff out of me. For years this dog was controlled by an invisible fence and shock collar. It was designed to keep the dog in the yard and prevent it from attacking passers bye. If the dog got to close to the fence it would give It a little shock and as it got closer and closer the shock would become more severe until virtually dropping the dog to its knees. The dog became so aware of this invisible fence that it would charge at us like a carnivore, but pull up like and F-14 in a combat maneuver just before getting debilitated. This concept worked so well that the dog became totally conditioned to its limitations. The owners of the house turned off the system years ago but the dog has never changed. He still flies at us barking his head off and ready to rip us up but comes to a screeching halt every time! It still scares the heck out of me but the dog honors this limitation that doesn’t even exist anymore!
So many of us are just like this dog but perhaps not quite as extreme. There are so many limitation we have on ourselves because “we have always been this way” or “it’s just the way I am”. These things are just simply not true. You have learned to function within your dysfunction. Do not embrace anything that is not your best. The only real competition in this world is our own belief system and the only ageing process is the erosion of our dreams. We don’t stop dreaming because we grow old, we grow old because we stop dreaming. Learn to break free of these things by first of all recognizing them then agreeing to no longer tolerate them. You can never change what you are willing to tolerate. As long as you accept and accommodate these issues, you will stay right where you are. Once you recognize it I want you to take little bite size moves away from it. Try drinking one less cup of coffee a day, or shift to tea for the afternoon then build up your changes until you have broken the addiction. Try giving up one cigarette a day for a month. Think about it, within a month you are free! Forgive one person a week for a year. Start with simple affirmations in your car. Tape them to your steering wheel and say them once in the morning and once on your way home.
Most people take too steep of a curve to break free and then quickly fail and lose hope or interest! We need to learn to take baby steps in order to run like a champion. Action leads to confidence and confidence leads to bolder actions and the results of this fuels the fire to being even more bold, and so on it goes till the issue is gone! I call this the little win/wind theory. Every little win puts a little more wind in your sails. With each win we get a little strong and a little closer to our designed intentions. The power is within you and it is greater than the addiction or apathetic habits. But you’ve got to change your attitude, affirmations and little daily habits. Great people are not made in a day they are made daily!!!
Rise up in your authority, and be the one to break these chains, set yourself free and then be the witness to change others. Be willing to show the enemy that you are more determined than he is!! Remember, the same power that rose up Christ is deep inside of you! Your collar has been taken off; there are no more limits in your life. The price has been paid in full! No longer function with in your dysfunction for the sake of ease and comfort. Rise up and live in confidence, authority and peace.
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