Monday 18 January 2016

As We Forge Ahead Into The Darkness

By Evan Sanders


It's a brief moment.

A moment where you get to make the most important decision of your life. This moment arrives and can be gone in an instant. And there you are...moment upon you...with the ability to decide...

Turn away or forge ahead.

The challenges that face us continue on no matter what. They will continue to test you daily if you are designed to rise to the greatest heights.

But the big decision to be made is all yours.

Do you escape?

Or do you fight?

This moment came to me only a few days ago upon making one of the bigger decisions of my life. A moment that could have added massive amounts of confusion and yet brought about clarity. In a quarter of the year that was very confusing, stressful, and demanding that I step up to the plate and really give it everything I could have...this moment, a test, delivered a huge sigh of relief.

But how could that be?

How could peace come out of such a test?

You dig deep down into your soul and understand exactly who and what you stand for. When you know what you are all about, it is far easier to face your fears.

Forge ahead.

Don't quit when it gets hard.

Yes...and there was the Captain again gripping the wheel even tighter ready to continue plowing through trying waters. There was no turning back. There was no going in another direction. There was only what was right in front of him and what he had seen all those months ago.

I knew I had lost my focus. I knew I had lost my momentum.

We fail to stick according to plan because we are discouraged by a lack of movement forward.

But when we face our deepest fears, our purpose returns back to us.

And with that purpose, the fire inside started to light again. Another day, another effort, and another opportunity to move forward in the direction I wished for.

We must continuously strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves despite the fact that we come up short over and over again. We have to see beyond who we are now to keep ourselves growing and developing.

Yes we will fail time and time again.

But there is glory in the effort.

Take seriously pride in your endless persistence.

Take pride in the effort you have given in the past.

The scars and the victories define you and make you into a bold soul that encourages any action that may bring on victory or defeat.

The ones who work in the dark of night are our heroes. They are the ones who constantly forge ahead no matter how bad things may have been.




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