How To Make Things Work For You, Not Against You

Talking about what you want, what you are going to do, it is not enough. It is not going to take you to where you want to go. Talk is cheap. But it doesn’t have what you are looking for. It can’t give you growth. It can’t help you get better. It can’t lift you up.

If you just talk, then you are going to remain where you are. But if you take action, you are a moving boat. You are a ‘sailboat.’ You are not ‘a stationary sailboat.’ You are moving closer to your dream. You are challenging yourself. You know what you want. And you are working to make it happen.

You know that no one is going to make it work for you. You are not waiting for people to give you permission. You are already on your way to where you want to be. You do not have time to waste anymore. You are already making a difference with people who are changing the world, who are changing their lives.

If you want growth to come to you, you must do what growth wants. Because growth is not going to happen if you don’t want to work. If you want to work, growth will come to you. But if you do not want to work for what you want, you are just wasting your time.

Don’t do that to yourself. You have what it takes to change your life, to change your world. But if you don’t put yourself to work, nothing is going to work for you. Remember that ‘faith that isn’t experiencing by doing what it has learned is a boat tied to the dock.’

You are not ‘tied to the dock!’

What Are You Still Holding On To?

‘Holding on is not the same as taking care of what you value or protecting that which is yours.’ – Iyanla Vanzant

To you, what does ‘holding on’ mean? Does it mean taking care of what you have? Does it mean fighting to defend what you already have?

Why do we even hold on to things that we know are not helping us? Why?

Because we don’t want to lose our things. We want what we already to be there, to stay with us. We don’t want to lose them. We love what we have.

Guess what, if you don’t let go, nothing is going to come in. To let go is to let in. If you want to see new things in your life, you must let go of the old ones.

You cannot be in two places at the same time. That is not possible. If you want to be good at what you are doing, you will have to let go of one.

Letting go means freedom. It won’t hurt you. Instead, letting go is a blessing.

Remember why you are here. Your life matters. You are not here to protect what is not worth protecting. You are here to live your life, to be who you are, to do what you love to do.

If you do not want to let go of what is no longer helping you, what you need won’t be able to get to you.

For example, to grow, you must do whatever you can to make it to where you can make your dreams happen. Do not let things hold you back. And do not hold yourself back by holding on to things that have no power to change your life.

The question is, ‘What are you holding on to?’ Whatever it is that you think in your life that you are still holding on to, if it is not helping you, if it is not getting you closer to your dreams, you MUST let it leave your life.

Because you don’t have time to waste. Because you life matters. Because you want to advanve to your next level.

In the words of Iyanla Vanzant, ‘When you can stop holding on, you begin to realize that your blessings cannot be taken away, nor will they go away until the Universe is ready to up the ante.‘ She is right.

You can stop holding on. You can do it when you start small. Do not rush yourself. Because ‘rushing leads to nowhere.’