P.U.S.H.!

Pray Until Something Happens and Pursue Until Something Happens: It is in the combination of prayer and perseverance that lays the true secret to revealing the keys to your success. Once we realize that our fear of not being good enough is obsolete, and that we are all created with talents and from our talents our dreams usually stem, it is then we become free to let go and follow our dreams. Still coincidentally most dreams stay exactly that, dreams and never become a reality. Why? To simply put it lack of perseverance, remember “great dreams take great people, great effort and a great amount of Time” (Power of a dream). Perseverance is to continue a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. Let’s face it, to materialize your dream is a daunting task and it was designed that way, to keep dreams special and exclusive. To begin a journey that few if any people know about and receive minimal or no support, then to arrive at your destination and return first class, is an honor and a privilege few get to demonstrate. Remember this. The state you are in when you reach your dream destination is irrelevant, your mannerism and character upon return demonstrates what your dream means and what it has taught you. See most dreams are not about the end product. They are about the process and the lesson along the way. God is not a cruel individual who is happy watching us fail. He is rooting for us 100%. But we get so caught up in the end product that we miss what we are supposed to be getting. Let me explain. What we call the process to the achievement of our goal is really just the training or preparation. And what happens is we get so set on the final outcome that we miss our lesson, we are later faced with a test and we are not equipped and we fail. Once we fail we have to go through the same process again. Have you ever felt like “why do I always have to go through this?” Or “Lord why this again?” The questions should be what is it I have to learn from this? What is it that I am not getting?  If we achieve our goals without the process of “training” we will not be able to sustain our goals. So by us going through the long grueling process we are essentially preserving or protecting the longevity of the dream.

It is important to know that God is the giver of all abilities, talents and dreams. Once you understand that then we can begin to look at the first P.U.S.H. prayer. Since God is the giver of dreams we need to find out why he has given us the dream and what he wants us to do when we reach our destination. Here is why. It is impossible to accomplish your goal without purpose. Without purpose there is no need to accomplish your goal, which makes the goal easy to walk away from. But with purpose and knowing why you have to do it, how many people you will touch, benefit and encourage, you realize your responsibility. Now it is that much harder for you to stop or give in. Remember “your dream should benefit more than just you” (Power of a dream pt2) (More on this topic to come in a later blog)

Now to the physical pursue. It is all good and well to know what you are going to do, how you are going to do it and why you are going to do it, but this point is equally important, acting on it! Now once we know our purpose we have to make adjustments. I have herd many people use dreams with reference to carrying a child and labor, I like those analogies so I am going to stick with them. When a woman comes to the realization that she has become pregnant the first thing she does is changes her lifestyle to best suit the needs of the child she is carrying. The vast majority of women tend to stop smoking and or drinking if those were habits and begin to eat healthier foods. This is because she knows that she is now the sustaining force for a new life and she would like to give the life the best start possible. The same goes for dreams, we need to make the initial adjustment to our lives to give our dreams a chance. In some cases it may be continuing your education, in other cases it may be giving up certain friends, quitting some habits or just developing boldness to stand up or stand out and make a difference in society.  Other adjustments ladies make is to buy new clothing to make it easier to carry the dream and allow it to be a comfortable transition process. Along with this comes the initial pains and sickness. This can be related to you now embracing the changes that come along with your dream and then comes the problems, financial issues, loved ones you thought would support you are trying to crush your dreams, and circumstances that are out of the realm of your control. But you push on. Now you are in full blown pregnancy in your third trimester the crucial phase, the painful phase, the phase where we get irritated at being in this state of carrying this dream so long by yourself, doing everything in your power to carry it, you made it so long against all odds and now you just want it to work (give birth). This is the point where you need to become more focus then ever, your goal is near. The darkest part of the night is right before the break of dawn, P.U.S.H…..! You can’t make any sudden moves or make any erratic change that can detour your dream or abort the child you are carrying, P.U.S.H…..! It is getting harder because this is the final test of your determination & passion for your task, P.U.S.H…..! You have laid all the infrastructure, did all the research, used all your money, lost too many nights sleep, experienced pain that not only can’t be described, but that no one would subject themselves to, P.U.S.H…..! For months you have changed your life, your physical appearance, no one but you have carried the load; this pregnancy has zapped your energy, all your time and you have no other life besides this, P.U.S.H…..! You can’t give up now everything you have is intertwined in your dream.  You can be the next revolutionary (Martin Luther King Jr., Sir Linden Pindling, Bill Gates or Maya Angelou) your dream may produce a Nobel Prize, P.U.S.H…..! This is your dream given to you by the measure of your ability which God has given to you. Not only was this dream given to you it was tailor made for you. No one else can do it. If you fail, we fail you owe it to society, P.U.S.H….! The greatest woman in my life always tells me “pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you.”  Pray Until Something Happens and Pursue Until Something Happens.