Do you want more out of your life? The secret to a successful life is not working harder and longer, it is not taking the right pills, or following the right life coach. The secret that will lead you to that great life is relatively simple.
My passion is helping people to realize their full potential and enjoy life to the fullest extent possible.
I remember walking along the cliffs of the Torrey Pines Gliderport high above Black’s Beach north of San Diego; I watched the para-sailers riding the updrafts where the Pacific meets the shore. Most were flying solo, but there were also tandems with a novice strapped in with a professional.
What would it be like to soar through the air, being held aloft by updrafts, and fly up and down the coast, watching surfers in the water and golfers on the adjacent course?
Suddenly I awoke from my reverie as a red and white tandem parasail overshot its landing zone, startling me and causing a potentially mortal reaction. As I jumped back, I fell over the cliff and headed for the rocks three hundred feet below. Fortunately, I caught hold of a small branch of a bush and stopped falling, but sat suspended in mid-air, unable to crawl back to safety. No one had seen me fall, no one heard my screams for help, and my arms were getting sore from holding me up.
There was only one thing left to do. I prayed and cried out to God.
”Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy!” For a time nothing happened.
Then, as I continued to pray, I heard a voice that I knew was from God, “What do you want?”
“Help me save me.”
“Alright, but first let go of the branch.”
My response to God’s suggestion was, “Is there anyone else up there?”
As you may have realized by now, this is not a true story, but a parable (no pun intended) The point that I am making is that sometimes we hold on to things that are keeping us from realizing something much better.
The secret to living an abundant and satisfying life is:
Don’t hold on to things too tightly.
When you hold on to things too tightly, you may miss out on some very exciting and rewarding things that come along. If you are afraid to let go of what you have, you cannot pick up something new. When you will let go of your security blanket you can grab hold of your destiny.
At age ten, I wanted to be a soldier, at twenty I wanted to be a writer, at thirty I wanted to be a corporate executive. At forty, I wanted to start a business. Through hard work, persistence, and a little luck and despite my twin fears of rejection and failure, I achieved what I set out to accomplish. But what the world considered success left me unfulfilled and discouraged.
While my professional life was growing, God was leading me and my wife Rita on a competing spiritual journey. We came to a crossroads and had to make a choice. There I was, hanging on to that small branch that was my career, financial comfort, and an assured future, while calling out to God for help. He told me, “Let go of the branch.”
We let go of the branch and have never looked back.
I have written about much of our journey in my book, "Destiny, Who Am I, Why Am I Here and What do I do now."
The Bible tells us about a guy named Abram, living in luxury in the big city of Ur of the Chaldees. The Lord told him to let go of the branch, leave town, and walk in the desert. Abe did not know where he was going, but let go of his security blanket and became the father of many nations.
When Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James, and John, they left careers, family, and homes to follow Him, and they helped to change the world.
Are there things in your life that are holding you back
Are there things in your life that are holding you back from realizing your destiny, that you are afraid to release? What could you do if you let go of these things?
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