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God gave every one of us gifts, hopes, and desires.  However, he left it up to us to open and use them.  He didn’t hide them.  They are right there in plain mindsight.  Our minds are the most powerful tools we have.  We can achieve great success if we put our mind to it or we can accomplish nothing if we put our mind to it.  The choice is ours!  I choose to unwrap every gift and pursue my dreams until I reach the last step of my journey.    

"I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me."  John C. Maxwell

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It’s okay to be broken!  We all have brokenness, but we sometimes create more distress, sadness, and hurt for ourselves trying to hide it.  It’s okay to show others the chinks in our armor.  When we do we will not only help ourselves but may be surprised how we help others around us.  

Let the world know the true you with your light shining through all the broken pieces. 

 “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi

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If you have chickens, you know that a critter in the area is a literal real concern.  However, this can also be true metaphorically for every aspect of life.  My Dad taught me this at a young age.  We didn’t have chickens and I had never seen (or smelled) a weasel.  However, I knew exactly what he was talking about and this parable has helped me throughout my journey.  

Our instinct is one of our greatest gifts, but also one of the easiest things to ignore.  When we really want something or someone we often suppress what our heart is telling us and when we do this it ends in regret 100% of the time!  So, when we smell or feel something isn’t right, IT'S NOT and we should lock up our chickens!  

 "The best advice you will ever get comes from your instinct "

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50 episodes!  WOW!  I have learned so much doing these and the responses I receive truly touch my heart. This was intended to be about business success, but that changed during the first episode.  I just share experiences that I have had along my journey and it is such an awesome feeling when someone says they were inspired or it helped them in some way.  I have never done anything more rewarding in my life!  

I can sum up all 50 episodes in four words:  Hard work – Faith – Gratefulness – Grace.  That is the guaranteed formula to be successful in business or any aspect of your life. 

For this episode I thought it would be fun to reflect on some of the messages and answer a few questions that I receive.  If you look closely at the podcast cover photo you will see a moon pie.  When I started these, I said I would eat that pie at 50 episodes.  Well it’s a little crumbly now, but I opened it up and accompanied it with an RC Cola (of course) and turned on the mic.   Lets go!  

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We have always been taught to put others first and to never be the center of attention.  That is good advice, but we should not suppress our true selves to do so.  We now have a generation that is being taught to choose one side and hate the other.  In doing this we create an avatar for what we feel we need to be successful or accepted.  However, our need for acceptance can actually make us invisible.

We will never find true love, peace, and happiness until we step out from behind the character we portray.   It is scary to take our shield down and allow others to see us for who we are because we fear rejection.  Some may reject us, but our true friends and family will love us just the way we are.  The most daring and most meaningful approach to life is being who we truly are!  Dare to let your true light shine! 

Don't change so people to like you.  Be yourself and the right people will love you.

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Sometimes the most difficult part of moving forward is letting go of what is behind us.  This can be a loved one, a job we lost, or a home we thought we would live in forever.  As we go throughout our life we will encounter people, places, and things that are necessary for a part of our path and others that will be with us for the entire journey.  While we may not understand the reason for the ones we lose, we must keep moving forward.  We can never reach our destiny if we keep looking for what is behind us.  

It is difficult to let go sometimes, but we cannot grow new roses if we use all of our water on dead plants.  So, let go of the past and focus on the garden you are growing today! 

 “Don’t worry about people from your past there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future”  Adam Lindsay Gordon

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A mountain goat and an elk were in a forest with many Aspen trees.  The elk was eating the fresh delicious leaves to its heart's content, but the goat was too short to reach the lowest branches and had to settle for whatever fell to the ground.  The goat thought to himself "lifes not fair".  That evening a bad storm blew in and the goat sought shelter in a nearby cave.  The elk was too large for the cave and had to stand out and endure the cold pounding rain and wind.   As it looked at  the goat cozied up in the dry cave it thought "life is not fair".  

As humans it is sometimes easy to feel that we are not getting a fair shake compared to others around us.  We can always look around and find someone with seemingly more than us and others with seemingly more struggles than us.   The fact is, we were all created equal and given unique gifts and purposes.  However, if we waste time comparing our lives to others we can lose focus of our own journey and never reach our full potential.   Life is fair if we focus on what is within us and not our environment.    

“If life is unfair with everyone, doesn’t that make life fair?” — Thabang Gideon Magaola

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When my daughter was approaching her teen years, I did a remake of a Jimmy Dean song and put it on her phone for her ears only.   That was many years and phones ago, so I am sure it is now lost in a cloud somewhere.  Today is my her birthday and I am out of town.  So since I can't be there to sing happy birthday to her, I did the only thing I knew to do.  I made a podcast for her!  Haha  If you have listened to any of my episodes you know that I just speak what is on my heart.  Well with my baby girl turning 23 today, this was certainly on my heart so I just poured it out.  She will probably think this is a cheesy "Dad move" to post my birthday wishes in a podcast and for me that is just one more reason to do it!  Aggravating her is still my favorite thing to do, but I really am so proud to be her Dad!  I hesitated to post it publicly, but felt it fits the podcast category of inspirational and I am sure many can relate.  Especially if you're a Dad.  
  

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This is the second episode that I have done on this subject and I could do many more because fear is one of the greatest motivators for success.  Fear also kills more dreams than failure does.  When we come face to face with what scares us we can choose to retreat to our safe place or rise up and conquer our ambitions. 

Contrary to popular belief fear is not the absence of faith rather fear requires us to step up in our faith and push through.  That is the formula for success! 

“Do one thing every day that scares you”  Eleanor Roosevelt 

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There are no rules for being a Dad.  All we can do is offer our best advice, unconditional love, and LOTS of prayers!  In this episode I share a little reminiscing about my Dad and a little perspective from being a Dad.

 HAPPY FATHERS DAY!