Limited thinking decreases our likelihood for true success.
In fact it totally eliminates the likelihood of it ever happening.
We all have been placed here for something glorious and amazing.
It will require us to be stretched beyond our normal capacity and experience.
We are meant to live a life without limits.
There are resistances to living a life without limits.
They are known as fear and discomfort.
Refusing to face our fears and an unwillingness to experience discomfort has limited many people to living predictable lives far short of their potential.
I am reminded of seeing Olympic downhill skiers racing down a slope even when the conditions are treacherous.
They refuse to play it safe.
They have one goal in mind and that is to win the gold medal.
Edwin had such a decision to make.
He realized there was a raiding party from an enemy kingdom.
He then warned a nearby village of the danger.
They started to get ready to defend themselves.
When the villagers discovered that the enemy was headed away from them toward another village they disagreed with Edwin as to the next step.
"The chieftain started to talk over with some of the clan's leaders whether it was wise to risk their lives for people down the road.
They would be against a party far superior to them in size.
Edwin interrupted them and said it was the only right thing to do.
He encouraged them to consider that next time it may be their turn to have the people down the road help them.
Several of the men told Edwin to mind his own business.
The chieftain said his priority was the safety of his village...
He did not think it wise to endanger his people when the odds were so against them.
Further imploring was useless.
Edwin decided he could not stay with them.
" Like Edwin, sometimes we will recognize the need to no longer hang out with certain people.
Everyone is on their own journey and consequently in different stages of life.
When we have a clear sense of wanting to do something heroic so our life makes a difference, there will be a need to be willing to move on, sometimes alone.
Winston Churchill demonstrated heroism throughout his life.
He volunteered for dangerous military missions as a young man and even when he was in his forties.
When he was older in his late fifties and into his mid-sixties, he was willing to look foolish and be cast aside for his views on the rising danger of Hitler and Germany.
Most people ignored him and considered him of no consequence during the time running up to the Second World War.
It was a lonely time for Churchill.
But he was a man of integrity and did not change the expression of his views to please the masses.
Then one day he was summoned by the King and asked to be the Prime Minister.
This appointment led to his fulfilling a very difficult role and firmly established him in history as a great man living without limits.
In fact it totally eliminates the likelihood of it ever happening.
We all have been placed here for something glorious and amazing.
It will require us to be stretched beyond our normal capacity and experience.
We are meant to live a life without limits.
There are resistances to living a life without limits.
They are known as fear and discomfort.
Refusing to face our fears and an unwillingness to experience discomfort has limited many people to living predictable lives far short of their potential.
I am reminded of seeing Olympic downhill skiers racing down a slope even when the conditions are treacherous.
They refuse to play it safe.
They have one goal in mind and that is to win the gold medal.
Edwin had such a decision to make.
He realized there was a raiding party from an enemy kingdom.
He then warned a nearby village of the danger.
They started to get ready to defend themselves.
When the villagers discovered that the enemy was headed away from them toward another village they disagreed with Edwin as to the next step.
"The chieftain started to talk over with some of the clan's leaders whether it was wise to risk their lives for people down the road.
They would be against a party far superior to them in size.
Edwin interrupted them and said it was the only right thing to do.
He encouraged them to consider that next time it may be their turn to have the people down the road help them.
Several of the men told Edwin to mind his own business.
The chieftain said his priority was the safety of his village...
He did not think it wise to endanger his people when the odds were so against them.
Further imploring was useless.
Edwin decided he could not stay with them.
" Like Edwin, sometimes we will recognize the need to no longer hang out with certain people.
Everyone is on their own journey and consequently in different stages of life.
When we have a clear sense of wanting to do something heroic so our life makes a difference, there will be a need to be willing to move on, sometimes alone.
Winston Churchill demonstrated heroism throughout his life.
He volunteered for dangerous military missions as a young man and even when he was in his forties.
When he was older in his late fifties and into his mid-sixties, he was willing to look foolish and be cast aside for his views on the rising danger of Hitler and Germany.
Most people ignored him and considered him of no consequence during the time running up to the Second World War.
It was a lonely time for Churchill.
But he was a man of integrity and did not change the expression of his views to please the masses.
Then one day he was summoned by the King and asked to be the Prime Minister.
This appointment led to his fulfilling a very difficult role and firmly established him in history as a great man living without limits.
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