A solid foundation, there is no other option.

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You can ask any building contractor what they feel is the most important aspect of any job, and most will tell you setting a firm, stable, and unshakable foundation.  There's a reason for that: a rocky, unstable foundation will eventually crumble down and then you are left with nothing more than a mass of nothing.

The same can be said about life, how we go about setting our life up, and even more importantly how we build our own foundation for things to come.  In any speech or seminar that I have given, I always begin by laying a foundation.  I don't want my audience to get lost, and the surest way of getting lost is never providing the audience what they need from the get go.  Whether it's telling a story, sharing an idea, you must always have something to build upon.  A house built on sand just isn't going to make it through the wind and rain.  A life that has not built a firm, sturdy foundation will be tossed about by every manner of trivial things.  What is almost inconsequential to most people becomes this huge issue for those who have no foundation.

So with all that said the next logical question is:  what is a solid foundation?  Now I will say that everyone is different, so every foundation is going to be different.  There should be some similarities, but just as each of us are individual, each foundation will have it's differences.  Keep in mind, that just because something works for someone else, doesn't mean it is meant for you.  I say that because just like we each have a different destiny, so too will be how we reach it, prepare for it, and ultimately walk in it.  None-the-less there are a few things that everyone needs to grasp hold of before they can sit and know that their own foundation is stable and secure.

One of the first things we need to accept is that we are divine creatures.  No matter what you may have gone through, your divinity should never be questioned.  I want you to think about the Royal Family in England for a moment.  Just the title "Her Majesty" or "His Royal Highness" stirs thoughts or grandeur, pomp, privilege, and a certain station in life.  Well then, if you feel this way about a Royal, why haven't you felt the same way with the title "Divine"?  I will take divine over royal any day of the week.  If being Royal is a birthright, then so to is Divinity.  The reason most people don't see this is because they have fallen victim to, and here I go again repeating myself, they have fallen victim to the conditioning of man.  That mind set that says we need to go through this and that as a proving ground for our station in life. You may not recognize your divinity, you may not understand it, or even know how to walk in it, but that doesn't make it go away.  The sooner you can accept this part of your life, the sooner you can get on with life, and live the life that was always intended for you to live.

Your foundation is built upon rock solid ground.  There is nothing that will ever change the fact that you are a divine creation and because of this you are entitled to all the rights and privileges there of.  I see people everyday who haven't the foggiest notion of this concept and they are the same people who are constantly complaining about their life and the fact that it is going no where fast. The saddest part of that last example is that they are missing out on what is their inheritance, their birth right.  I'm not sure how many other ways I can say the same thing:  you are not of this world.  Yes you live in it, but that doesn't mean you have to fall prey to all the garbage that so many others have fallen for.

The conditioning of Man over the centuries has lead this world to wars, it has caused poverty, illiteracy. It has kept people bound up in lies, that need not be so.  If you are tired of always struggling financially, if you are tired of going to a job that brings you no satisfaction, if you are simply at the end of your rope, then I suggest you take to heart what I am saying here.  Start by accepting certain truths that the rest of the world has allowed to go unheard.  Your passion needs to come out, your dreams need to come to fruition.  The only way you are ever going to be truly happy is when you are doing the one thing that will make you happy.  Destiny is not simply a new buzz word for the upcoming year.  Destiny, your true destiny is what will bring you to the forefront of who you are, and it will open your eyes to what is possible.

It is time to lay your foundation and when you do, there is nothing in this world that will shake it.  The surest way to building your foundation is to know inside who and what you are.  Then and only then will you be able to be who you were intended to be.  So let it be written, so let it be done.