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Congratulations, you made it though the first week of 2022.  If you're reading this today it should be a day of celebration.  Why you ask?  Well that answer is simple.  You should be celebrating because you get another opportunity to shine during Week Two of 2022, and then you get to do it again, and again, and again, until I am writing the final blog for the year, and entering into 2023.  There are times in life when we look at the big picture, and there are other times when we have to take each victory as they come, no matter how tiny, how small, or how far apart they may be.  What I want to do today is simply encourage you to be willing to take that leap of faith, to begin to chart your path, navigate this thing we call life, and ultimately find yourself where you were intended to be from the very beginning of time.  

As you enter Week Number Two take a look at what you went through durning Week One, what lessons you learned, and build upon it.  Remember that Two plus Two is Four.  Everything in life is perfection even if that perfection is sometimes painful.  The key to navigating life is to understand that what is happening is happening for a reason.  Often the things we go through have been orchestrated to get you to a particular place in life.  Often the things we go through is to get you to understand the real you.  Often the things we go through in life are there to inspire, teach, and otherwise position you for the next great adventure.  Light begets light, love begets love, joy brings more joy. Conversely, if you are constantly complaining, constantly wondering when the other shoe is going to drop, then can you really expect the outcome to any situation to be a positive one?  We create situations with our words, our feelings, our thoughts.  When you hold captive all thoughts of fear, thoughts of dread, or thoughts of failure, you are taking each of these things out of the equation.  When you begin to realize the power you have to create, then and only then will you begin to live a life that is truly inspiring.  When you finally accept your place in the Universe, then and only then will you begin to have the life you were intended to have.

One of the big lessons I learned over the last week was to let go.  I learned a long time ago that I could either let God be God, or try to do everything myself.  Sadly when we attempt to take God out of the equation we are only taking ourselves out because we are God.  We were created with God inside of us.  As hard as that might be to believe, it is true.  You see, we have been sold a bill of goods that we are somehow just creatures, just mere humans, unable to get out of our own way at times.  We have been conditioned to believe we are limited.  We have been forced fed a diet of can't do this, can't do that.  We have been subjected to doubt, and we have allowed limiting beliefs to control pretty much all that we do, or at least attempt to do.  If you survived the first week, and once again you did, then something got you through it.  If you are reading this, then there was something that brought you to this place.  If you are in this place, then there is something that you still need to do.  Accepting that you have a calling, that you have a passion, that you are here for a reason, is what should get you the the next week, and every week thereafter.  

For a moment I just want you to think about that one thing that moves you.  I want you to think about that one thing that you have not been able to let go of, that you think about, dream about, almost daily.  Just for a moment I want you to look at your life and picture yourself doing what truly makes you happy.  Your passion, your dream, was given to you as a gift.  If I gave you One Millions Dollars today, but told you that you could not touch it, does that money do you any good?  If I bought you a huge mansion, but then would not allow you inside of it to live, what benefit did having the mansion have for you?  Why would the Creator of the Universe place a passion inside of you if the intent was not for you to walk out that passion?  Why would you have dreams, if those dreams were not meant for you?  Why, in all that is holy, would you desire something, believe in something, and then be told that it was just a joke, that God didn't really want you to have what you desired?  It doesn't work that way people.  We have dreams because we are supposed to follow them.  We have passions because we are supposed to do something with them.  I will stand on the mountain tops till the day I die and profess this belief.  

I see so many people on a daily basis who are defeated.  They simply have stopped believing that life is anything but a noose around their neck, and they are about to swing.  Life was never intended to be a struggle.  We were meant to rule the world, not lord over it, or over other people, but rather have blessings that abound so we might bless others.  Do you for a moment believe that joy is restricted for only a select few?  We have to stop living in defeat and accept the premise that our being was meant to be, and that we each have a part to play.  I remember a quote I read over 50 years ago.  I was heading to RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom for my first duty assignment in the United States Air Force.  The quote was, "I would rather attempt something great and fail, then attempt nothing at all and succeed."  If you are waiting for something just to happen, and never take the first step toward your dreams, toward your destiny, you will fail I assure you.  We are all living in a time when we need some encouragement.  We need to know we mean something, that we have something to offer.  Well I'm here to tell you that you do mean something, and that you do have something to offer.  We need to realize that even the little things we do in life are often the most important things to someone else.  The smile, the greeting, the love we display to others may mean the difference between life and death.  I know I may seem overly dramatic today, but maybe we just need a kick in the pants to move forward in those things that have been lying dormant in our heart for quite sometime.  

Week Two of 2022 is your opportunity to wake up your dreams.  Week two of 2022 is your call to step out into those things that you long for.  Week Two of 2022 needs to be the start of your journey of discovery.  I can't tell you what to do.  I can't promise you that things won't get rocky from time to time.  What I can tell you is this; when all is said and done, you will understand that you have had a part in this thing we call life, and in completing your role, you will have had an impact that will be immeasurable to someone else.  We all need to be inspired from time to time.  We all need a reminder of why we are here.  We all need to feel as though we matter.  Well, you do matter, and what you have to offer can only be done by you.  It is time to accept your calling, to walk in your destiny, to change humanity.  To those who have been given much, much is required.  You have been given more than you know, and the time has come for you to step out into those important aspects of your life, that others quite frankly need so they can step out into the things in their life.  It is a cycle, but it is a cycle that you do not want to break.