“Step out and try something. It may not work, but what if it does?” – Joyce Meyer
Fear is such a driving force in all that we do, isn’t it? We fear what other people will think of us. We fear failing. We even fear succeeding. Personally, I’m tired of letting fear rule my life. I’m tired of all my negative self-talk, of feeling defeated before I’ve even tried to succeed, of not daring to take risks because it’s safer to do nothing at all. That is why I charged headstrong into the “belief statements” assignment because I need to change the thoughts in my mind before my actions will follow suit.
Belief Statement #9:
“My vision requires action, and my actions inspire adversity.
It’s okay when others [speak against it/me]; they are allowed to be where they are.
But I press on with my action to fulfill my plan and accomplish my goals.”
When Dr. Stanley Dudrick invented the now-commonly used “IV” (feeding us through our veins), he inspired great adversity from all avenues in the field of medicine. Everyone thought it was ridiculous, but he had a vision, a purpose, a goal of finding a way to provide better nutrition to surgical and critically ill patients in order to save lives. He was successful beyond imagining, beginning with saving hundreds of premature babies’ lives who could only be fed and kept alive through intravenous feeding. He became known as the “Father of IV Nutrition” because of his pioneering research. And today he continues his powerful nutritional developments as a member of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board of AdvoCare.
Can you imagine hospitals today not using IV’s with their patients? How many lives have been changed by his vision and his accomplishment of that vision? He is but one example of a man or woman throughout the centuries of human history that have had a vision and pursued it through adversity. It can be so easy to complain about adversity. Many people are too weak-spirited to even consider pushing through it. But there are those like Dr. Dudrick who catch a vision and think, “Well, what if it works? How would that change things for me or my family or someone else’s family?” Those are the people who I want to be like. So I’m retraining my mind to believe in the impossible. As a wise pastor once told me, “If it were easy, everyone would do it.”
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