Mid-week Inspiration,

There are some things in my life that I don’t need to do.  I know because I have done them. I have made a conscious choice to give them over to people who love to do them.  One of those things is ‘mechanic-ing’; I did it, I worked hard at it, sometimes I even enjoyed it.  I never enjoyed the smell of grease on my hands.  I never enjoyed the feel of oil on my hands.  I never really enjoyed it even though I enjoyed much about it.

One of my great mentors in life was a mechanic; he taught me to weld, I loved welding.  In return I changed timing chains for this seventy year old master.  He taught me and he paid me a wage; he benefited, I benefited and finally with his help I learned I had no interest in being a mechanic.  I gave it up; I gave it over to people who loved to do it and I went on to discover what I truly loved to do. 

My life has become much happier since I discovered there are certain things in life that I have an urge to do and other things that are for others.  I realized through that choice that if we all do what makes us happy all things will get done and we will all enjoy life more completely.  Life really does support us to do what we love.  It does support us to follow our bliss. 

We can each choose to do what we have passion for and with perseverance and a supportive environment, we can achieve success and enjoyment.  We must make decisions; we must make choices; first our environment and the people we associate with.  This is one of the most fundamental keys to success; there is an infinite power for good which supports us and we can use it but first we must choose it. 

In the Bible the great teacher Jesus said where ever two or more are gathered in my name there I am.  In metaphysical teaching ‘I Am’ is the presence of God in man, and any time we make the declaration ‘I am …’ we are literally invoking the power and presence of God in our lives. 

From this perspective Jesus is telling us to choose people to be in our inner circle who know our greatness for us.  When we do this a power unknown in darker times works for a good unforeseen in our lives, we achieve success in the area of our passion; we discover our passion.  But first we must choose for ourselves people who say ‘Yes’, we must eliminate the naysayers. 

Take heed that generally speaking the most powerful doubters are those who carry titles and initials, those who carry authority and our families.  Often we must look long and hard to find the ones who truly see for us our infinite potential and stand unwaveringly behind us.   

Every story of greatness illustrates this pattern whether it is the story of Jesus who sought his inner circle of disciples, the story of the pilot, Emilia Earhart and the people who stood behind her, never doubting her or the story of the Wayne Gretzkey and the Edmonton Oilers.