Except from: "Energy
Addict: 101 Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Ways to Energize
Your Life," (Perigee 2004)
It's big but you can't see it. So great that if you could
see it you wouldn't believe it. It's your destiny and it's
calling you. If you don't believe me just remember Albert
Einstein. He could not speak until he was four years old. He
did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was
retarded. Or how about Beethoven. His music teacher said, "As
a composer he is hopeless." And let's not forget Muhammad Ali.
His teacher once told him, "you ain't never going to be
nothing." He showed her and the world that he was the greatest
after all. The Google guys tried to sell their business to
Yahoo for a few million dollars and were told to come back
when they were finished with their little school project. Wow.
Steve Jobs was once fired from Apple. Jack Canfield and Mark
Victor Hansen's Chicken Soup for the Soul was rejected
by over a hundred publishers. We all know Helen Keller's story
and we certainly all know our own story.
Every day we face challenges, fears, obstacles, and
negativity that hits us with left jabs and right hooks. We get
so caught up in the details of bills, job pressures, raising
kids, fixing the house, car payments, trying to make a living
and a hundred other to-dos, that we can't even see over the
piles of paper on our desk never mind-our future success. But
when times are tough and your bills are bigger than the
balance in your checking account, or when you are feeling
overwhelmed after starting a new business or job, or when you
are drowning in house work and changing diapers every few
hours or when you didn't get that promotion or lost your job
or when you get sick and all feels hopeless... these are the
times when you need to realize the most-that you are part of a
bigger plan. There is greatness in you. There is a Big Life
Plan for you.
Your destiny sits inside your soul like DNA sits inside
your genes. You may not be able to see it but it's
there-waiting to unfold if you let it. Don't let yourself get
caught up in the crashing waves. Instead jump those waves and
keep your head up looking out into the horizon. And if you
experience a wave so big that there is no way you can jump it,
then ride it. Learn from the surfer who challenges wave after
wave, growing stronger, developing more balance, and becoming
more skilled every day. A smooth ocean never made a skilled
surfer and a struggle-free existence never made a meaningful,
great life.
The next time you are facing a difficult situation remember
that there is more than what is in front of you. There is a
challenge, a lesson, and a plan. Emerson said "The wise man in
the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for
deliverance from fear." Don't let fear get in the way of the
life that is meant for you. Einstein, Beethoven , Muhammad
Ali, and Helen Keller show us that anything is possible. They
are real people who overcame their obstacles and doubters and
discovered their greatness. Trust that there is a plan for you
and let the possibilities unfold. In the process you will
discover the great things you are born to do. You don't have
to push. Just trust and your destiny will meet you when the
time is right.
Sending Positive Energy your Way,
-Jon
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celebrates the publication of his new book. Thursday, February
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