YOU CAN BE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE IN LIFE AND NOT FEEL LIKE IT
You are doing what you were born to do. And you being here, right at this moment, reading my little message is where you need to be.
You either agree with me or you don’t believe it. But this is why I want you to believe me. Your smallest moments help you fulfill your destiny, aka to achieve personal success.
Meaning, what you learn, fail at, grow from, stumble over, and more are equally as important as any success you’ll ever have.
Why? Because moments like these add to your experience and mark your progress. Frankly, without these things, you wouldn’t have success.
So, the job or gig you’re working on now prepares you for the next.
The thing that frustrates you also teaches you.
Your greatest pet peeve helps you to lighten up.
What you don’t know pushes you to become more skilled.
And the skills that you have, the thing that you are super great at, eventually puts you in high-demand.
LIFE HITS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU REALIZE ALL YOUR MOMENTS MATTER
Every moment is important. Every little moment matters, because it gives you something to take into the next. But I admit sometimes it’s hard to see that. Then other times, you don’t realize it until the moment is over.
So, right now, let’s do something, you and me. Take some time to think back to a moment where your experience came in handy and met life application.
- What was the situation?
- Where and when did you initially get the experience?
- How much time passed between you gaining the experience and it paying off?
I ask this because I have learned so much from things that I didn’t feel were super significant at the time or jobs I hated. First, I learned what I didn’t like (ha!), but seriously, those things helped me become successful.
STORYTIME | On one job, I submitted some info for a contest. What it was, I don’t remember. What I do remember is that I won, and the prize later served me in my career. I won a portfolio, some stationery items, AND a one-on-one with a professional job recruiter. I still remember his name, Chester.
Chester helped me to restructure my resume so that it would be irresistible for recruiters, interviewers, and hiring managers. He also shared secrets with me from the decades worth of experience he had in this field. Our one-on-one helped me then, but it also drastically enriched my life beyond that moment. Years later, I still use his strategies, and it works. My interviewers are always impressed with my work experience, which they can easily see because Chester helped me make my resume irresistible.
Anywhoo, moments on that job, didn’t always make me feel like I was where I needed to be or doing what I was born to do. BUT I WAS because I gained experience that I now apply in other areas as skills. Today, I realize HOW MUCH every little thing is helping to make me successful over and over and over again.
All these things and more give me the confidence to tell you that you are doing what you were born to do, and you are where you need to be because your experience makes you a success!
BUT WAIT – I DO NOT FEEL SUCCESSFUL
Now, you may be thinking – WHERE LOLA? I DO NOT FEEL LIKE A SUCCESS. And here is what I have to say to that.
YOU ARE because success is the manifestation of small continual wins, not mere moments where your hard work magnifies itself and pays off.
Everyone feels like a success when they get a new job, walk across a graduation stage, sign the deed to their new home, or pay off debt (whoop-whoop). You feel like that because those moments mark high points of achievement and show you that you finished something.
But what about the consistent things you did to get yourself there? What about the small steps you made every day? What about all the mornings you got up and didn’t give up? What about all the times you said no to people and even yourself because you were pursuing something greater?
All of that counts too. All of those things manifest the success that magnifies itself in the moments your hard work pays off.
NEVER DISCOUNT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU ARE DOING
Do you get it? Good. So, please don’t discount where you are or what you’re doing. Be at peace with yourself and your destiny! And know that you are where you need to be, and you are doing what you were born to do! Be confident in God’s ability to give you continual success, to magnify your wins, and to manifest your destiny for you! Do not give another moment of your life over to stress or anxiety! Breathe, and just be.
RESOURCES
You Are Still Loading – Five Frustrations of Growing People and How to Get Over Them
PODCAST: A Prophetic Word for Your Life
PODCAST: How to Accelerate Your Destiny
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