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In this podcast I shared my experience while I was going up our mountain place about 4,000 feet elevation one winter morning. It was a clear and sunny day but my faith was put to a test when I almost drifted on a glassy road and a huge tree fell across the road that blocked my way.
I stopped on my way up and decided to document my experience. I had the option to turn around and go back home, but I chose to climb up that mountain even when I knew I only had my winter tires and no chain.
Sometimes we don’t feel we have everything we need when we journey through life, but that shouldn’t stop us from moving forward. I hope my experience will inspire you not to be deterred by difficulties in pursuing your dream.
Ready or not life moves on. All we need to do is adapt because this is how we grow. We cannot stay in one spot and expect everything to happen. Sometimes we need to leave where we are and make things happen.
It is not always an easy journey. Sometimes we have to step forward even before God parts the Red Sea. Sometimes we fall on a ditch along the way but we need to learn how to move forward despite the difficulties. That is how our faith grow.
That is one thing we need to realize that exercise is not just for strong muscles. In order to build strong faith, we also need to exercise trusting in the unknown, trusting that Somebody is just waiting for us to make the move.
We need to learn to recognize the opportunity to grown in every difficult situation we face. An inspirational speaker said he doesn’t think opportunity knocks on the door. He believes that opportunity is standing outside the door waiting for us to acknowledge and recognize it.
There was a major event in 2020 that affected the entire world. For some of us, it makes us fearful and hesitant to step into the new year wondering how it’s going to be. Some also move forward but very timidly, always on the defensive side.
We need to listen to ourselves. At the same time, we also need to talk to ourselves because most of the time, if not all of the time we are our worst enemy. If we fell short of our expectation, we need to learn to cheer ourselves to try again.
Our success and progress greatly rely on what we tell ourselves. So we need to start believing that we can do it. Because however we read inspirational books, however we get mentored and coached by anyone to move ahead, if we don’t have the belief that we can do it, we won’t be able to step one foot forward.
I hope the little wins and success we get everyday won’t stop us to aim for more. An inspiring speaker once said, “We fail not because we aim too high and miss, but because we aim too low and hit.” So aim high and keep on moving forward.
