"Don't let go of this word: Greatness."

I'd like to share something personal with you. A very wise person once told me, "Don't let go of this word: 'Greatness'."

It's a term that touches a lot of areas for me. Artistic endeavors, business goals, relationship goals, and my relationship with God. And really, all of those things spindle together so often. Bottom line: I want to go big.

I was raised very much believing that I was destined for greatness (and I still do), and that's one of those things that can and should be a great strength. But if you let it get out of hand and out of balance, a twisted version of that can be pretty harmful. There have been times when I drove myself too hard trying to make everything happen on my own. Not knowing when to rest, feeling the "weight of the world" as it were, as if it was all on me to make things better.  I had to step back and remember that being thankful for things that seemed small was actually a huge part of going on to what's bigger. 

Keith Moore once had the Lord impress this on him: "Do you want to know how to increase your capacity to receive from me? Cultivate a lifestyle of thanksgiving."  That impacted me a lot. I knew I couldn't let the thing inside of me that was GOOD be used a stick to make me be unthankful.

But that belief in greatness is meant to be a huge strength. When challenges have come up it's been a giant factor for me in not giving up and quitting.

I think people need more of that belief; that they were created for greatness. Now, greatness doesn't look exactly the same for everybody. God gave everyone different gifts and callings. For some people it looks like being plumber or a lawyer, for others a mother or a hugely successful musician.

But regardless, I want to remind you to take the limits off. I have seen so many people accept fake limitations because of where they were from, wrong beliefs, or even what they had done in the past.

Let me give you a cheesy example from video games: I was playing competitive game recently, and due to a rough losing streak I had fallen down to a low rank. I desperately wanted to ascend back to where I was before, so I was doing my best to communicate with my team over the microphone. Suddenly a flat, sarcastic voice rippled through my headset. "Dude, chill. We're in bronze."

And that, I thought, is your problem. You'll never get beyond where you are if your attitude is "Why go for it? This isn't where greatness happens."  But it can be.

3 John 2 Y'all
Onward and Upward everybody >:)
-SD