Own Your Life!
- Jamelle Sanders
- Sep 11, 2017
- 4 min read
As I write to you, I am fresh off of my vacation. It was an incredible time of rest, recreation and recharging. It was long overdue and it was so great to get away. I can honestly say that I am more focused and fueled to fulfill my destiny. Rest is such a vital part of our lives. Rest is not something that we should take for granted. It is something that you must make space for in your life. Do not allow yourself to get so busy doing so many things that you lose sight of what is really important. This vacation gave me an opportunity to refocus and re-prioritize a lot of things in my life. In fact, you have probably heard me say before that you should not give access to anything that does not advance your life. It is time for you to move forward but first you have to get fueled back up!
Are you being opposed by contradictions? Have you allowed circumstances to cripple your vision? Do you have the audacity to own your life? We live in a time of positive thinking and positive affirmations. In fact, often times people do not know what to call me. So they try to group me among positive thinkers. The reality is that I am not a positive thinker. I’m an empowerment specialist assigned to the planet to challenge and shift mindsets. You will never reach your potential simply by thinking positive thoughts or speaking positive words. The reality is that you cannot truly fulfill your purpose without first adjusting your paradigm. What I have discovered over the years is that most people require more than a correction of their thoughts. Most people need a total change in the way that they think. You cannot pile positivity on top of poison and expect to create new possibilities for your life. You must first confront the thoughts that are contending against transformation in your life. Only then will you see breakthroughs in your life.
Too many people in the world today are looking for a formula for success. They think the right mix of positive thoughts and words will bring results. However, it is much deeper than just positivity. You have to get to the root of the thoughts and emotions that are controlling the trajectory of your life. Stop looking at success in steps and start seeing it in stages. Everyone looks at my life today and they think that everything has always been polished. Honestly, I can tell you from experience that it has been a process. Some people have criticized me and said that I am very abstract in my ideas. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I totally disagree with that belief. Most people want you to tell them what to do. I never tell people what to do. I lay out suggestions and strategies to shift your life but I cannot change your life for you. Success is not a formula but success is a framework. Most people fail because they won’t build the right foundation for success.
For a long time I was not owning my life. I was allowing opinions, conditions and contradictions to dictate the direction of my life. What I later learned was that nothing has the power to control the trajectory of my life without my permission. In other words, nothing can own your life without your authorization. Many people like playing the role of the victim and acquiescing to circumstances. Playing the role of the victim temporarily provides relief but it does not provide long-term solutions for your life. Victims always want to shift the blame for why they are not seeing breakthroughs in their lives. When you decide to take responsibility for your life, you are then empowered to take the driver seat and change the route your life is taking. Owning your life is understanding that you alone are responsible for your destiny. Stop sitting back and letting life pass you by. Get out of the passenger seat and take the wheel and fulfill prophetic destiny. Either you will own your life or you will live an opposed life. What you refuse to own becomes a place of defeat in your life. Anything you do not own you will never overcome. Owning your destiny is making the decision that no adversity, pressure or prohibiting force can abort your destiny. Owning your destiny is coming to the realization that you can only be hindered or delayed when you give your personal power away.
In closing, I believe now more than ever before this message is vital. We live in an era where excuses and entitlement are rampant. Stop looking to other people to make your life better. Find the strategies to build your life. You have to stop trusting critics and start creating the life of your dreams. You can entertain all the reasons why you cannot succeed. Or you can embrace a new reality and shift your life forever. You were not created to live in obscurity or oppression. You were created to own your life. Never talk about what you are unwilling to take action to produce. Nobody cares about your good intentions and your positive words. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is action. Less talk and more doing. Eliminate the words maybe and try from your vocabulary. Do is the master key to a new era in your life. Own your life!
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