Stretch Your Life!
- Jamelle Sanders
- Feb 12, 2018
- 5 min read
Last week was a very busy week for me. In fact, my life has been chaotic for the last two weeks. I am exhausted right now. However, I pushed myself to write to you this week. I am sure many of you reading this can relate to this feeling. I have had so much on my plate in my personal life and in business. As you know, I just released my seventh book Upgrade Your Mind: Harnessing the Power of Thought to Change Your Life. I am just in awe that I have written seven books. It is a daring challenge to write one book. However, to know that I have created seven resources to change lives is such a blessing. I hope you will get a copy and add it to your library. This book is filled with strategies for breaking up with defeat and developing a bulletproof mindset. I can promise you that you have never read a book like this before. Thanks to everyone that has already supported the book. I am hearing some great feedback!
Are you stuck in your life? Do you feel like you are trapped in a cycle that cannot be reversed? Will you dare to be stretched? One of the worst feelings in the world is the feeling of being stuck. I know that feeling very well. It is the time in your life where you feel like you have peaked out. You experience a loss of passion and a decrease in action. In addition, you find yourself in a perpetual state of lost momentum and lost opportunities. I am sure you can relate to this. Honestly, we have all been at this place at one time or another in our lives. It is one thing to pass through a season of feeling stuck. On the other hand, it is another thing to live in a state of being stuck. I talk with people every day that are stuck. People seek me out because they know I have solutions. What I have discovered over the years is that solutions do not mean anything if you have not identified the systemic root of your present condition. Often times we just want to get out of the rut but we do not want to get to the root of what is really going on in our lives. You cannot change your results until you collide with the root of your present condition. Maybe you have been through trauma or some major tragedy. Or maybe disappointment or failure caused you to become stuck. Only when you deal with the root will you be empowered to reverse the current cycle in your life. What you do not confront will simply continue in your life. What you ignore will not become invisible.
Cycles are part of life. In fact, if you follow my work you know that I deal extensively with cycles. In fact, there are so many life cycles that it would take me another book to walk you through them all. My journey has taught me so much about cycles. I lived a number of years bound by cycles. I know what it is like to be trapped in cycles of frustration, defeat, failure, pain and even disappointment. The reality is that you can either break a cycle or live in bondage to that cycle. More importantly, only you have the power to break a cycle in your life. It is great to have coaches and mentors to help you along the way. Coaches and mentors can only provide you with tools. At the end of the day, you must make the decision to break a cycle in your life. Breaking a cycle will not be easy. We are creatures of habit. One thing I know with certainty is that we hate change. Therefore, you have to be willing to disrupt a pattern in your life. It takes discipline to disrupt a pattern in your life. You will never be dismissed from a cycle that you refuse to disrupt. Cycles that you refuse to confront become ceilings limiting your capacity for growth and greatness. Any cycle in your life can be reversed. However, reversing a cycle requires radical commitment. Radical commitment means that you refuse to allow pressure to make you abandon the process. We like the rewards of change but not many are willing to pay the price for change in their lives.
Thankfully, I made it to the other side of the process and discovered that I have power over cycles. The only way that you stop living in a perpetual state of being stuck is to be stretched. I will be honest with you for a moment. I did not like the process of being stretched. It was uncomfortable and it has often inconvenienced me. As I look back on my journey, I would not trade anything for the lessons I learned and the wisdom I have gained. People all over the world read my books, listen to my message and seek out my solutions. None of that would have been possible if I would have abandoned the process. People respect the work that I do around the world. However, that respect has come because of the rituals that I have developed in my life. I have placed myself in environments that challenged me to expand. I’ve placed myself in atmospheres that did not accommodate me being average. As you have heard me say before, if you want to live like no one else then you must be willing to do what others will not. I have put in the time and given myself fully to my assignment. Your passion is always revealed by what you are willing to pursue. One thing I know is that you cannot stay small. Significance is the product of being stretched. You will never maintain an edge without being expanded. You can live within your limits or you can live beyond your limits. Your prosperity in life will be defined by your pursuit. Do not allow your desire for comfort to cripple you. Be willing to venture into the unknown and live an uncommon life.
In closing, I have so much more I could say to you about living a stretched life. You have been contained for long enough. 2018 is the year that you cannot afford to play small. You are being called to a new level of significance in your life. I dare you to step out of the boat. Start leaving the familiar and occupy new frontiers. Your life can be no bigger than your belief system. It is time for you to believe for more and press for more. I have learned that more is not just a desire. More means that you take decisive action. You will always attract what you act on. You will never possess what you will not pursue. This is your year to be stretched. Discomfort is always the doorway into the next dimension. You were created to live a stretched life!
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