The Big Reveal

New hairdo...check!

 

Loose 20 lbs...check!

 

Empty closet of outdated clothes and replace it with 2014 glam...check!

 

We have been watching for 55 minutes as a "less than average" person gets a total makeover.

 

Why do we watch?

 

Secretly, we all want a makeover.  That is what the Journey Series was designed to stimulate...  

Change.

 

Change takes time...certainly more than 55 minutes...or two weeks of Daily Crumbs.

 

But now it is time for The Big Reveal.

 

They have gathered family, friends and co-workers to wait and watch anxiously as the wall gets ready to spin and we gasp in awe at the changes this person made.

 

That could be you...a year from now...a month from now...tomorrow.

 

I got an email yesterday from someone who wanted to change.  She was ready to think it, speak it, act it and build proper habits for it.  She deserved change because she was willing to work for it.

 

Then life happened...one thing after another...

 

Job comes to mind...not Steve either (that's Jobs anyway)...the guy from the Land of Uz...that's not Oz either.

 

I am talking about the Biblical Job where he had a charmed life and then things changed... quickly.

 

She had every right to complain, whine and "curse" the circumstances.  She didn't...in fact, she was concerned that I would think she was whining and complaining...

 

Usually...yes, I would...this time...

 

No.

 

I had one thing come to mind and yes, it ties to The Journey. 

 

As we fight against negative thoughts,

work hard to control our words,

take action in spite of fear/doubt

and as we try to build habits to sustain us in good times and bad,

we arrive at our character.

 

We can hide just about everything else...but we cant hide our character. 

 

"Adversity doesn't build character...it reveals it".

James Allen

 

She had enough good stuff in her that she was ready when things went bad.

 

That is how you should live everyday...work on everything you can...even when you don't think you will need it.

 

Character is forged in the small details...when no one is watching...when no one seems to care.

 

Strange thing about life...just when you think you have developed a inner strength you will never need or never use...then comes

 

The Big Reveal.

 

I am gasping in awe of the human spirit...it's time to fight again my friend...

 

A change is gonna come! (wink!)

 

Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!

Next Time: The Journey - Your Destiny Awaits!