WITH RELENTLESS CONSISTENCY,
ABSOLUTE FAITH…
OVER
TIME.
I’ll be very honest.
I haven’t even looked at another man
not that way,
not since after my first date with Chris….
Part of what captured my heart was the fact that he SAW me. Not just the parts that made sense or were convenient, but also the parts that he didn’t understand… and what’s more? He didn’t try to reign me in or change me. He was VERY content to enjoy the full, wild and unsettled me.
My soul mate,
truly.
In ways and at depths I never even knew to hope for or imagine.
But….
Our “soul mate” love story didn’t stay in college-aged bliss. Since then, we’ve seen rough times, and scary times. We’ve hurt each other’s feelings, and battled sickness, debt, brokeness, disappointment, depression, a challenging and confusing co-parenting situation and more. There WERE times when I almost lost my faith… in us.
But, despite it all… my faith in US… won out. There were a few times when I contemplated throwing in the towel. The HARDEST part for our marriage?
…was the fact that we grew at SUCH different paces.
In these moments, when I pondered HOW this soul mate connection could have POSSIBLY developed between two people who all of the sudden seemed SO different from each other, when the dailyness of staying seemed SO heavy….
My faith in US won out.
And my awareness of this:
I COULD have left,
we WOULD have found other people
who WOULD have felt like a better “match” for us IN THAT SEASON,
but also…
there would have come a time in THAT new relationship where me and my NEW partner would be growing at a different rate…
Because growth doesn’t happen on a mutually agreed upon schedule.
So let’s move over the business.
Because I want to give a shout out to those who are absolutely committed to their business in a way that is ruthless… I have been there. Holding on when ANY ONE else would let go, staying the course when it seems like a lost cause, keeping on keeping on when the DAILYNESS of staying the course feels heavy… burdensome… and even scary.
These people…
they
(YOU)
will get “there”
wherever “there” is for them,
because they are applying the ULTIMATE strategy:
Relentless consistency.
Absolute Faith.
Over time.
Business is very much like a human relationship. It does ebb and flow. It does require faith. It requires you to stay the course. Like marriage, business can test your patience, your will, your belief. It can test your faith in your dreams and at times… even test your faith in yourself.
Maybe ten percent will stay to see their vision become reality. These people understand the business will not be blessed every single day. This business of yours will not be THE perfect soulmate every single day. Because you and your soulmate grow at different rates. =)
There have been many times in my business when MY vision outgrew my business reality… and I needed to stay the course, stare at reality without flinching. And there have been times when my business outgrew ME… and applied consistent “pressure” until I caught up. =)
But if you quit EARLY…
if you leave in those “in between” moments,
if you jump ship when it feels “SO FULL ON,”
so heavy,
so relentless,
so heartbreakingly tough….
you’ll miss out on the FULLNESS of seeing your FAITH be made manifest.
To those of you in the thick of it…
KEEP GOING.
The other side…
Is
so
worth
it.
xoxo
