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I am excited with what February can bring!
During my quiet time this morning, I remember my post two years ago about "The Empty Chair" and it made me sad. In my den, there are two recliners, one for me and one for Robin. This is where we hang out and do life together. But one day, one of those recliners will be empty, one of us will be gone. I know that's pretty sad. The truth is, we're going to have horrific regrets or unbelievable memories, one or the other. It doesn't just apply to marriage but to every facet of life, every person we encounter.
One of our mastermind guys is dealing with bitterness. He can't let it go. Believe me I know exactly what it is. A guy did me very wrong that I wanted to shoot him. I hated that guy. I didn't want anything to do with him. But six months ago, I went to him and I hugged him. And I told him 'I love you and I am sorry." I had to let it go because I was the only one being held captive, I was the only one being harmed. I was cheating my family because I was disallowing Robin to live the kind of life because I got bitterness harbored in me.
Guys, some of you, today, you need to hug somebody and tell them you love them and you're sorry. If you can't do that, confess it to somebody else and let it go. It squelches everything in you. We only got one life. We don't get a do over. Get rid of that stuff. You say, they don't deserve it! Well, it's called grace. It's things that people don't deserve but are given to them.
Listen, when you quit demanding justice you will know you have forgiven somebody. When you get bitterness out of your life, you will have a joy that I can't even begin to tell you what could transpire. It will change your life.
Today, let it go! Share this message to your family as some of them needs to hear it.
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Choose what you talk about with your family, choose what you talk about in your community and in your business. We can elect to do better. Take a leaders approach. Take the attitude that you can do better. We can get up and we can move forward. Don't succumb to all this craziness in the world and pick yourself up and move on.
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Some of you guys, my heart goes out for you today because you're dealing with children that you have a broken relationship with. You don't have any ties, any connections.
Here's what I want you to do today. Reach out to those kids today with maybe a word of encouragement, maybe a hug on them, love on them. Tell them that you love them. I am not saying condone what they've done. We have a lot of kids out there that are knuckleheads that have done the wrong thing. They've made bad decisions. But let me remind you of something. You made some bad decisions yourself as a child, as a teenager, as a young adult.
Don't hold them to a standard that you're not willing to adhere to yourself when you were a younger kid. Let's show some grace. Be the bigger person. What I am saying is there is nothing that they would do that would separate my love and willingness to go out and pursue them. Maybe you need to say "Hey I don't agree with what you're doing but I want you to know that I will spend my last quarter helping you if you're willing to change." Don't love your passbook more than you do your kid. You got to love them back to you not beat them into submission.
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I want to encourage you to think about this, right during these devastating trying times and just consider where you can put your confidence in your faith.
Happiness is a choice, not a trade. We have to choose to be happy. And the thing that we need to be really more focused on now, that happiness is joy and for me I can only find joy in the Lord.
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I like to learn more about today's generation, instead of complaining and comparing them to things how it used to be. I do not like to be the person that complains "today's children are not the way they used to be!". I want to be the encourager. I want to be the thought leader to help take them to the level they want to go.
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