Unfold Your Wings and Watch Life Take Off

Part 2 - Your Potential

Your Potential Needs Persistence

If we are to enjoy a swim in Ireland we have to persist, undressing on a windy beach and pressing on despite the shock to our bodies, wading deeper and deeper into cold water. Persistence is a vital quality to cultivate when following our potential. The way is difficult, especially in the early days. As we open up to our guided life we are confronted with our deepest fears. Our existing assumptions about life and how it can best be lived are fundamentally challenged.

If we don't persist, what hope have we of travelling such a journey?

	UNFOLDING YOUR WINGS
Try not to engage in blind persistence. When living a guided life endeavour to understand what is happening and to divine the meaning of the lessons with which you are being presented. When you combine persistence with understanding in this way then your journey will be really fruitful.

In the example under the previous heading I had failed at three projects in a row. At this point I could have given up carrying out freelance projects. However I knew that I was strongly drawn to freelance projects. Pursuing them was crucial to the development of my potential. It was when I combined persistence with understanding, by undertaking the fourth project differently, that I was rewarded with success.

If we fail, and respond by blaming others, cultivating a cynical attitude to life, then all progress will be halted. We will remain stuck and miserable. We need to remember that no matter how other people behave towards us we can only control our own behaviour. Therefore we need to persist while at the same time always remaining open to learning and to changing our responses as situations grow and develop.

This approach will benefit us in our relationships and in our projects. No energy will be wasted. All efforts at change will be directed inwards to changing ourselves. Even if others remain cynical and negative we will prosper and win through in the end. Positive energy applied with understanding and persistence is an unstoppable force. We are adopting an approach which is in harmony with the principles of evolution. Consequently we will be supported by life.

	UNFOLDING YOUR WINGS
Once you begin to explore your potential and learn the lessons they offer, you will notice that a mysterious force is helping and supporting you. Things will begin to fall into place. You will experience coincidences that help your life develop. You may even start to feel a loving presence travelling with you. As you feel and experience this help, your faith will strengthen and you will feel able to take bigger risks.

Persistence is a rare quality. We will gain immeasurably by cultivating it. When I worked as a management consultant I used to be surprised at how easily professional business people would give up on a project. Sometimes they would even do all the hard bits, and yet fail to follow through to completion. I can think of marriages I know where one of the partners has been astonished to find that their spouse wants a divorce after only one year. In some cases the person didn't have it in them to persist. Consequently they failed to develop their character and to reap the rewards.

Whether we are engaged in our work, are building a better marriage or working to improve our health, persistence and understanding applied together yield amazing results.

Envoi

Exploring my potential can be tough.

Developing my potential can be hard.
Realising my potential can be long.

That is why I need to persist.

When times are rocky I dig deep.
When I dig deep I develop my character.
When I develop my character I mature as a person.

When I mature as a person
I do not complain about my destiny.
I know I am receiving help and support
From a mysterious source and I am in love with the journey.