Being stuck is rarely a location.
It’s usually a decision.
Life doesn’t ask us to know everything.
It simply asks us to keep moving.
One of the greatest illusions we believe is that we are stuck.
We say…
“I’m stuck.”
“My life is stuck.”
“My career is stuck.”
“My marriage is stuck.”
“My dreams are stuck.”
But are they?
Or have we simply stopped moving?
There is a difference.
A huge difference.
A parked car never discovers another destination.
Not because roads don’t exist.
Because movement has ceased.
Life has an amazing way of responding to movement.
The moment we begin again…
Possibilities begin again.
MOVEMENT CREATES MOMENTUM
You don’t have to leap across the canyon.
You don’t have to climb the whole mountain today.
You don’t have to solve every problem before lunch.
Just move.
One phone call.
One apology.
One chapter.
One workout.
One prayer.
One application.
One introduction.
One act of kindness.
Movement creates momentum.
Momentum creates confidence.
Confidence creates possibilities.
Soon the impossible becomes…
Your normal.
THE RIVER KNOWS
Have you ever noticed that a river never argues with a rock?
It simply keeps moving.
Day after day…
Year after year…
Eventually the obstacle gives way.
Not because the river became angry.
Because it remained faithful.
Perhaps there is something profound hidden there.
Persistence often accomplishes what force never could.
THE MOUNTAIN NEVER MOVES
The mountain waits.
Patiently.
It never comes looking for the climber.
The climber must decide.
Every summit ever reached began with someone willing to leave the valley.
That first step doesn’t conquer the mountain.
It conquers hesitation.
Once hesitation is conquered…
The mountain slowly surrenders.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Perfect timing?
Perfect confidence?
Perfect knowledge?
Perfect conditions?
Life quietly smiles.
Then whispers…
“I was waiting for you.”
Opportunity has remarkable patience.
It doesn’t disappear as often as people imagine.
It simply waits for someone willing to participate.
STOP NEGOTIATING
We negotiate with fear.
We negotiate with comfort.
We negotiate with yesterday.
Meanwhile…
Life continues moving without negotiation.
At some point we must lovingly interrupt the conversation inside our own heads and say,
“I’m going.”
Not because every question has been answered.
Because standing here is no longer an answer.
YOU WERE BUILT FOR THIS
Within you is far more courage than fear has ever admitted.
Within you are gifts waiting to be exercised.
Abilities waiting to be trusted.
Dreams waiting to be lived.
Purpose waiting to be discovered.
Life has not forgotten you.
Opportunity has not overlooked you.
God has not misplaced your portion.
It is still there.
Waiting.
Perhaps…
It has been waiting for your next step.
Take it.
The road has been ready much longer than you realize.
— Richie
Pearls for the Soul
when you feed the soul, you feed everything.
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