While catching up on one of my favorite shows - Billions - I paused upon hearing a fascinating comment;
“There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who things happen to them and those who make things happen. Once you figure out which side you stand on, that’s when you tap into your true source of power.”
Upon hearing this, I couldn’t help but reflect on how the majority of us simply let things happen to us. We just accept the outcome. In times we fall, we chuck it up to “We never had the resources. We are not from the right family. We don’t have the strength and favor to overcome this misery.”
However, there are the very few who have programmed their mindsets that if they fall seven, they rise up eight. They just cannot, will not accept things to happen to them. They affirm their greatness every single chance they get. They embrace their power regardless of societal perceptions. They don’t see the setbacks as failures but as lessons. And the more I think about this group, I’m strongly reminded of 2 Timothy 1:7, which teaches us that “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
The point here is crystal clear; if you indeed believe in yourself because you are created in His image, then you simply cannot afford to let things happen to you. You learn to accept that you’ve been planted by the river so you will never lack. And you have been given everything you require to win in this game called life. So don’t let everything rather get a hold of you.
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This message was originally shared on instagram here.