Spiritual Awakening: Steeping Back To Step Forward!!!
In basketball as in the spiritual awakening process many times you have to take a step back in order to move forward. In my years of announcing basketball I have seen many a team take a step back and then adjust to either keep the game close of to go on to win the game. This is very similar to the spiritual awakening process as the bad influences that are trying to take us down are playing touch defense and we feel they aren’t allowing us to move forward. In basketball it is the job of the defender to prevent us from making the shot, it is our job to find ways to make the shot. In our spiritual awakening the enemy will give us distractions and challenges and it is our job to defeat the enemy by staying on our path that leads to spiritual enlightenment. It is our job to stay so committed to our awakening that nothing the enemy throws at us will defeat us. With the small steps backwards to look things from a different perspective we are able to adjust and take a few steps forward and thus stay on our path.
The small steps backward serve as lessons to propel us forward. We have all had disappointments or felt less than until we realized we are enough and if we are following our heart everything works out the way the universe intended it to. In life we have to lose sometimes so that we are put in a position to win. In the losing we learn and thus we grow personally and professionally. In following the messages that tell us to step back and regroup we create an opportunity to move forward. In realizing that we may not resonate with everyone and that those intended to support our mission or follow our message will come to us when the timing is right.
It is in learning for the past and stepping back for a moment that we are able to live in the present and look toward the future. I have learned over time that you can not change what happened but you can change how you reacted to it so that in the present moment you are aware and awake and as a result you begin to find the proper perspective that will allow you to stay focused, grounded, and centered on your mission. In stepping back and looking introspectively at ourselves we begin to find what our divine purpose is and what we are being directed to do to embrace this calling.
By now everyone has seen Matthew McConaughey ‘s Oscar acceptance speech. I was very moved when he paid tribute to his father and then honored GOD with the words Alright, Alright, Alright. I was reminded that for the spiritual awakening process to truly progress one must let go and let GOD and understand that everything is in divine order the way it is supposed to be. McConaughey shows us that all things are possible through GOD. My favorite McConaughey role is from We Are Marshall. I haven’t seen Dallas Buyers Club, however it is on my list of movies to go see. McCougauhey engages his audiences and shows us that we are capable of doing great things when we use our GOD given talents and pursue our dreams. Through The Spiritual Awakening Process I have learned that all the glory goes to GOD and I too exclaim Alright, Alright, Alright!!!!