What are you meant to do and be?

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I think we might all have that "thing". The thing you know you are meant to do, the thing you know you are created to do, the thing that you know if you did it other people would benefit, the thing that brings honor to your Creator. But the world and this life do all they can to keep us from doing that thing. We get thrown insecurity, jealousy, fear, doubt, criticism, circumstances that delay, etc and those things thrown at us put in a position of defeat. Don't let the defeat win! Don't let what seems to be actually be. Dig deep and honor what your heart is telling you to do. Oh sure, it will probably take you longer to get to it than you want but part of that time you are learning and growing and will be able to use that time to enhance the "thing", whatever it is. Don't despise the time and the obstacles you have to navigate, use the delays and obstacles to feed the thing you are meant to do.
What are you meant to do? Have you allowed defeat to creep in and take over? What can you do to start making steps toward the thing once again?

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