Here’s what we forget –
what I forget –
sometimes Permission Granted
is a turning from
versus a turning towards.
Sometimes it means
we have to own something,
and dig in and grow.
Sometimes Permission Granted is
turning away from
what you’ve always
believed
and turning towards
what’s always actually been true.
Sometimes it’s admitting
you
are
wrong.
Often, Permission Granted
isn’t a warm fuzzy feeling.
I know.
It is my favorite thing, too.
Permission Granted can
take us to hard places,
challenging moments and
often requires an honest
evaluation of who we are
in comparison to
who we are made to be.
This is the genesis of growth.
And it’s not always fun.
However, it is always necessary
if we want to be all
that we are made to be.
Why does this matter?
Our world depends on it.
The world you and I
live in is created
by who we are –
by what we do.
Don’t run from
Permission Granted.
Don’t avoid hard, challenging
issues or conversations
because they aren’t
warm and fuzzy.
How do you tell your kids,
the child down the street
who is hungry every day,
or the sweet baby at church with
mocha-colored skin
that you are
unable to effect change
because there aren’t warm fuzzies
each step of the way?
We can do hard things.
#PermissionGranted
What do you need to turn from, friend?
What do you need to learn more about so that you can know what is actually true?
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