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The Courage To Confront

Recently I purchased TD Jakes newest book entitled Reposition Yourself – Living Life Without Limits. I knew that it was going to be good just by reading an excerpt of it on the internet. The first chapter deals with confronting the things in your life that need changed. By the end of the chapter I was in tears because it hit home and “punched me in the mouth.” I know that by the time I am done with this I will be living the life of my dreams because I am going to have to deal with things that I have run from.

One of the points that Jakes made that hit me the hardest was an illustration of an intervention with “people” that are in your life. The four “people” that were at the intervention was: Distant Dreamer (the part of you that dreams); Listless Lover (the part of you that looks for love in all the wrong places); Manny The Manager (the rational part of you); Blinded Believer (your spiritual self). These are the voices that we all have and we attempt to muzzle them and not listen to them. By the time I was done with Manny I was in absolute tears because the things they were saying was were I am.

Another point he made that totally made sense was on page 10. He was talking about having the “courage to confront” and he said “You can only correct what you are willing to confront.” This hit me like a ton of bricks because for so long I was content to live in the past life of hurt & regret. I used these two things as a crutch to not living to my full potential. I know have the understanding that this wasn’t only holding me back but also my wife and child. I made the decision last night (9:14pm) to not live in the past; I will learn from the past and use it to thrust me into the future.
Look for more updates as I continue this journey to Reposition Myself.