Sunday 1st
October 2017
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 27
Title: Challenge
Your Assumptions!
Challenges
are "accepted cause and effect relationships or estimates of the existence
of a fact from the known existence of other fact(s)." Although useful in
providing basis for action and in creating "what if" scenarios to
stimulate different realities or possible solutions, assumptions are dangerous
when accepted as reality without thorough examination. It is very important to acknowledge the fact that there is a
silent, guiding force in your life that has more influence than you imagine. We instinctively know the impact friends and family
have on how we live our lives. We know how powerful our dreams and aspirations
can be for affecting how we carry on. We know how our desire to be healthy can
affect our habits, or how our romantic interest in someone can affect our
behavior. All are forces in our world as seen and felt as a driving rain. But do we ever stop to really consider how our assumptions shape and mold our actions, behaviors
and our lives? The impact is profound. Our assumptions can derail dreams, stop
progress in its tracks, self-impose limits, create self-fulfilling prophecies,
distort motives and harm relationships, kill creativity and lead us down
unwanted paths. Some assumptions we make with great awareness. Many
others are on autopilot, running our lives and guiding our decisions like a
subconscious consigliore. Now, I’m
not talking about the power of positive thinking – “assume you’ll succeed and
you will” kind of stuff. I’m talking about assumptions taken as fact, that become
beliefs, and that ultimately misguide us. It is up to us to tunnel our way out
of a life constricted by tunnel vision. When we challenge our assumptions, a
veil lifts and new possibilities open up. We shatter misconceptions that have
weighed us down. We leave behind “knowing syndrome” and embrace “growing
syndrome.” We see the world differently, more clearly, more vibrantly and the
power of truth unfolds before our eyes. I am sure you remember that up
to some point, almost everyone assumed that flight was impossible. But the
Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) believed otherwise and set out to
discover the truth. They found that God had created the universe to allow
machines to fly. There are two paths that you can choose. You can choose an
intentional life or an unintentional life. An intentional life is one lived
with the full understanding that "nothing is impossible" Unintentional
people live with assumptions. It gets me in trouble when I assume things. Every
one of us has made assumptions about other people. We even make assumptions
about God. You might be surprised to realize that we make assumptions about
ourselves. Many of us live at a level of mediocrity because we’ve made an
assumption that “It’s all I can do.” But how can we be limited when God is
limitless? You and I live in assumptions every day. I pray God relieve me of my
wrong assumptions—those assumptions that keep me limited from what He has for
me and for you. I believe it is important to challenge your assumptions. What
are you assuming about yourself, about God or about others? What do you assume
about your job? What do you believe about your finances or your health? Are those
assumptions the truth? Take a good look at your life and tell yourself the
truth. Anyone who fails to challenge the assumptions and half-truths in their
lives, is just running a circus, making so many motions but no movement. It's a
New Month's day, today, take a stand for yourself and expose the lies inherent
in your assumptions and free yourself. There is fulfillment in freedom.
Until I come your way
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