Here is a story of how belief and courage can help you overcome fear so you can get what you want.
After hearing about an upcoming appearance by a long loved musician, I decided to go see Lionel Richie in concert as I’ve liked his work and that done with the Commodores (Brick house is a great song). I’ve seen a lot of concerts over my lifetime and yet never seen Lionel Richie or Commodores, so this concert was on my list of things to do. Tickets were fairly expensive for this outdoor event and I wanted to take my children with me so they could enjoy too. Willing to compromise, I decided we could listen from outside the venue and still catch some great sounds from our lawn chairs.
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As we got out of the car, it struck me. I’ve done it before for myself on occasion for other shows. I’d ask people if they had any extra tickets that they couldn’t use. You see, any tickets they take into the show without using are wasted and sometimes people can’t go for one reason or another. As I started asking around, I felt kind of strange, and uncomfortable about it. Fear filled my mind as I thought about what I would need to do and my belief was pretty low about making it happen. Even my kids acted as though they disowned me as they tried to flee from me while I was working my magic. Have you ever had that happen to you kind of feeling? If not, I encourage you to put yourself out there beyond your comfort zone sometime because successful people will do what unsuccessful people won’t. So you need to build up courage within you. I had almost given up, but somehow I mustered up the courage to continue and I’m now glad that I did. Have you ever felt like quitting early on when things don’t go the way you want them to and your belief is really low because you haven’t accomplished much or anything towards your goal yet?
Well, I did give it another chance and before too long I had one ticket in my hand and I was happy. It was working. I wasn’t going to let down after that. I had some small success by getting that first ticket and I was ready to go for it now. By having taken action, my fear seemed to fade as my excitement took over. One of my daughters said I would never get the tickets and I said, what will you do when I do get them (with a smile on my face)? Boy did I have fun repeating what she said after we were in the show (haha).
Soon after getting the first ticket the 2nd one came and I was really excited about that. My kids were looking at things vendors were selling and I still needed 2 more. The line to enter the show was dwindling down as the crowd made its way into the amphitheater. Darkness was setting and I was a bit concerned because time was running out quickly. But I didn’t give up and low and behold when only a few people were coming in and the line was gone, a person who had 2 tickets and was willing to give them to us was found. I was jumping up and down like I just got tickets to see a sold out Led Zeppelin concert in the 1970’s. We were in the show! Belief paid off.
We had so much fun and the seats were really close to the stage. We danced and sang all night long. It was great. All because I believed, stopped fear and embraced courage. You can too. Belief Equals Possibility. Do you believe? Can you force yourself to believe even when things don’t look like they’ll work out? I encourage you to do just that.
Till next week,
Kevin
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