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Aug 7, 2016

Success: The Way of the Caterpillar

KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT DOESN’T MEAN IT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU WANT

Sometimes, being destined for great things doesn’t feel like it. I mean, there are days when my dream of inspiring and helping people find their purpose seems like a million miles away. There are days when I wonder if the voice inside me got it wrong? I am referring to the voice that awoke me with the rising sun of my destiny. The day I clearly realized my talent and potential reached far beyond an HR Manager’s desk working 8–10 hour days, when my best results came from coaching people on empowerment/purpose to delivering high impact training when and where it was needed most. This realization struck me in 2005, so I’ve been on my purpose path for 11 years. Everyone’s path is uniquely difficult, which is why I am telling you to hang in there and don’t give up on finding your purpose and destiny of greatness, because you are destined for greatness beyond your imagining.

IT CAN BE TOUGH WAITING, BUT IT SLOWS YOU DOWN TO GET THE ESSENTIALS YOU NEED FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY

Yes, I know you are wondering, “What’s taking so long?” I have asked those same questions, as I came upon challenges and successes on my road to finding and living my purpose. It has been uniquely difficult for me and others like us. When I say uniquely difficult, I mean whatever the Divine decides is your knowledge, will, or skill gap that must be addressed to move closer to and achieve your destiny of greatness. At times, you may feel like you keep hitting dead ends or just feel like nothing you do moves you closer to what you were meant to do — known or unknown to you. Remember, caterpillars stuff themselves with essentials, cut themselves off from the world they knew, and fully commit to becoming more they ever imagined. You might say, “John, the caterpillar is driven by biology and doesn’t have a mortgage to pay.” I will tell you what Hannibal and the caterpillar would tell you, which is “Find a way or make a way!” Your destiny is non-negotiable and so is the painfully, necessary transformation you must undergo to take wing and live the freeing life a hard earned pair of wings buys you.

YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW LONG THIS TRANSFORMATION BUSINESS IS GOING TO TAKE YOU

If you are wondering how long it will take you to find and live your purpose, I have one answer: It happens after you transform from the person you are to the person you need to be. The caterpillar does provide a strategic advantage, which I will share with you that will speed up your journey to meet with your destiny.

THE WAY OF THE CATEPILLAR

Here’s what you must do to transform into who you were meant to be:

1. VORACIOUS APPETITE — PART 1: Feed your mind affirming and positive thoughts about your talent. This teaches your brain to accept, look for, and confirm what is conceived and believe is real or real enough to pursue. Become actively inquisitive and reflective about the “who, what, when, where, for whom, and how you do it best — naturally or with practice” of finding, knowing, and using your strengths and the destiny (Aka — Purpose and Mission) you envision using your strengths — daily, as well as how it fills you and others up (financially, socially, emotionally, physically, etc.). You will do this continuously until it is natural for you to think and act like this every moment of every day. You will discover how much lighter you will feel when you know the way you were meant to walk and how to walk it — now! (Watch the free pre-course modules 1–3)

2. VORACIOUS APPETITE — PART 2: Feed your body by making 50% of your diet raw fruits, veggies, nuts, and hit a few whole foods, vegan, and vegetarian haunts to see what your body has been missing. You cannot undertake a physical transformation of body and mind, if your body is starved for nutrients that help unclog your body and mind. Superfoods and meditation/reflection are sustainable where super diets and medication fall short in their ability to sustain you through the deep transformation of heart, mind, body, and spirit necessary for becoming more of who you were meant to be. The rights foods heal as they help you. (Watch the free pre-course modules 1–3)

3. COCOONING: Cut off the world that leads you away from your destiny, as quickly as you can, because your new life will be built on what elevates you not slows you down or keeps you stuck like certain people, mindsets, history/herstory, etc. Get ready to be alone or with like-minded people, movements, etc. From your old life and ways, that no longer work, you will be tucked away and committed to becoming more than you ever imagined, which means no longer being what no longer works for you or with you. This reminds me of School House Rock, “You know their nouns. You know their nouns! It’s quite interesting — a noun’s a person, place, or thing!” There are persons, places, and things you will stop engaging and a whole new, healthier universe of nouns you will be begin engaging — for a better, fuller, happier life!

4. STAY ON YOUR LEAF: Be consistent with items 1–3, so you don’t interrupt and delay your transformation into a beautiful butterfly in the flowering fields of your destiny, service to others, and the life you’ve been denied for far too long.

CONCLUSION: GET USED TO COCOONING AND CHANGING

Unlike the butterfly, you will be cocooning and changing for a lifetime, so get used to it. Like a software update, you will regularly receive universal notices to up your game, so that you can be a better butterfly to those needing what you were destined to offer them. So, hang in there. Do the work. And, stay on your leaf — transformation and destiny are on the way. Just remember to do your part and be committed, consistent, and keep believing the best is yet to be and it will be. It’s happening for me, so I know it can happen for you, too.

Be well
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