Mean What You Say — Say What You Mean
These are words we should all have to “write 100 times” … like in school when we would be corrected by our teacher. The proverbial vibration of chalk on board, the repetition of the words being written, letter-by-letter; over and over, being read and imprinted upon the mind. This would serve to loosen the grip of fear upon the hinges of swinging doors of personal liberty.
We all say what we mean. However, we speak in a voice of encrypted methodology. We “mean what we say” because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45). The mouth speaks but the the pragmatic mind is not always willing to release the body into action yet.
Many times we want desperately to act upon what we say: I am going to clean out my closet; I will rest more; I will lose 20 pounds; I will eat healthy foods and exercise will be a part of my daily routine; I will go back to college; I will change careers; I will be a better friend … etc., etc.
In these statements we are saying what we mean: I want to live a full and vibrant and uncluttered life; I want to be healthy; I love my friends. However, what happens between the saying and the meaning is the mind wrapping itself around what the heart is crying for … Gripping the very life from the words spoken with doubts and practicalities.
Liberty and living abundantly actually does begin in the mind. Our hopes, our dreams, our aspirations and deepest desires are overflowing from the rooms of our heart. But the fears and shoulda, woulda, coulda’s are holding the heart hostage.
However, when “the hostage” determines that being alive without dreams being pursued, fulfilled and enjoyed is even worse than death, she finds the key and she escapes — no matter how perilous, no matter what the costs and no matter what!
And … It is never too late!
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. ~Ralph Bunche
