Motivational Mantra
Tonight I'm feeling like I have nothing to say, which is usually how I feel when I sit down and type something marvelous. So here goes nothing.
I have a problem with trying to make something happen on my own. I do it all the stinking time. I get a grand idea about how to solve all my problems and fix all my flaws in one fell swoop and then I ride my little high horse off to save the world.
This scene usually end in me dive bombing into the ground as my valiant steed plummets in the same general direction. It's never pretty.
Once this happens, I usually think to myself, "I'm never going to do that again!" and walk down the path a lot slower and little humbler for all of two seconds until I come up with another grand plan and off I go again!!! Guns a'blazin!
I go through this cycle in my life over and over and over and over and over until I'm dizzy and wondering which way is up. I put all my trust in my own strength only to find that I have literally no power over all the things I was moments ago trying to lasso into order.
The cycles I go through are rooted in pride. Underneath all my "best intentions" and wretched self loathing is a deep seated belief that I can do it on my own.
I can fix myself.
I can save myself.
I can do it all.
These are the mantras I've been chanting to myself over and over and over again until I nose dive into the ground again and suddenly remember that these are lies.
And then, once the dust settles, I start it all over again.
"I can fix myself."
"I can save myself."
"I can do it all."
The pendulum keeps on swinging and I'm lulled back into oblivious sleep - staring at myself in the mirror like a goddess of endless power and will.
Maybe it's time for a new mantra.
"I am broken"
"I am weak"
"I cannot fix myself"
Let's put that on a motivational cat poster and stick it up on our windows!
This is not a very popular message right now if you haven't noticed. Instagram, Facebook, Youtube are all filled with people trying to convince themselves and everyone else that we really can make it out of this deep dark pit we've fallen into on our own.
These are just three of the "top ten most motivational quotes" I just googled to illustrate this point... We are literally obsessed with the idea that we can do it on our own. That, if we just try hard enough, WE can and will save the world!!!!
RAISE YOUR BANNERS HIGH!!! HEAR OUR BATTLE CRY!!! WE WILL SUCCEED OR WE WILL DIE!!!
Pathetic.
We are like little babies crawling over to our parents and saying, "Blah, blah, blah, blah blah!" (which translated means, "Thank you for nothing, I'll take it from here!")
Jesus didn't die on the cross to motivate us to succeed.
Jesus died on the cross because we CAN'T succeed without HIM.
And at this point I realize I sound super depressed and unmotivated and you're probably wondering if I even got out of bed this morning and put on clothes.
But just to be clear, I do believe in pushing forward in life and doing hard things and succeeding at the things that matter... but I don't think I remember most of the time that the only success I will ever have is because of CHRIST IN ME, THE HOPE OF GLORY!!!!
WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING!!!!
WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHINGGG!!!!!
WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTTTHHHIIINNNGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is my new mantra.
That is my new motivational cat poster.
That is my new core reality and truth.
Without You, Lord, I am nothing.
I have a problem with trying to make something happen on my own. I do it all the stinking time. I get a grand idea about how to solve all my problems and fix all my flaws in one fell swoop and then I ride my little high horse off to save the world.
This scene usually end in me dive bombing into the ground as my valiant steed plummets in the same general direction. It's never pretty.
Once this happens, I usually think to myself, "I'm never going to do that again!" and walk down the path a lot slower and little humbler for all of two seconds until I come up with another grand plan and off I go again!!! Guns a'blazin!
I go through this cycle in my life over and over and over and over and over until I'm dizzy and wondering which way is up. I put all my trust in my own strength only to find that I have literally no power over all the things I was moments ago trying to lasso into order.
The cycles I go through are rooted in pride. Underneath all my "best intentions" and wretched self loathing is a deep seated belief that I can do it on my own.
I can fix myself.
I can save myself.
I can do it all.
These are the mantras I've been chanting to myself over and over and over again until I nose dive into the ground again and suddenly remember that these are lies.
And then, once the dust settles, I start it all over again.
"I can fix myself."
"I can save myself."
"I can do it all."
The pendulum keeps on swinging and I'm lulled back into oblivious sleep - staring at myself in the mirror like a goddess of endless power and will.
Maybe it's time for a new mantra.
"I am broken"
"I am weak"
"I cannot fix myself"
Let's put that on a motivational cat poster and stick it up on our windows!
This is not a very popular message right now if you haven't noticed. Instagram, Facebook, Youtube are all filled with people trying to convince themselves and everyone else that we really can make it out of this deep dark pit we've fallen into on our own.
"Failure will never overtake me if my motivation to succeed is strong enough"
"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from on high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen...yourself, right now, right here on earth." (YUCKK!!!!)
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best"
These are just three of the "top ten most motivational quotes" I just googled to illustrate this point... We are literally obsessed with the idea that we can do it on our own. That, if we just try hard enough, WE can and will save the world!!!!
RAISE YOUR BANNERS HIGH!!! HEAR OUR BATTLE CRY!!! WE WILL SUCCEED OR WE WILL DIE!!!
Pathetic.
We are like little babies crawling over to our parents and saying, "Blah, blah, blah, blah blah!" (which translated means, "Thank you for nothing, I'll take it from here!")
Jesus didn't die on the cross to motivate us to succeed.
Jesus died on the cross because we CAN'T succeed without HIM.
And at this point I realize I sound super depressed and unmotivated and you're probably wondering if I even got out of bed this morning and put on clothes.
But just to be clear, I do believe in pushing forward in life and doing hard things and succeeding at the things that matter... but I don't think I remember most of the time that the only success I will ever have is because of CHRIST IN ME, THE HOPE OF GLORY!!!!
WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING!!!!
WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHINGGG!!!!!
WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTTTHHHIIINNNGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is my new mantra.
That is my new motivational cat poster.
That is my new core reality and truth.
Without You, Lord, I am nothing.
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