The Investment.
It’s a wondrous thing to witness how many folk want a better life, longer life, more money, healthier families and spiritual grounding, but no one wants to do the work. I’ve also noticed that most of us, and I do include myself have at times trusted the vision for our lives but truly want the journey to be of our own design. We say we trust our Master Love Source, the maker and increaser of our faith but rarely pour ourselves into finding out exactly who that Love Source IS.
And don’t trip, cause all of these things have been accounted for in the every day apparatus of being a living breathing mechanism. Uhhh, a clearer way of understanding this is first recognizing that well, hell, we’re Human. Which is an automatic fail in and of it self. Lol. Don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely not saying that being human is a bad thing (for you extremists) but what I am saying is it is our natural inclination to have traits of laziness, selfishness, vanity, slothfulness, arrogance, belligerence, ignorance, insensitivity, entitlement and host of other seemingly negative nuances. It’s also our right to be proud, certain, confident, trusting, loving, honest, pure at heart, giving and superb creators, inventors, intuitive, thrill seeking and adventurous.
What I’ve married myself to is recognizing that the Vision for my life is an all broadcast kind of thing. In most cases, others see it even before you do…you ever hear someone remark “I’m not surprised” or “that’s to be expected” even while you’re still in awe of your own accomplishment? Well, that’s because the author of your life, my life, and our lives has yet again pulled one over on us. Your Master Love Source is the best publicist you could ever want or think to have. This is why it’s more important for you to believe in the journey rather than the vision for your life.
In most cases we fail, not at believing that we’re great, wonderful, gorgeous, fully capable, we fail at recognizing the steps God has awarded us in moving toward that vision. We must also fully believe that though we have seen the vision, it does not mean that it happens in the order that we’ve seen it. You ever hear someone say, “the vision has changed” and then 5 years later you see him or her moving fastly into the place that they’d first recognized as the original motion in their movement. Well, that’s because quite simply, who wants to see a movie where you know every twist and turn with no surprises? The Master of your life has to be entertained too! Lol. Sounds like malarkey right?
But it’s definitely true. If God had told King David every twist and turn early on in his journey, David would have sat his ass down on a rock and quit! And I would not have had the experience of putting my prayers in the whaling wall of David in Israel a year ago, Period! Those twists and turns however are what make us great, building character and strength in the lining of our peregrination. Tenacity, “stick-to-itiveness” as a dear friend of mine would say.
I’ve often said that singing, performing is the greatest love affair of my life. It’s the only “woman” allowed to cheat on me and I still come running back to her knowing what she’s done. The very thing that tears me apart is what rebuilds me time and time again. 
Today’s note is not about how much weight I’ve lost, what I’ve accomplished as a singer, writer, entrepreneur or servant to the people. It’s about you the eager believer of that which has been cast on “the canvas of your imagination”. Be forewarned that the journey you’re embarking upon is no fast paced walk or sprint for that matter- it is of a fine wine, a delicacy to be savored. A body of living experiences trusted only because you’ve leaned on the shoulder that continues to design, shape and define your life. 
Want whatever it is you want, but only desire the things that have been given to mind in the secret place. Those conversations that only you know about, the sweet whispers that come to you in your dreams. And then dedicate yourself to the work! There are know handouts, all things desired must be acquired through works. Hard work! And though I trust and believe that “favor ain’t fair” God knows whose already ready for that leg of their journey. Stay in your lane with your mind, heart, body and head fixed forward. Do not turn to the left nor the right for only a fool does so in turn missing the destination that was purposed just for you.
You may be Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hinduism or have African Diasporic tradition… Truth is, I don’t care because the principals are the same. Dial yourself into the process.
Abraham McDonald 