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Manifestation of a Revolution
Grow...
Stretch like
a toy slinky that gallops forward
Allow the
hunger to leap motivation into action
The truth
vein burst
No longer
protects whitewash
Mediocrity
is exposed
Dazzle the
naysayers until they say mercy
Excellence
is a common filament in struggle
Hidden in a
pigeonhole
Theft of a
legacy
Kill the
mole
Life
sustaining wisdom compels the soul to circle children
Lifts up a
humankind until it shatters the glass ceiling
Mysteries of
the age of tribulation unfold when prejudice dies
Lies lose
their power to a pure mind
Postpone
defeat until never
While the world awaits the descend of your victory
Manifestation
of a revolution claws through the dirt
- T. Nichole Faulkner, circa 2006
Paradigm Shift is
not a new concept; coined by Thomas Kuhn, a scientist, in the 1960's. In the
personal coaching field it takes on a powerful meaning, a change in the basic assumptions. Since the
1960's, the term has also been used in numerous non-scientific contexts to
describe a profound change in a
fundamental model or perception of events. Day Five of 7 Days of Preparation: Launch the Transformation!© focuses
on examining your self-fortitude. Do you have what it takes to make the shift? It takes courage to face your past to move forward. It takes
bravery to stand still while changes are happening around you. It takes audacity
to reflect on your past to create A Model of Victory© for your future;
additionally, it takes resolution to develop a life strategy for your life
goals, yet where is a will there is a way. So, making the shift is possible! The Tips from Testimony from
Day One through Day Four address those concepts to launch the transformation. Now,
on Day Five, let me ask the question again: Do you have the self-fortitude to make
the shift?
The goal of the projects
that Paradigm Shift Coaching and Consulting produce is to support people to do something
similar to what Thomas Kuhn wanted to happen among scientist in the 1960’s, to
make a profound change in the fundamental perception of ideas and behaviors. It’s
hard for some people to change an idea about where to eat every Friday; in some cultures someone
decided that Friday was the day to eat fried fish, and so be it. Someone
decided that Saturday was the day to clean the house and car or go to the
market or to shop, and so be it. Someone decided that Monday through Friday are business days and the weekend are days of rest or recreation and worship,
and so be it. Today, regardless of why these attitudes and behaviors
developed, they are manifested perceptions that structure most lives in the USA. These behaviors aren't necessarily detrimental; nevertheless, they offer descriptions of how, over many years,
through a necessity for some other time, place, or person- an ideal, an attitude,
a behavior manifested from a fundamental perception for most people in a country among different cultures. Consequentially, it will be a struggle to try to change the basic structure of these
activities and the mind-sets of those who believe the structure can't change.
Another example, Jesus taught the gospel by going among the
people, going city to city. Now, the most teachers and preachers of the gospel construct buildings, churches, and the people, the congregates, come to the building. What if people stopped going to a building, a church, once or twice a week to hear the teachings of Jesus and "church" become
an everyday event, a home-school idea, a lifestyle, like eating lunch each day. The head of household, whomever that
may be, taught the Word of God, and collected the tithe and offerings and pool it with the families in their neighborhood to meet their needs? Picture that. A paradigm shift would have to
take place for that idea, that attitude, and behavior about the church structure to
change…to shift. The people, the believers, who started this powerful shift movement, would need tremendous self-fortitude to champion that feat! Yet, supernatural and extraordinary things happen when you make the shift, a big leap.
Now, let’s get
back to the question: Do you have what it takes to make the shift? This post began with a written piece I wrote in 2006. It reflects a type of struggle.
It echoes a type of oppression; or does it reproduces a type of civil distress,
or personal journey, or a people's plight? That’s the beauty of poems, the reader gets to determine the meaning at the precise moment the poem is read. To bring an understanding for the purpose of this post, the Tips from Testimony will be an analysis
of the poem. To
build self-fortitude:
A. Strengthen your mental perception. People perish due to
the lack of knowledge. Challenge your traditional ideas by learning about
another culture or nationality; learn a new language, study religion, or listen
to a different genre of music. And when you do it, do it in a disciplined, yet with an open-mind, and an excellent
manner.
B. Strengthen your emotional perception. In all your getting
get understanding. Understand others will not understand your shift and may decide not to have anything to do with it or you. However, stretch your heart’s capacity by forgiving those who have
hurt you in any way. Challenge yourself to learn from the pain and injustices to ensure the
harmful behavior doesn't happen again, and don’t allow failure or loss bring
you to a feeling of shame. But just in case you’re hurt again, forgive again, starting with
self.
C. Strengthen your spiritual perception. There is no wisdom
without love. God is love. How will you learn if you do not hear, read, and believe the change is real? Wise people love everything and everyone. Wise people understand love covers a lot of mistakes. Love lift
burdens. Love teaches. Love elevate a people. Love allows you to move to the next level when others do not. Love motivates change, a marvelous change.
Finally, trust the process. Incorporating these powerful tips in your life, even when victory doesn't appear near and opposition doesn't hear the sound of reason. You have the self-fortitude to change any basic assumptions that you have created or anyone else has created for your life, if you start now. Join me in the shift, the transformation. Join the #MakeTheShiftMovement.
From presentation "7 Days of Preparation: Launch the Transformation!" ©
T. Nichole Faulkner Paradigm Coaching and Consulting ™ 336.508.6416 vm
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