MENtality - The Clarion Call To Courage

Today we celebrate the birthday of the father of independence in Barbados and rightfully so. He was a great man in the context of our nation. Great in vision, great in results and great in courage.

All too often we admire and celebrate the work of persons who took the courage to stand up and achieved. But too many people adopt this line of thinking, "That's for that kind of person. He was cut out for that", because we believe we have nothing to offer.

We admire the change agent, the social activist, the politician, the athlete, the business person and entrepreneur and the missionary. There's much to do, much to achieve and much to change in ourselves and the world around us. But without courage we are paralysed and unable to affect any change. There is a call going out for Errol Barrow's of the 2017 Barbados; DJ Puffy's for the talented but procrastinate; Martin Luther King Jr's and Nelson Mandela's of injustice.

The status quo is killing us. Eating us up inside. Who is willing to raise their hand and step forward for what they know is right and just. Will we all jump up in the crowd and sing their songs? Who will decide to write their own tunes?

It takes calculated action. But the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. Step forward!

There is something you have been observing for a long time. The pattern is consistent and you are sure. There is something you can do. No one else will step up. This is your opportunity to make a difference. And when you do it; when you fight for it to the end you would have achieved much more along the way and answered the clarion call to courage.

Krisnan Hurdle is a board certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and certified Life Coach trained by Anthony Robbins. He is the principal consultant at Insight Consulting (Barbados), "Thinking for Change".
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