Whats’s up beautiful people!
Today, I come bearing good news—I’m back (cue your excitement lol)
Todays write up is interesting, I’m not sure I know where I’m going with this but I’ve been having lots of realisations in my private place.
Over the Christmas period— Whilst everyone rested and enjoyed that good food, I sat in my room, thinking through my goals and frankly feeling a little overwhelmed. I was also inundated with the minutiae of my schedules, and commitments. From phone calls with mentees (to get them set up for the year) to the balancing act of family and downtime. It was stressful, to say the least.
This spurred me into —what most of you got to see a little insight into last — our dear friend we call burnout. I’m happy to say I’m on the winning side of that battle, but the fight isn’t quite over. Nonetheless, I can testify to the fact that the present me is incredibly thankful that I kept going.
So keep going and never give up!
Everybody knows the story of Martin Luther King Jr.
Of course, if for some reason you don’t, then, in short— he was a young American Minister who championed the voice of the unheard. Through the duration of his life, he fought one hell of an uphill battle, using his voice to shift hearts, challenge minds and break the bonds of a system which unfortunately today is still as perverse as when he was alive.
He was later assassinated for that heart, that voice and that message.
I often wondered if he ever saw that coming. Like did he know one day he would be killed? Or was he really aware when he decided to amplify the voices of people, he would lose his own? it’s almost crazy to think about it, and I believe maybe it makes sense too.
I’m drawn to the story of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, where he says to his boys “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” I mean he lived his whole life knowing very clearly the cost of his life. Yet at this moment, ever so genuinely he expresses his distress.
The next day he gets executed.
I wonder if MLK felt this too. Now I know this feels very sad, maybe too much so for a Monday, but I’m writing this because the reality is that the cost of such a journey — One where timeless impact is really left behind— is always at a cost.
Over the holidays, I truly realised, or you can say ‘deeped’ how much I’ve had to let go of and how much will have to change in my world. I mean the incredible amounts I’ve had keep shut about, the countless times I’ve wanted to throw the towel in and even the times I’ve wanted to flip all the tables (similarly to Jesus in that market). The list is endless, and to tell you the truth I still question why I keep going each time. But much like those two examples— We all share one thing in common.
We all have a clear sense of what’s important.
I would imagine that MLK didn’t think he was actually going to get killed, or maybe he actually felt like he would, who really knows but him, but what was clear at least from the outside—was that he had a clear sense that there was a beginning and an end.
It didn’t matter whether things were going well or not, it was important to face and give all efforts to the work set out for him.
Jesus was the same.
I guess the value I hope to bring to you today is this;
If you have a dream, wake up and begin to consider the costs. Take a look at who you are, take a good look at who you want to be, and assess very pragmatically the mission. Now some might say “…well I don’t want to be discouraged". Well, this isn’t me aiming to discourage you. My hopes in fact are to help you take a better look at the reality of what you say you want. In hopes that as you begin, you will indeed see through it to the end.
Many thoughts are fleeting, and in the same breath, so are dreams. Alone without action, they just play as images in the heart.
And do you know what makes a good dream? One that the world can watch too!
Think of how the beauty of a detailed architectural sketch is immediately eclipsed once the building is actualised and designed.
in other words, the architect needs the engineer, unless he won’t be an architect for too long.
Imagine a world where just sketches exist.
Now here’s what’s crazy… we already live in that world.
Some of us have great dreams and are doing the work. So if this is you then remember to really consider the cost and stay committed, because surely if you really care about what you are building. Will you push through when it doesn’t work the first time? If you say no, then maybe you should think more thoroughly next time.
I know personally, I often can move quickly, and the greater part of the lessons I’ve learnt through every new idea I embark on is to slow down, and think more thoroughly.
Now for those who are just dreaming ever so wondrously (just like myself), don’t stop. But the world always needs your ideas. There’s so much more I believe we can do if we actually wake up and begin to build on those ideas. So be encouraged, and don’t be consumed in fear.
A good plan makes it all possible.
Jesus all through his life was continually fellowshipping with his father. So much so that he didn’t have the opportunity to not have a clear sense of the vision, because in every moment, every action— He was reminded. I believe that was his secret. And just as the building(Jesus) was living out the sketch(God’s plan), it is what I believed kept Jesus committed to finishing what he always knew had an end.
Now Yes I know he’s Jesus and he was perfect, but he was 100% human, which means just as you thought the way you do, he did too. So you share in all those realities so actually, you’re not so different at all.
As I said, a good plan makes it all possible, but don’t settle there, revisit the vision, revisit the plan and commit to the message even when it feels too much.
I love this quote so much. I think it’s powerful, and it reminds me of Jesus’ life. An end from a beginning that with the right mission, was an end that lives.
So if I may— please allow me to rewrite this quote for you in light of what I’m trying to get across to you.
Our ends begin to live the day we become loud about the things that matter - Josiah
Make that end live!
5 More Mins W
Josiah Hyacinth
To The Dreamers Of The World.
This was such a great read!!! 😍 The quote at the end hitttttt