Look Where The Most High Brought Me From.

Testimonies

Sometimes you have to stop looking at how far you still have to go and turn around long enough to see how far you have already come.

I am ambitious by nature.

I can accomplish something today and already be thinking about what needs to happen tomorrow.

There is always another idea.

Another project.

Another goal.

Another version of myself I am trying to become.

And if I am not careful, I can become so focused on what is next that I forget to honor what has already happened.

Every now and then, I have to remind myself:

Look where The Most High brought you from.

Not where you wish you were.

Not where everybody else appears to be.

Not the version of your life you thought you would have by now.

Look at where you started.

Then look at where you are standing.

That is a testimony too.

Some Progress Does Not Look Like Progress While You Are Living It

There are seasons when growth does not feel impressive.

Sometimes growth looks like surviving.

Sometimes it looks like starting over.

Sometimes it looks like admitting that something is not working.

Sometimes it looks like learning skills you never expected to need.

Sometimes it looks like building while you are tired.

Sometimes it is simply making a different decision than the version of you from five years ago would have made.

We celebrate the big accomplishments because everybody can see them.

But some of the greatest changes happen quietly.

Your boundaries get stronger.

Your discernment gets better.

You stop needing everybody to understand you.

You learn how to communicate.

You become more disciplined.

You stop giving up every time something gets difficult.

Nobody throws a celebration for those things.

But they matter.

Business Has Testimonies Too

Sometimes I look at the things I am building and have to remember that none of them appeared overnight.

A business is a collection of lessons.

You learn what works.

You learn what does not.

You learn which ideas need more development.

You learn which opportunities are distractions.

You learn that being gifted does not remove the need for structure.

Then one day you realize you know things you once had to ask somebody else to explain.

That is growth.

Entrepreneurs should document those moments.

Not only revenue.

Not only followers.

Not only launches.

Document what you learned.

Because your experience eventually becomes wisdom you can give somebody else.

That Is Why Mentorship Matters to Me

One of the most powerful things an adult can give a young person is perspective.

A young person may believe that where they are today is where they will always be.

We know differently.

We have lived long enough to understand that one season does not define an entire life.

That is why testimony matters.

When we responsibly tell young people what we learned, what we had to overcome, and what we would do differently, we give them something textbooks cannot always provide:

Evidence that becoming takes time.

Mentorship allows somebody else to borrow your perspective until they develop enough experience to build their own.

Your Journal Work

Take a moment and look backward.

Not to live there.

Just to acknowledge it.

Ask yourself:

What can I do today that I could not do five years ago?

What have I survived that once felt impossible?

What lesson did I have to learn the hard way?

What prayer am I currently living inside of without realizing it?

What part of my story could help somebody coming behind me?

Write the answers down.

Those are your receipts.

You do not have to pretend every chapter was beautiful.

Some of it may have been painful.

Some of it may have been confusing.

Some of it may still not make complete sense.

But you are here.

Still learning.

Still building.

Still becoming.

Still dreaming.

And sometimes before asking The Most High for the next thing, it is worth taking a moment to say thank you for everything that already carried you here.

I still have goals.

I still have work to do.

I still have places I believe I am supposed to go.

But I never want ambition to make me ungrateful.

So every now and then, I am going to stop.

Look around.

Look behind me.

And remind myself:

Look where The Most High brought me from.

"There is a version of you that is already waiting."