Coach Mapes

Being a Leader when it’s Inconvenient

There is nothing quite like wanting a few minutes or hours for just yourself when all of a sudden a situation arises that calls out for your attention.  All selfishness aside and trying as hard as I can to ignore the “opportunity to serve” just won’t let the situation slip slide away.  This usually manifests in my life by my sweetheart asking me to meet with somebody and I don’t want to because I’ve got another idea about me serving me.  The more persistent she is the more likely she’s right about what I’m supposed to do.  It never fails.  When I do what my Sweetie thinks I’m supposed to do for someone else the results are usually remarkable.  The person gets blessed.  I get blessed; and the end result is I forget what the selfish thing I wanted to do for me was anyway.  The simple fact is that gifts are released when we do what we’re supposed to do, help others get to their destiny.  I’ve had things come out of my mouth I really didn’t know I knew until heard them myself; it seems some understandings and comprehensions are only released by love and compassion in the face of somebody else’s need.

Of course there are the times when I’m immediately responsive sans Sweetie’s input and the results are real good and I’d like everyone to think that’s all the time, but as I explained earlier that’s not the case.  Being real is another way to release the flow of results.  If I can be weak (as I’ve confessed) and still get results, then being real combined with love and compassion must be some pretty important factors to helping people along their way.