Mother Teresa had what she called “a call within a call” on September 10, 1946. Abraham Lincoln, after seeing a slave auction for the first time as a young man and before he ever thought about politics, turned to his friend and said ‘If I ever get a chance to hit this thing (slavery), I’ll hit it hard”. Recovering from brain surgery, Lance Armstrong thought “All I knew was that I felt I had a mission to serve others that I’d never had before, and I took it more seriously than anything in the world.” Rosa Parks, after her infamous refusal to give up her seat thought “I knew that I would never, never ride another segregated bus, even if I had to walk to work.”
What instantly happens to human beings when there is an alignment of universal forces that support a clear life vision and purpose? Are our mind, body and spirit forever altered? Who does the altering? How does this affect those we come in contact with? Does the process of transformational change in one, forever raise the collective consciousness of all? These moments of decision come to all of us. Our circle of influence may seem small in the physical plane, but time reveals the interconnectedness of all of our actions to further the evolution of mankind. Learning to recognize and sit with this defining moment when it arrives will transform our lives and propel us to the realization of our true nature. The book I am writing is intended to encourage reflection and an exploration of the universal language of feeling. The emotional energy found in the stories I am putting together will move you to serve, to see meaning all around you. Over and over, you will read the phrases “I knew I had to..”, “I realized I must..”, or “at that moment, I made a decision to..”, The moment calls us to an action greater than ourselves. If in your own life this moment is in the past, you have undoubtedly experienced its many fruits and your life has never been the same since. You may not fully appreciate the ripple effects of your service but you know that your life would be very different had the moment not arrived. If the moment is in the future, trust that you are moving towards it even if you are unsatisfied with your current perceptions of reality. A blade of grass grows regardless of whether we can observe the growth day to day. So it is with our movement towards the moment. This is the journey all beings are on. It is the journey of remembering who we truly are.
Are you filled with energy when you think about going to work? Ever since I decided to become a transformational author and live out my true nature, I have a renewed sense of purpose. I used to dread the question “What do you do?” What kind of question is that? Well, I’m Associate Director of Marketing and New Student Enrollment for the School of Management and the School of Computer and Information Sciences at an adult learning institution of Higher Education” (Get me a bucket). That’s not fair. It is an honorable profession. But it isn’t me. I’m the guy who will spend hours at night praying for the father of a co-worker because he was just diagnosed with brain disease. I’m the guy who calls his best friend to tell him that I am “certain” his baby will be born perfect with no complications because I communicated with the baby’s soul. I’m the guy who can't sleep because I have seen spirits go into my children’s room and my job is to clear them and keep vigil. I care more about lifting the mood of those in my office than increasing enrollments. I’m the guy who has to follow his dream. I have no choice. It is the last thing I have left to do on this earth.
Tomorrow, I’d like to write about my teachers and guides. Not one of them was part of my MBA or MFA programs. Now, I’ve got to call it quits. I’m supposed to work on a proposal to reorganize my entire department supposedly with me in the picture. It is much easier to write a bestseller.
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