Hi, I'm Sam,
I can wholeheartedly say now that I know what willing consistency looks like; I completely agree that it is something that has to be experienced and not explained. I had to stay consistent in this, and a lot of fears, deep fears that I had stepping into this have completely disappeared, although new fears spring up, not anything I can't handle. It's one thing to be consistent in something and completely another thing to be consistent willingly. The thing with the second one is that you may not necessarily have any material thing to gain while soaking your feet in the pool of consistency, but you just keep going because you know that there's something to gain at that point in time, even if you can't explain it to someone else.
In the course of my consistent work on this blog for the past year, I realized that I wasn't doing it on my own, and it gave me a confirmation that this is my purpose; I am not idle, and I refuse to be idle. Sometimes, you realize that your purpose is not something that should be clear to everyone else; in most cases, it's not even clear to you; you stutter whenever you try to summarize what your purpose is. You can feel it deep down, and you know for certain, but you find it difficult to explain it. Maybe you find it difficult to explain it because it's not meant to be explained, you're meant to LIVE IT! and maybe you're not supposed to have the full map of where you're heading, or maybe if you can see the whole plan all blown out you might end up not getting there because you feel like you already know where you're going.
My purpose is innate; I do not need to explain it, but I can talk about the process in detail and how I'm taking every single step in faith and complete trust. I would be lying if I said I mapped out a year in advance what this blog would look like. In most cases, I never had an idea what content to put out for the next month, what it would be about, or how it would be. I was trusting God and the process. I know what to hold dear to keep going, I know what to focus on not to lose focus, whenever I miss a step, I know what to do to dust it off and get back on track.
Imagination wan wound me! I am an ambitious person. I've accepted that fact about myself, and I won't see it as a negative thing; as much as I don't have a full picture of where I am heading, I know I am heading somewhere great. My purpose has to be something major; if not, it wouldn't be mine. I have set things in motion that are in alignment with my purpose and process of achieving it. I know the process, I love the process and I can talk about the process. If anything, I think I am more excited about the process than maybe where I am heading. There is a lot to learn in every process and room to make adjustments, and I think that is what I'm excited about.
I'm so happy you're on this ride with me; we've done 1 full year; let us go further and challenge ourselves.
Deepest gratitude for my family and friends
Honored and privileged to have run IP MAG for 1 year
Excited about what I have learned and will learn and have.