Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a
lot about your destination. - Drake
Over the weekend, I chaired the Senatorial District 14
Convention in Travis County. This
amazing opportunity started over two and half years ago when I took on the
responsibility of running the 2014 Senatorial District 14 Convention. At that time, I said to chair the 2016
Convention, I wanted to chair the 2014 Convention to learn the process and
develop my leadership skills. Little did
I know how important and what a MAJOR responsibility the 2016 Convention would
be with the unique political situation our country currently is dealing
with.
As I have been organizing the Convention over the last six
months, I have had challenges, implemented new ideas, respectfully stood strong
in my decisions when people disagreed with me, and confronted individuals when
they were insubordinate and did not respect my authority.
Recently, I was reading a devotional and was reminded that
we are all on this Earth for a specific purpose and we should not compare
ourselves to others. I have talked about
this before in the blog, but I believe it is something that I want to reinforce
today as I was reminded about it. I
often get frustrated that I am not married with kids. However, I told my mom a couple times over
the last three months that I was grateful that I was not because it would have
been very difficult to have my full time job including traveling to DC in the
middle of February plus organizing and chairing the Convention and then fly
back to DC the Sunday after the Convention for work again if I had a family. I am fulfilling the purpose and mission that
I have for such a time as this.
Saturday morning as I was driving to the Convention, I was
talking with my mom and we were discussing how calm I was even though there had
been issues Friday night with one of my committees and that I was content and
happy with this time in my life. In
contrast, two years ago I hyper-ventilated on the way to the Convention due to
fear, nerves, etc. Saturday night, she was still at her Convention in Tarrant
County (Arlington, Texas area) and texted me asking, “Did you have fun?” My response was simply, “YES!”
Over the last two and a half years, I have grown, developed,
matured, learned and prepared for my purpose on Saturday March 19th,
which was to chair the Convention, and BEYOND.
Never think that what you are going through is not important and will
never help you accomplish your dreams. I
know that if I had not gone through some of the trials and tribulations of the
last two years that I would not have been the strong leader I needed to be to
accomplish the task I took on.
Challenge: ENJOY
THE JOURNEY!
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy
is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson
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