see when you are not filling your life
with the things that you are capable of
doing so we all have some stuff that
we’ve been given and I don’t think that
it’s optional for us to sit on what we
have see if you’re sitting on what you
have what you’ve been given I think
everybody has been given something to
bring to the planet that only you can do
that only you can perform that only you
can initiate that activity and if you
don’t do that if you’re not filling in
your life with your life work or your
mission then there are gaps in your life
and what we do when we’re not living out
our true identity we begin to fill the
gaps we fill the holes with garbage
alcohol drugs worry self-destructive
behavior so when you begin to look at
your life and you know that that you’re
not doing what you can do because you
have allowed yourself to be held captive
by your fears
now when you don’t have a true
appreciation and acceptance for who you
are and you allow yourself to be
immobilized by fear what happens in the
process is that you begin to abuse
yourself you begin to sabotage your life
you begin to sabotage your dreams you
begin to unconsciously work against
yourself you become your own worst enemy
so what do you do about that
well you you begin to realize that your
dream and your gifts have so much
meaning and so much value for you till
your hunger for them will begin to push
you past the fear your hunger to have
them will give you a special Drive as
you work on yourself as you begin to
acknowledge your true identity the true
power that you have the true capacity
you have to bring about change the
miracle-working power that you have
within yourself to do the things that
you want to do when you take them on I’m
reminded of a man who this gentleman was
doing a special
of a special tribe in Africa headhunters
and he had difficulty in developing a
relationship with these tribesmen
because of the fact that he had fear
yeah take his head I tell you all fears
aren’t bad I was a legitimate fear
that’s a good feel to give you a
headache so he worked there for a long
time with no effort no progress in
developing relationship and rapport and
being able to achieve a level of trust
so finally one night while he was in bed
he was thinking about said what what is
it that you came here to do what is your
life work as a missionary he said I
wanted to study these tribesmen so
what’s the worst thing that they can do
to you kill you and he just decided hey
this is what I came here to do I know
that there’s some risk involved and I’m
gonna do it come what may he said I’m
not gonna be afraid anymore he went back
to the next day and he started doing the
work and trying to talk to and interview
many of the members of this tribe and
they began to respond to him they threw
out the welcome mat to him and years
later when people came to see what his
progress was they asked him how were you
able to do this how did you convert the
relationship from being hostile to that
of being positive and he said something
I think has value for all of us he said
when life can no longer threaten you
with death he said what else is there
what else is there and the majority of
the fears that we have are not life or
death fears they’re not those kind of
fears but through our imagination we
blow them out of proportion and we give
them more power than they actually have
or deserve and we permit them to govern
our lives we permit them to determine
how far we can stretch out on our dreams
and discovering our stuff
and as we begin to look at ourselves and
and begin to wait a minute
Jeff’s getting to the point as you
assess yourself in and begin to prove
yourself and just away whole of men hold
a minute I’ve been sweating this out
what can what’s the worst thing that can
happen to me on this will it kill me
will I die
what why am I going through all of these
changes over this how much power does
this really have and am I the one that’s
feeding the power into it say a lot of
times we we allow ourselves to be fed
and to be programming to to being afraid
I mean you watch the news and read the
newspaper you’ll be scared to come out
the house am i right
you’ll be afraid so what kinds of things
what kinds of thoughts are you feeding
your consciousness what kind of things
are you putting in your mind that will
enable you to either move forward or to
justify why you’re staying where you are
another piece that I look at that when I
finally decided that I was going to go
to the dentist the pain was so great I
couldn’t hold out any longer
all of a sudden it fit it better I can’t
take me not some people need fear you
know have a friend that that we told him
hey man you know you need to lose some
weight
you gettin overweight and out of shape
and at our age we need to have a regular
program and bud said man I’ve been fat
since I was little boy I’m you know I’m
I’m big-boned I’ve never seen a fat
skeleton though yeah well bud became ill
how many of you ever see the fast kills
and rage yeah all right blood became ill
passed out and I was there and the
doctor was talking to him and but I
think was going to go right back to say
no eating habits and doing everything
you know as they look here you are a
diabetic and said now here’s some of the
side effects you know you could go blind
you can become an amputee none of that
touched him he said you can become
impotent he said
[Laughter]
has lost weight he exercises everyday
he’s in a body sculpt 348 years young he
looks great
I can’t believe but just that one
statement made all the difference in the
world but is a new man to date so what
is it that has to happen to you some
people don’t take corrective measures to
improve their health until they get a
pronouncement that they’re about to die
then they’re startled okay all right I’m
ready to do whatever you want me to do
but they won’t do that they can see
people drop it off like flies around
there well that’s them you got to go
from something we go through life really
blocking ourselves constantly and fear
is one of the the greatest instruments
that we could use to stifle our true
potential when you begin to to look at
your life you can decide to use fear as
a blocker or you can decide to use it as
building blocks that you decide hey look
here I’m going to move in this direction
I’m not going to allow anything to stop
me from doing what I want to do we shake
somebody’s hand on your right and left
see when you begin to understand and
acknowledge of fear and you go forth
anyhow
you go forth in a spirit and unknowing
that there’s a way that you can begin to
handle this there’s a way out here
somewhere there’s a solution what it is
that you’re seeking that you have the
capacity to whatever comes up to handle
it to face it and rather than feeling
powerless you begin to feel powerful see
when all of the major downsizings that
are taking place around this country
there are a lot of people who are biting
their fingers in fear that they might
lose their jobs but there are few people
who have decided within themselves I’m
going to make it some people aren’t
waiting to be cut some people are moving
on their own because they feel within
themselves I’ve got what it takes to
make it they’re not afraid about
tomorrow because of how they see
themselves because of what they feel
that they deserve because of what they
feel that they can create for themselves
because these people have decided as
they look at the future as they look at
themselves there’s a way where there’s a
will there’s a way for me to begin to
create a way out of no way and when you
have that kind of consciousness when you
have that kind of spirit nothing can
stop you nothing what would your life be
like as you look toward the future if
you decided I’m not going to allow my
fears to stop me what would your life be
like what would your future be like if
you decided to to want that which you
desire so strongly that it prepares you
past your fears that you experienced a
fear as the one book says
feel the fear and do it anyway what
would your life be like and I’m saying
to you that all of us who have been
entombed by fear have a capacity to
resurrect ourselves and to resurrect our
and you have is it easy no it’s not easy
can I do it yes what’s one of the ways
to get started some of us need somebody
to hold our hands sometimes we need
somebody to help us out be willing to
say I don’t know be willing to reach out
be willing to get some assistance to
take you to the next level of what great
athlete you never expect boxes to make
profound statements I think was Joe
Frazier who said this one he says all of
us are like the blind man at some point
in our lives standing on the corner
waiting for somebody to lead us across
see all of us at some point in our lives
need some help need someone to reach out
to us define the life line to help us go
cross some treacherous waters that we
couldn’t navigate by ourselves none of
us do it by ourselves all of us at some
point of our lives we need that kind of
help we need that kind of assistance
because we grow from the people we have
in our lives that can enrich our lives
personally professionally spiritually
and all the dimensions of our lives we
don’t grow in a vacuum so if you look at
yourself whatever fears you have that
maybe you need some help and
strengthening yourself in that area as
you assess your strengths and your
weaknesses as you begin to approve
yourself and your passions and your
dreams and your goals and the things
that you want if you decide to
experience all of your true potential as
you decide to manifest all of your
greatness and you decide wait a minute
what what else is available to me out
here if I decided to experience the fear
of rejection the fear of no the fear of
failure
the fear of standing by myself what else
is available of taking a chance of fear
of losing it all what else is available
to me that will bring some extra meaning
and value the fear people not liking me
you know how many people do things they
don’t want to do because they want
everybody to like them everybody’s not
going to like you
excuse me special announcement
everybody’s not going to like you know
that’s it’s just not that kind of world
what but you know that a lot of people
who won’t take positions on issues who
won’t take a stand for things they
believe in who won’t speak up for
themselves because they don’t want to
make anybody mad oh it was Bill Cosby he
said I don’t know what the secret of
success is he said but here’s what I
know what the secret of failures he said
trying to please everybody you can’t
please everybody but they’re people who
have the fear of rocking the boat so
they just go alone and life just go
along well how do you feel well I don’t
really want to say how many of you know
people like that raise your head
these people aren’t living right they’re
not truly experiencing right what do you
really want to do well I don’t like this
but I guess I’ll go ahead on and do know
the life is too short for that too short
and unpredictable moseying through not
try to disturb anything not trying to
shake anything up not trying to make any
waves you see there are some people who
who come through the universe in their
level of contribution and the level of
energy they manifest is so small so
inconspicuous that when they go you
won’t even know they left I mean they’re
people who died on jobs and and you say
where’s John Oh jumpin dead six miles
you’re kidding I guess we did this but
there’s some people because of their
personality because of their
contribution because of their the
investment of their time and their
energy and the impact they have their
that when they go everybody will miss
them so when Mother Teresa checks out
everybody will know when Rosa Parks
everybody will know Nelson Mandela
everybody will know what because of
their contribution see but there’s some
people because their contribution is so
small no one will care
some saying before you are boxed and
buried decide that you’re going to box
and bury your fears decide that you’re
going to begin to live life on a new
level seeking out new horizons that you
were to find more love and more joy and
more ways to give more to life
God said something I love this he says
everything a man does for himself
guess what he takes with him but
everything he does for others
he leaves behind so when you begin to
say what is it that I want to leave what
contribution that I want to begin to
make what difference do I want to make
in life what is it that I want to do
with the rest of the life that I have
left what what chances I need to take
what risks do I need to begin to embrace
what fears do I need to step on what
areas of my life am i dead right now
what dream you can either live your
dreams or live your fears you have got
to get to a point where you say I’m sick
and tired of living like this there’s
gotta be more let’s see that’s when
people go out and strike out on their
dreams that’s when people get out of
relationships where they’re dying
together rather than growing together
that’s where they leave jobs so where
[Music]
do you have another job no I don’t how
you going to make it I don’t know but I
will see you will when you put yourself
in that kind of situation I’m reminded
of two frogs that that were huffing down
the road and they fell into a bottle of
milk and one was hopping up and down for
a while and he drowned he just gave up
but his other frog just kept on kicking
he wouldn’t give up he just kept on
kicking and pretty soon he churned that
[Applause]
[Music]
some saying when light catches you by
the neck and blind slap your weapon to
knock you down I said just keep on
kicking you know and you can kick on out
of those circumstances whatever they are
not be intimidated by them repeat after
me please I’m going to keep on kicking
I’m gonna cut them off is never going to
give up keep checking about his hand on
your right in love and say keep on keep
I tell you you know what are the
exciting things about life is you got to
keep the child in you little children
tree we used to go to work with my mama
we’ll be riding across Miami Beach my
brother that we argue that’s my car no
that’s your card I drew the big over
there well that’s my house
that’s my house yesterday but then as we
become adults life slap you snot ahead
of your dad and then you don’t dream
anymore bigger Thomas in the book I’m
the Invisible Man I think it was he said
the impulse to dream has been slowly
beaten out of me through the experience
of life and most people ladies and
gentlemen and stop living their dreams
because of the lessons they’ve learned
from life or things they’ve picked up
because we’ve only been born with two
fears the fear of a loud sound or the
fear falling and all the other fears of
fears we learn fears we pick up whatever
you scared of the light the value you
brought to the planet for more on point
what have you played out you’re stronger
so as we begin to look toward the future
and look at what will it take for us to
break through those fears one
acknowledging the fear knowing it’s all
right some fears healthy beginning to
know that your dreams your passions your
drive to achieve whatever it is you want
as it has more power and meaning it will
move you past your fears as you begin to
feel that you deserve it your passion
and goal is so strong the fears won’t
matter you begin to trust yourself and
put yourself in the situation where you
have to make it happen
you will make it happen ladies and
gentlemen I don’t believe this I know
this from my own life experience I know
that you’ve got greatness within you I
know that you have unlimited potential
in you I know that you have something to
give to the universe that was not here
before you showed up somebody said that
life is God’s gift to us and how we live
our lives is our gift to God what kind
of gift
are you giving and what kind of gift
could you give if fear wasn’t an issue
and I’m saying you could have fears but
don’t surrender
don’t let your fears have you you’re
more than capable of making this your
decade
this is mrs. Mamie Brown’s baby boy
Leslie Calvin Brown saying it’s been a
plum pleasing pleasure as well as the privilege thank y’all here
with the things that you are capable of
doing so we all have some stuff that
we’ve been given and I don’t think that
it’s optional for us to sit on what we
have see if you’re sitting on what you
have what you’ve been given I think
everybody has been given something to
bring to the planet that only you can do
that only you can perform that only you
can initiate that activity and if you
don’t do that if you’re not filling in
your life with your life work or your
mission then there are gaps in your life
and what we do when we’re not living out
our true identity we begin to fill the
gaps we fill the holes with garbage
alcohol drugs worry self-destructive
behavior so when you begin to look at
your life and you know that that you’re
not doing what you can do because you
have allowed yourself to be held captive
by your fears
now when you don’t have a true
appreciation and acceptance for who you
are and you allow yourself to be
immobilized by fear what happens in the
process is that you begin to abuse
yourself you begin to sabotage your life
you begin to sabotage your dreams you
begin to unconsciously work against
yourself you become your own worst enemy
so what do you do about that
well you you begin to realize that your
dream and your gifts have so much
meaning and so much value for you till
your hunger for them will begin to push
you past the fear your hunger to have
them will give you a special Drive as
you work on yourself as you begin to
acknowledge your true identity the true
power that you have the true capacity
you have to bring about change the
miracle-working power that you have
within yourself to do the things that
you want to do when you take them on I’m
reminded of a man who this gentleman was
doing a special
of a special tribe in Africa headhunters
and he had difficulty in developing a
relationship with these tribesmen
because of the fact that he had fear
yeah take his head I tell you all fears
aren’t bad I was a legitimate fear
that’s a good feel to give you a
headache so he worked there for a long
time with no effort no progress in
developing relationship and rapport and
being able to achieve a level of trust
so finally one night while he was in bed
he was thinking about said what what is
it that you came here to do what is your
life work as a missionary he said I
wanted to study these tribesmen so
what’s the worst thing that they can do
to you kill you and he just decided hey
this is what I came here to do I know
that there’s some risk involved and I’m
gonna do it come what may he said I’m
not gonna be afraid anymore he went back
to the next day and he started doing the
work and trying to talk to and interview
many of the members of this tribe and
they began to respond to him they threw
out the welcome mat to him and years
later when people came to see what his
progress was they asked him how were you
able to do this how did you convert the
relationship from being hostile to that
of being positive and he said something
I think has value for all of us he said
when life can no longer threaten you
with death he said what else is there
what else is there and the majority of
the fears that we have are not life or
death fears they’re not those kind of
fears but through our imagination we
blow them out of proportion and we give
them more power than they actually have
or deserve and we permit them to govern
our lives we permit them to determine
how far we can stretch out on our dreams
and discovering our stuff
and as we begin to look at ourselves and
and begin to wait a minute
Jeff’s getting to the point as you
assess yourself in and begin to prove
yourself and just away whole of men hold
a minute I’ve been sweating this out
what can what’s the worst thing that can
happen to me on this will it kill me
will I die
what why am I going through all of these
changes over this how much power does
this really have and am I the one that’s
feeding the power into it say a lot of
times we we allow ourselves to be fed
and to be programming to to being afraid
I mean you watch the news and read the
newspaper you’ll be scared to come out
the house am i right
you’ll be afraid so what kinds of things
what kinds of thoughts are you feeding
your consciousness what kind of things
are you putting in your mind that will
enable you to either move forward or to
justify why you’re staying where you are
another piece that I look at that when I
finally decided that I was going to go
to the dentist the pain was so great I
couldn’t hold out any longer
all of a sudden it fit it better I can’t
take me not some people need fear you
know have a friend that that we told him
hey man you know you need to lose some
weight
you gettin overweight and out of shape
and at our age we need to have a regular
program and bud said man I’ve been fat
since I was little boy I’m you know I’m
I’m big-boned I’ve never seen a fat
skeleton though yeah well bud became ill
how many of you ever see the fast kills
and rage yeah all right blood became ill
passed out and I was there and the
doctor was talking to him and but I
think was going to go right back to say
no eating habits and doing everything
you know as they look here you are a
diabetic and said now here’s some of the
side effects you know you could go blind
you can become an amputee none of that
touched him he said you can become
impotent he said
[Laughter]
has lost weight he exercises everyday
he’s in a body sculpt 348 years young he
looks great
I can’t believe but just that one
statement made all the difference in the
world but is a new man to date so what
is it that has to happen to you some
people don’t take corrective measures to
improve their health until they get a
pronouncement that they’re about to die
then they’re startled okay all right I’m
ready to do whatever you want me to do
but they won’t do that they can see
people drop it off like flies around
there well that’s them you got to go
from something we go through life really
blocking ourselves constantly and fear
is one of the the greatest instruments
that we could use to stifle our true
potential when you begin to to look at
your life you can decide to use fear as
a blocker or you can decide to use it as
building blocks that you decide hey look
here I’m going to move in this direction
I’m not going to allow anything to stop
me from doing what I want to do we shake
somebody’s hand on your right and left
see when you begin to understand and
acknowledge of fear and you go forth
anyhow
you go forth in a spirit and unknowing
that there’s a way that you can begin to
handle this there’s a way out here
somewhere there’s a solution what it is
that you’re seeking that you have the
capacity to whatever comes up to handle
it to face it and rather than feeling
powerless you begin to feel powerful see
when all of the major downsizings that
are taking place around this country
there are a lot of people who are biting
their fingers in fear that they might
lose their jobs but there are few people
who have decided within themselves I’m
going to make it some people aren’t
waiting to be cut some people are moving
on their own because they feel within
themselves I’ve got what it takes to
make it they’re not afraid about
tomorrow because of how they see
themselves because of what they feel
that they deserve because of what they
feel that they can create for themselves
because these people have decided as
they look at the future as they look at
themselves there’s a way where there’s a
will there’s a way for me to begin to
create a way out of no way and when you
have that kind of consciousness when you
have that kind of spirit nothing can
stop you nothing what would your life be
like as you look toward the future if
you decided I’m not going to allow my
fears to stop me what would your life be
like what would your future be like if
you decided to to want that which you
desire so strongly that it prepares you
past your fears that you experienced a
fear as the one book says
feel the fear and do it anyway what
would your life be like and I’m saying
to you that all of us who have been
entombed by fear have a capacity to
resurrect ourselves and to resurrect our
and you have is it easy no it’s not easy
can I do it yes what’s one of the ways
to get started some of us need somebody
to hold our hands sometimes we need
somebody to help us out be willing to
say I don’t know be willing to reach out
be willing to get some assistance to
take you to the next level of what great
athlete you never expect boxes to make
profound statements I think was Joe
Frazier who said this one he says all of
us are like the blind man at some point
in our lives standing on the corner
waiting for somebody to lead us across
see all of us at some point in our lives
need some help need someone to reach out
to us define the life line to help us go
cross some treacherous waters that we
couldn’t navigate by ourselves none of
us do it by ourselves all of us at some
point of our lives we need that kind of
help we need that kind of assistance
because we grow from the people we have
in our lives that can enrich our lives
personally professionally spiritually
and all the dimensions of our lives we
don’t grow in a vacuum so if you look at
yourself whatever fears you have that
maybe you need some help and
strengthening yourself in that area as
you assess your strengths and your
weaknesses as you begin to approve
yourself and your passions and your
dreams and your goals and the things
that you want if you decide to
experience all of your true potential as
you decide to manifest all of your
greatness and you decide wait a minute
what what else is available to me out
here if I decided to experience the fear
of rejection the fear of no the fear of
failure
the fear of standing by myself what else
is available of taking a chance of fear
of losing it all what else is available
to me that will bring some extra meaning
and value the fear people not liking me
you know how many people do things they
don’t want to do because they want
everybody to like them everybody’s not
going to like you
excuse me special announcement
everybody’s not going to like you know
that’s it’s just not that kind of world
what but you know that a lot of people
who won’t take positions on issues who
won’t take a stand for things they
believe in who won’t speak up for
themselves because they don’t want to
make anybody mad oh it was Bill Cosby he
said I don’t know what the secret of
success is he said but here’s what I
know what the secret of failures he said
trying to please everybody you can’t
please everybody but they’re people who
have the fear of rocking the boat so
they just go alone and life just go
along well how do you feel well I don’t
really want to say how many of you know
people like that raise your head
these people aren’t living right they’re
not truly experiencing right what do you
really want to do well I don’t like this
but I guess I’ll go ahead on and do know
the life is too short for that too short
and unpredictable moseying through not
try to disturb anything not trying to
shake anything up not trying to make any
waves you see there are some people who
who come through the universe in their
level of contribution and the level of
energy they manifest is so small so
inconspicuous that when they go you
won’t even know they left I mean they’re
people who died on jobs and and you say
where’s John Oh jumpin dead six miles
you’re kidding I guess we did this but
there’s some people because of their
personality because of their
contribution because of their the
investment of their time and their
energy and the impact they have their
that when they go everybody will miss
them so when Mother Teresa checks out
everybody will know when Rosa Parks
everybody will know Nelson Mandela
everybody will know what because of
their contribution see but there’s some
people because their contribution is so
small no one will care
some saying before you are boxed and
buried decide that you’re going to box
and bury your fears decide that you’re
going to begin to live life on a new
level seeking out new horizons that you
were to find more love and more joy and
more ways to give more to life
God said something I love this he says
everything a man does for himself
guess what he takes with him but
everything he does for others
he leaves behind so when you begin to
say what is it that I want to leave what
contribution that I want to begin to
make what difference do I want to make
in life what is it that I want to do
with the rest of the life that I have
left what what chances I need to take
what risks do I need to begin to embrace
what fears do I need to step on what
areas of my life am i dead right now
what dream you can either live your
dreams or live your fears you have got
to get to a point where you say I’m sick
and tired of living like this there’s
gotta be more let’s see that’s when
people go out and strike out on their
dreams that’s when people get out of
relationships where they’re dying
together rather than growing together
that’s where they leave jobs so where
[Music]
do you have another job no I don’t how
you going to make it I don’t know but I
will see you will when you put yourself
in that kind of situation I’m reminded
of two frogs that that were huffing down
the road and they fell into a bottle of
milk and one was hopping up and down for
a while and he drowned he just gave up
but his other frog just kept on kicking
he wouldn’t give up he just kept on
kicking and pretty soon he churned that
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some saying when light catches you by
the neck and blind slap your weapon to
knock you down I said just keep on
kicking you know and you can kick on out
of those circumstances whatever they are
not be intimidated by them repeat after
me please I’m going to keep on kicking
I’m gonna cut them off is never going to
give up keep checking about his hand on
your right in love and say keep on keep
I tell you you know what are the
exciting things about life is you got to
keep the child in you little children
tree we used to go to work with my mama
we’ll be riding across Miami Beach my
brother that we argue that’s my car no
that’s your card I drew the big over
there well that’s my house
that’s my house yesterday but then as we
become adults life slap you snot ahead
of your dad and then you don’t dream
anymore bigger Thomas in the book I’m
the Invisible Man I think it was he said
the impulse to dream has been slowly
beaten out of me through the experience
of life and most people ladies and
gentlemen and stop living their dreams
because of the lessons they’ve learned
from life or things they’ve picked up
because we’ve only been born with two
fears the fear of a loud sound or the
fear falling and all the other fears of
fears we learn fears we pick up whatever
you scared of the light the value you
brought to the planet for more on point
what have you played out you’re stronger
so as we begin to look toward the future
and look at what will it take for us to
break through those fears one
acknowledging the fear knowing it’s all
right some fears healthy beginning to
know that your dreams your passions your
drive to achieve whatever it is you want
as it has more power and meaning it will
move you past your fears as you begin to
feel that you deserve it your passion
and goal is so strong the fears won’t
matter you begin to trust yourself and
put yourself in the situation where you
have to make it happen
you will make it happen ladies and
gentlemen I don’t believe this I know
this from my own life experience I know
that you’ve got greatness within you I
know that you have unlimited potential
in you I know that you have something to
give to the universe that was not here
before you showed up somebody said that
life is God’s gift to us and how we live
our lives is our gift to God what kind
of gift
are you giving and what kind of gift
could you give if fear wasn’t an issue
and I’m saying you could have fears but
don’t surrender
don’t let your fears have you you’re
more than capable of making this your
decade
this is mrs. Mamie Brown’s baby boy
Leslie Calvin Brown saying it’s been a
plum pleasing pleasure as well as the privilege thank y’all here
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