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’s 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 his
special study 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 he’s here
a day all fears are bad I was a
legitimate fear as a good for you 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 going to be
afraid of you 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 and 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 and and begin to prove
yourself and just away hole of minute
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
well I died 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’m 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 defeated matter I can’t
but 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 getting 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 seen a
fast guilt enrage yeah all right but
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 I 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 what did you say
[Laughter]
his lost weight he exercises every day
he’s in a body sculpt 348 years young he
looks great
I can’t believe for 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
them 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 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 and say I’m
see when you begin to understand and
acknowledge your 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 and 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 you 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 the capacity to resurrect ourselves
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 it was Joe
Frazier who said this one he says all of
us I 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 to throw the lifeline to help us go
cross some treacherous waters that we
could 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 you look at
yourself whatever fears you have that
maybe you need some help in
strengthening yourself in that area as
you assess your strengths and your
weaknesses as you begin to improve
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 of 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
then just go alone and life just go
along well no how do you feel well I
don’t really want to say how many of you
know people I get raise your head these
people are living life they’re not truly
experiencing life 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
trying 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 and 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 die on jobs and and it’s in
where’s John Oh jumpin dead six months
you’re kidding is that right 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’re gonna 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 Johnson where
[Applause]
do you have another job no I don’t how
you going to make it I don’t know but I
will say 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 there’s other frog just kept on
kicking he wouldn’t give up he just kept
on kicking and pretty soon he churned
some saying when life catches you about
a neck and blind slap you’ll laugh but
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 check somebody’s hand on
your riding level and say keep on keep
I tell 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 a brother have
y’all that’s my car no that’s your card
I wrote a bit over there well that’s my
house mama tell you that’s my house
yesterday but then as we become adults
light slap inside ahead of you doves 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 it picked up because we’ve only
been born with two fears the fear of a
loud sound of 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 far 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 that’s all right
some fear is 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 and well of the
privilege thank y’all here [Applause]
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’s 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 his
special study 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 he’s here
a day all fears are bad I was a
legitimate fear as a good for you 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 going to be
afraid of you 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 and 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 and and begin to prove
yourself and just away hole of minute
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
well I died 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’m 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 defeated matter I can’t
but 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 getting 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 seen a
fast guilt enrage yeah all right but
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 I 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 what did you say
[Laughter]
his lost weight he exercises every day
he’s in a body sculpt 348 years young he
looks great
I can’t believe for 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
them 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 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 and say I’m
see when you begin to understand and
acknowledge your 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 and 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 you 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 the capacity to resurrect ourselves
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 it was Joe
Frazier who said this one he says all of
us I 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 to throw the lifeline to help us go
cross some treacherous waters that we
could 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 you look at
yourself whatever fears you have that
maybe you need some help in
strengthening yourself in that area as
you assess your strengths and your
weaknesses as you begin to improve
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 of 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
then just go alone and life just go
along well no how do you feel well I
don’t really want to say how many of you
know people I get raise your head these
people are living life they’re not truly
experiencing life 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
trying 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 and 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 die on jobs and and it’s in
where’s John Oh jumpin dead six months
you’re kidding is that right 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’re gonna 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 Johnson where
[Applause]
do you have another job no I don’t how
you going to make it I don’t know but I
will say 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 there’s other frog just kept on
kicking he wouldn’t give up he just kept
on kicking and pretty soon he churned
some saying when life catches you about
a neck and blind slap you’ll laugh but
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 check somebody’s hand on
your riding level and say keep on keep
I tell 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 a brother have
y’all that’s my car no that’s your card
I wrote a bit over there well that’s my
house mama tell you that’s my house
yesterday but then as we become adults
light slap inside ahead of you doves 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 it picked up because we’ve only
been born with two fears the fear of a
loud sound of 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 far 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 that’s all right
some fear is 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 and well of the
privilege thank y’all here [Applause]
Please follow and like us: