Rushed Process…
Bringing clarity to an overwhelmed mind…
If no one hasn’t told you yet Stop N’ Smell The Poop has their own YouTube channel where we provide some clarity to help you along your journey. No matter if you’re a new business owner, existing business owner, student, or just need a nice pick me up the channel is for everyone and can be viewed here, Stop N' Smell The Poop YouTube. In today’s clip there was a discussion of rushing the process.
Specifically on Thursday’s we do a segment called Thirsty Thursday’s and it’s focused on us staying focused on our journey. Maybe your journey is building yourself back up or building a business back up. No matter what there is some journey we are at least set on. Maybe we aren’t fixed on It totally yet but there is this consistent floating idea/thought that just doesn’t leave. As life goes on that floating idea/thought just never leaves. It might get quieter, or it might get louder depending on how we exercise It, but It never leaves us. I found myself barely hearing that idea a few years ago as I was sitting on my couch pondering life.
I was pondering life as I was dealing with my first layoff. It hit hard and even though I knew it stemmed from Covid issues and all the effects it had globally I still felt ashamed. News report after news report all reporting the same thing, millions without a job as Covid just engulfs the World. Still, I was ashamed of myself and allowing myself to get to that point. At the same time, I had nowhere to turn except to my Abba, My God, Yah. The more I turned to Him the more that idea grew in stature, and I could hear Its voice. As the voice grew louder and louder I began to rush to get my life back in order. See, at the time in my eyes I had nothing except this idea. I held on to it and rushed to get it out as quick as possible. People were going to see that on my end nothing has changed. I am taking charge of my life and sharing this idea with the World. I am getting my life back in order.
As I rushed forth with this idea it started to become its own thing. Stop N’ Smell The Poop began to have its own identity as it was rushed from paper, to computer, to books, blogs, and the list goes on. The more I rushed the process the more of its own identity it started to have. The more I rushed the process the more Yah was further away, and not by design just by action. Even though I was feeling the burn out I still kept rushing the process. As book sales started to increase, as emails began to get exchanged more back and forth, as business began to grow, I could feel the burn out. Even though I could feel the burnout I still kept rushing the process. The more I rushed the more Yah, My God was further away.
I rushed to Him in the beginning to hear His voice and get back in right standing. I rushed away from Him once I heard His voice and ran with the idea. All I have been doing is running and rushing back and forth as this idea, Stop N’ Smell The Poop took on a life of itself. When I was low and out on the streets I rushed the process, when I was back on top, I rushed the process. All this time I was running with this idea because that is what seemed like the good idea. But all along He wanted to talk about the idea together, because together We are unstoppable. The action might seem good, but the motive can determine if its right or not. It was great that I ran with the idea, but it doesn’t hurt to first Stop N’ Think the idea through. So that as the foundation is being built, its being built to be able to withstand the consistent moving tide.
No matter if we are in the gutter or on top of the mountain, we can’t rush the process. We don’t want to rush ourselves out of stress nor do we want to rush ourselves into stress. We want to think ourselves away from stress no matter the season.
