When you’re surrounded by opposition and detours, what’s your path…in light of the "vision?" If the vision is clear, you’ll see the fight as a test. Tests are necessary when we are on the path of our dreams. They prove us and prepare us. Greatness is formed in the midst of struggle. Greatness doesn’t come easy, but it is birthed as we experience…no matter what you’ve heard (directly or indirectly).<\/p>\n
Holding onto the vision is essential. We are prone to giving up, giving in and succumbing to our fears. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received has been wrapped around the principle of "keep going." Often breakthroughs come once we’ve withstood the force of opposition. Chuck Swindoll once noted that the stronger the winds, the stronger the roots. He’s right! <\/p>\n
Believe me, I know what it feels like to think that all is lost. I also know that just standing firm while circumstances blow has helped me tremendously. The journey is long, but I would rather do what I was born to do, rather than compromise or give up. Join me in holding on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When you’re surrounded by opposition and detours, what’s your path…in light of the "vision?" If the vision is clear, you’ll see the fight as a test. Tests are necessary when we are on the path of our dreams. They prove us and prepare us. Greatness is formed in the midst of struggle. Greatness doesn’t come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}