Let’s add one last brief discussion on our theme of accountability, decision making, and follow through, and that’s the decision to commit and the commitment to that decision.  That means we are letting all the extraneous fall away and we are moving forward toward our dreams regardless of what it takes.  It’s a singular focus.  When we get to that level, it’s important to remember this: Don’t let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big. It’s so easy to allow others to influence our decisions.  Regardless of whether or not we are people pleasers, we still feel societal pressure to perform or do things a certain way.  But once we decide to be who we are and to work toward our goals, that singular focus is going to drive us to follow through.  From our earlier discussions, we know what follow through and keeping our word does. It empowers us and moves us forward.

People will talk and people will be afraid of something they don’t understand.  Remember that if we ever hear people discouraging our ideas.  The point is don’t let their fears become ours or derail us from the path we are meant to follow.  And remember the goal of expansion.  Sometimes our purpose is to offer that expansion for others through sharing our ideas.  If someone doesn’t understand it, we aren’t meant to stop or to think that we aren’t capable—we are meant to continue in our understanding and thrive.  The decision to commit does carry some weight.  It means we are accepting the responsibility of whatever comes next.  But the more we commit and keep our word, the easier it is to follow through.  We create belief in the idea and we create belief in ourselves.  We ignite the flame for others and inspire them to follow through as well.  Committing to ourselves is committing to the bigger plan as well.  Choose well.