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Every day is a Leap of Faith

Hello, call me Debrin.
I’m a 41 year old man on a mission, it’s not a mission from God, nor do I have an old school Rhythm and Blues sound track to back me up. It’s a simple mission, to live my vision and to help others to live their own. I am by no means perfect, I am sure I have quite a number of flaws, but the one thing I can do and I believe anyone can do is simply following our bliss.

I like that word bliss, like many words it has become misused and misunderstood. For some it has become a parody if itself, in fact often used only to sell skin care products or to describe malcontent in a sarcastic manner. I think I prefer Joseph Campbell’s interpretation of it a bit better.

Joseph said “ I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That’s what it’s all finally about.”

This is to follow your bliss, to find your way, to make your own road. To be you… to be me.

Following my own road has lead me here, to a new dawn that is just beginning, a personal leap of faith; a jump into the great “What if” and manifesting it into the great “What Is.” To live my vision, and in turn, to help you in creating your own vision.

Each day is a leap of Faith; it’s this oblivious trust that supposes that everything will be alright today. That every day something good could potentially happen. After all, it’s a new day! More often than not, when a day is approached in such a way often we find that for some strange reason those days tend to be a little better than others. Then there are those days where we dwell in the sorrow of daily struggles and torments, and sure enough if one tear wasn’t bad enough a torrent of tears soon follows. There are those days where we just can’t staunch the flow and tide of waves of sadness, or petty problems or deafening roaring madness that swirls about us as the problems just get deeper and deeper.

It is that leap of faith in either direction that moves us blindly, that causes us to live the lives that we live and through that life we bump around until we find a way that fits us well and gives us direction and movement and momentum in which we believe our lives should go. This is how we move from the Oblivious to the Dynamic.

What has caused us to not move in this direction is the little personal nay-sayer who lives within us that we must all endure. Its name is Fear and he is a right Ol’ Bastard if ever there was one. He binds you up and keeps you from moving forward, from accomplishing anything, from living itself.
I should know, I lived cuddled up to my fear for years. I was afraid of my vision, afraid that I wasn’t good enough, afraid to disappoint the one person whose approval I could never gain due to their no longer being alive. I could decry how often we have all been afraid to go after a dream, but I would be remiss in speaking for you. I can only speak of my journey from then to now.
So here I stand ready, about to embark on a Leap of Faith as I make a national circuit to not only build my own vision of Literary Publishing but also to dynamically impact others and help them go after their own visions and enabling them to overcome their own fears and to boldly make a decision to live dynamically.
Frank Herbert wrote in his classic Science Fiction masterpiece “Dune”
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

I want to personally invite you to join me in cultivating your own vision by attending my workshop Starting at Rock Bottom
Our journey begins April 1st 2011, at the Center for Spiritual Living Dallas located at 4801 Spring Valley road in Dallas, TX @ 7:00 pm. Admission is $20.00.

Next stop Austin Center for Spiritual Living on April 17th.
Stay tuned for updates from the road as I travel across the United States!