You Were Never Meant to Do It Alone

 Why would you try to figure it out on your own? Why would you try to do things on your own when you have the resources of the universe behind you?

One of those motivational questions is what would you do if you knew you could not fail? And Ali, take a twist on that. What would you do if you knew that God and the hosts of Heaven were behind you, supporting you in whatever you were doing? What could you accomplish? Well, I got some news for you, God and the hosts of Heaven, they're behind you in what you're trying to accomplish, not doing the work for you, not putting their hand on the wheel, but.

In the back office, in support, you were chosen for the mission you were given, and you weren't meant to do it alone. God chose you to do what you were chosen to do and then committed to support you giving everything you need from inspiration to ideas, solution, clarity, direction, meeting the right people, having the right inspiration.

And yet in our individualistic culture, we think we have to do everything ourselves. We need to figure it out. We don't want to cheat, right? It's not full credit if you don't do it by yourself. Well, let me tell you something. This isn't school. You're not taking a test and you're not writing a paper. You can bring in any resources that it takes to get the job done.

This could be human resources, people you know, friends, collaborators, partners. It can be divine resources. It can be the infinite wisdom of the universe. You can open yourself to it to receive it, but you do not have to do it alone. In fact, you cannot do it alone. Great things cannot be done in isolation.

You are not that great. No one is. Alexander the great himself was only great because he learned and inherited from his father and was surrounded by good people and generals and supporters and staff who allowed him to do great things. Nobody is great alone. You have resources. You have resources from the divine universe.

You have resources from humans. I bet you have people offering to help you all the time, and you think, oh, I can't accept their help. How will I repay them? Leave that to them. If they need something in payment, let them tell you that. But otherwise, let them be part of your mission. Let them support you. You not only don't have to do it alone, you cannot do it alone.

People want to be part of something great. They wanna be part of something important. And so when they offer to help you, who were you to stop them? From being part of the mission that you were given, you cannot do it alone. You should not tap into all the resources you've been given.

 You are already a hero. There is someone in the world whose life you have touched in a way that they'll never be the same. Their life is better because of how you encountered it. Now, maybe it's something you know, maybe you are a teacher and you've taught children and touched their lives, or you're a coach and you've helped people, but maybe not.

Maybe it's the person you walked by on the sidewalk who you gave a bright cheery smile and hello to who was having a terrible day and everything was falling apart for them. But that one smile, that one moment of human interaction changed everything and turned everything around for them. You'll never know.

But that may have happened. God puts us where we're meant to be, to do what we need to do. And sometimes that's clear to us. Sometimes it's obvious when we are doing that. Maybe you record a motivational podcast and that's when you know you're helping people and maybe it's just talking to a friend.

Somebody makes a post on social media and you make a comment and reply saying something thoughtful and helpful, and it changes their whole perspective. We have this idea in our culture that success and impact and influence. Are about reaching millions, about being on big screens and everyone knowing your name.

But when you think about your own life and who has most touched you, I think you'll realize some of the people have had the greatest impact on you are names that I or anyone else wouldn't recognize if you told us. Maybe it's a mentor, maybe a family member. Maybe it's just a friend from school, someone you spoke to once or twice who said just the right thing, and you never really engage with them again.

But it turned everything for you. You are already a hero to someone. Maybe someone you know, maybe not someone you know, but you have already changed someone's life for the better. Maybe even saved someone's life, or at least saved the meaning in their life. So when you have those moments, when you wonder, will I ever accomplish anything?

Will I ever do anything that matters? Remember this, you already have and you already are.