I have a journal entry from December 14 asking myself a simple but piercing question.
“Am I hiding anything?”
“Am I hiding anything from my wife and/or my children?”
Am I hiding anything from those whom I influence and lead?
Am I hiding anything from those who consider me an example? A role model?
How about you?
Are you hiding anything?
Who are you hiding it from? And has the secret brought you happiness? Freedom? No-sir.
You’re always looking over your shoulder, aren’t you? You’re constantly retracing your steps. You’re counting down the minutes until you can escape and indulge.
Been there.
You’re a slave.
One of the mantras for my life is this: “Jarrod, if you are hiding anything you are in trouble.”
And so are you.
Are you hiding anything?
Don’t start with new year’s goals and resolutions. Start with the question no-one is asking. Then apply the answers you already know but have ignored or rationalized away.
Step out of the slavery of secrecy of 2016 and into freedom in 2017. May 2017 be a banner year not because you lost weight but because you lost chains!
