What is YOUR Story?

I have been following the NBA playoffs and I find tonight's outcome of the Orlando/Cleveland game quite inspiring.  Now some people might say that I think this because I must obviously be an Orlando fan.  Well, I am but that is not what I mean.  Let me Mindspeak about it and elaborate what insight I gained from this.

During the playoffs, there have been many commercials and conversations concerning the show down of Lebron and Kobe, two phenomenal players indeed.  Commercials have depicted LeBron and Kobe together and they were really working to program people as to what they should expect to see in the finals.  I must admit that even my husband and I discussed the playoffs early on and I talked about how it would be LeBron and Kobe and how interesting it would be to watch.  I have heard many people talk this way.  Talking about how the final would be set up before the first round was played out.  But what I find interesting is that no matter how much people thought they knew what the outcome would be, the Orlando Magic knew that their story had not been completed.

They knew that no matter what people said or wrote, their story was yet to be told.  They didn't give up on what could be a great triumph and achievement all because of what people said about them.  They chose to believe in what they knew about themselves.  They understood that the words they speak to themselves are more powerful than words from anyone else.  People can say and do any and every thing and we all have a thought or opinion on things.  Opinions are like air, they are always floating around.  But Orlando was not swayed or defined by what other people thought or said about them.

That encourages me because I know that no matter what has been said to me or about me, my story isn't over.  People may tell  you that you will never be this or you can't achieve beyond a certain level and they can say whatever they like but it is not a part of your story unless you choose to let it be.  You are the author of your story.  You are the editor of the novel of you.  You are the editor and publisher and you have the final say in what your story will be.  

I think we all can and should take a key point out of the example from the Orlando Magic.  Your story is never over until you say so.  People can think and even be bold enough to say all kinds of things to you and about you but until you choose to believe it, it doesn't have to have any effect on your life.  Your story is never over until you say so.

Choose to take an active role and write your own story and don't let others write it for you.  Don't be a contributing author to your story, be the author.  Write your success because you are what you say you are and God created us all to be victors and over-comers.

What will you choose to have your story say about you?