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For Love To Last You Must Be First
Experiencing Real Love Is Creating Something New With Yourself
All of us desire a life of happiness, peace and Love.
We strive for it, seek it, and make it our ultimate dream. For sensitive people, we often try so hard to earn this Love from others.
Codependency is birthed from this need.
Yet for real Love to happen, you must choose to be first in your life.
The idea of being first gets confused so often in our culture.
Back in my amateur boxing days, Coach Rivas would shout, “Be First!”
Typically during sparring sessions this happened.
Until I was able to put the principle into play in my own life this mantra didn’t make sense.
“Be First” in our modern business culture
In modern business culture, the idea of “being first” is driven by winning.
Pushing yourself above others so that you get the top spot, win the big prize for your work, and are heralded as a champion.
But these are the side benefits from the real work of being first.
If you make the fruit the goal instead of growing the whole tree, you miss out on…
