It's true. Ideas and strategy need the right environment to flourish beyond the surface of your thoughts. They need the correct atmosphere, which is produced from your perspective. You need to cultivate your headspace and nourish your spirit to generate an idea effectively and efficiently bring about action. What better way to flush the clutter from your mind than to use gratitude and thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is like soul food. It feeds all the necessary spaces in your body and mind that are desired. The feelings you get and the perspective change you sense are like the good medicine your four-year-old wants to drink like it's juice, because it tastes like bubble gum or candy. Ways to Cultivate this Head Space in your day-to-day: 1. Sound - play music you love that glorifies God and sets an atmosphere of praise, thanksgiving, and worship 2. Journal - take the time to write about a moment you're extremely grateful for. It can be a time you needed God, and He came through for you, He saved you from something, provided for you, or answered a prayer. 3. Pray - commune with God and just tell Him who He is to you. It shifts your entire thought process of the day and your programmed responses for what lies ahead. 4. Love - be determined to spread love throughout the day. Let your partner know you love and appreciate them. Love your children. Encourage your colleagues at work. Compliment someone. Acknowledge yourself. These are just a few things. You don't have to do all of them at the same time. But you may find that doing one automatically positions you for another, and then another! Before you know it, you have untapped strength and productivity being brought to the surface, and you're getting things done. You feel good while doing it, and look forward to doing it again. You can start here if you'd like! Share something or someone you're thankful for in the comments.

Sometimes, intentionality is perceived as a quantitative trait. We must remember that impact means quality, not quantity. No matter what the internet throws at us or tries to influence our perception, we must hold to ourselves and measure our intent from God's perspective. Our impact needs weight and substance, not numbers and amounts. That's really how we make it count. It may be a page. It may be a paragraph. It may be a sentence. Just give it all you have. #coalition #support #writing

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Look at writing as a chance to build. To build anything, you have to be willing and ready to sit still and build, brick by brick....piece by piece...word by word! Thinking about anything from a big picture perspective can be overwhelming after a while. It can be encouraging to get a glance or glimpse of what's to come. But to try to dwell on the vastness of the end goal while staring at the materials that aren't yet put together, as evident progress can be counterproductive. See the end from the beginning and be encouraged. Then, be present for the materials in front of you - the pen and paper, or the empty page, so that you can move toward that end, and not just keep seeing it afar off. Your words are your bricks. Build.

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