Growing up I would often experience my Dad picking up coins on the ground. He would say 99 more until I have my dollar, or I'm not too good to pick up the penny. My Dad understood that great things happened in small increments; that you did not have to start big to get big.

The intent of setting your mind to something and pursuing it one moment, one decision, one step at a time is extremely powerful.

That's my hope for you as we get ready to close this year and start a GREAT one small decision at a time.

This coming year let's resolve to Pick up the Penny and move towards progress one step at a time.

Any process of upgrading and optimizing must first starts with an assessment and acknowledgement of what isn't working or serving us, but that assessment is only half the battle, if you empty a space whether it's your mind, your house or your heart of things no longer serving you you've done a a good job but you have not finished the work.

You don't till the ground without a plan to sow new seeds. On today's episode we speak on the danger of emptiness. It's important that when we leave, block, eliminate things in areas of our lives, that we also have a plan for the proper infilling so that we can experience growth, fruit and full wholeness.

There is a danger of ridding ourselves of the wrong things and not replacing it with the right thing; when something is empty there is space and opportunity for ANYTHING to fill it.

Let's dive in and talk about the infilling to the emptying that leads to true wholeness.

One of my favorite R&B songs is Fantasia's Lose to Win. I would blast this song without truly understanding the depth of the message. She says in one of the verses: If it makes you cry; cry cuz you do is fight, can't get no sleep at night, sometimes you gotta lose to win again. I truly believe this as a principle, and we see it modeled in scriptures, we see it in nature, we see in agriculture. The extent to which you can see things grow is coupled with your willingness to let things go at the right time.

This is our conversation in Episode 5. The challenge to think about what do we need to let go, so that we can let the right things grow; in our relationships, our mindset, our finances, in life.

I hope this encourages you to Let it Grow; but first you have to let it go!