The DNA Update for United Methodists with Dr. Don Nations, Mid-March 2014

The DNA Update for United Methodists with Dr. Don Nations, Mid-March 2014
In This Issue: 
• You Have to Show Up!
• Are you Aligned?
You Have to Show Up!
One of our sons got married twelve days ago. The bride was beautiful, the location was picturesque, the weather was great, the food was good and it was nice to see friends and family.  And something happened at the wedding which underscored an important concept.
The groom and groomsmen were changing into their tuxes when an interesting discovery was made – the groom’s tux was hanging in a closet . . . 90 minutes away . . . and the wedding was starting in 90 minutes!  Frantic phone calls were made and someone picked up the tux and started driving to the wedding.  I am glad I did not see the speedometer in the car but the tux arrived three minutes before the wedding was scheduled to start.  The groom made a quick change and we started on time. The rest of the wedding was relatively uneventful . . . other than the groomsmen dancing down the aisle and the one who did a cartwheel!
The reality is that the wedding could have gone on without the tux.  We were not there to celebrate the tux but, instead, the love of two people who were publicly entering into a journey together.  The groom could have come down the aisle in jeans and no shoes, the bride could have been in her PJs and everyone else could have been in swim suits and the wedding could still have happen.  The most important thing the bride and groom had to do on their wedding day was to show up. Everything after that was just decoration.
Often it is like that in our lives.  The most important thing we can do is to show up.  Is it time to serve – show up.  Is it time to give – show up.  Is it time to forgive – show up.  Is it time to apologize – show up.  Is it time to lead – show up.  Is it time make a change – show up.  We often worry about the decorations and neglect doing the hard work of showing up.  To what do you need to show up?
Are You Aligned?
Individuals and organizations often set lofty goals and make big statements about where they want to be in the future.  The problem is that their actions often are not able to get them where they say they want to go.  Their words and actions are not aligned.
You can only go where your actions take you. Wishing and hoping do not bring about significant change.  Only actions have the power to do this.
Consider the person who says they want a stronger marriage but then hangs out with friends four nights per week and never asks their spouse about their day.  They can say they want a better marriage but their actions are not going to make it happen.
Or consider the struggling organization that says it wants to grow but then continues to do the very things which brought it decline.  If it does not begin to act in significantly different ways it will continue its downward spiral towards death.
Are your words and actions aligned?  If not, today is the day to do something about it. Let us help you find change and growth where you have been experiencing resistance and decline – don@dnacoaching.com. 
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