Be Kinesin
Agreement requires action.
This has to be my favorite principle to live out this year.
Not only does action display and thereby support what you agree with, but also, action is the Kinesin our lives need to obtain what we agree with.
Are you familiar with Kinesin?
Kinesin is a motor protein. It transports sub-cellular components from where they live to where they can execute their cellular duties.
This action makes Kinesin necessary for life. Cells would be inactive, literally dead in the water without the sub-cellular transportation provided by Kinesin. You and I would not exist without it.
Action takes our agreement and transports it to where it can be executed.
Action is necessary to embody our intention.
Without action our agreeable intention sits in silent stasis.
And time stops for no one, not even the best of intentions. Without action that aligns with your agreement, time will drive an ever-increasing chasm between you and your dreams.
Don’t sacrifice your dreams on the altar of fear, or doubt, or “someday…”
Intention is only recognizable through action.
Words communicate hypocrisy when behavior does not align.
Actions always make the strongest impression. You cannot see how I feel about a situation, but you can see how I respond (or if I respond).
Action defines what you are in agreement with.
Taking action steps with my agreement has dramatically altered my life.
For the first time in entirely too long, this year I determined to do the thing, and I validated that decision with action.
I’ve been working on the Zo’s Quest series since our son was stretching out my rib cage from inside my womb. He turned 7 this year. And I turned 40! I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember, and here I was 40 years old, and all I had to show for it was a manuscript I had only allowed a very few view.
2022 started with an explosion that shattered our family, and it was a very arduous, exhausting process to sift through all the pieces and figure us out again. Every month felt like a decade. Then December decided to wrap it up with a tattered bow that left my professional life dangling somewhere between confused devastation, and an elusive and frayed thread of hope.
I ended last year on my knees, my face in the floor,
daily, reminding God about my faithfulness through all the ugly life had thrown at me, that He vindicated me and kept me righteous through it all…
> And do you know what He did?
Rather than taking offense at my audacity and my first-world expectations, He reminded me of my unreached dreams and delayed promises. He reminded me that as a child of God, I have the right to tap into His Kingdom…
>> And you know what He did, then?
He showed me how I was standing in my own way because I wasn’t taking action.
My inaction was in alignment with fear and doubt and the “someday…” business of life. I wasn’t holding myself accountable to pursue the very desires He placed in my heart.
He told me He’s been waiting for me to join him at those pivotal intersections to pursue those dreams.
>>> And do you know how I responded?
I came into agreement with that truth by getting up and doing something about it.
I gave myself a deadline: Zo’s Quest —Book One— would be published before I turned 41.
I researched how to write query letters and book proposals, and which agents I should consider, and what publishing houses would be best. (Action, anxious action, nervous action.) And then I typed out query letters with sweaty palms, and created a book proposal while my heart thumped in my throat, and — fear of all fears! — I clicked “Send”. 🤮
And while I waited, I researched what self-publishing would look like. I learned the backend of Amazon’s self-publishing platform.
I edited, and edited, and edited again. I gave myself permission to re-envision what I wanted my cover to be and why, and I honored myself with the privilege of doing that, too.
I never heard back from an agent, but I was really enjoying the process of self-publishing, and I decided I wasn’t willing to wait for some expert (who didn’t know me, who I didn’t know) to validate my dream with their stamp of approval.
I freed myself by giving me the authority to say it’s good enough.
Action. Action. Action. Action.
And every step forward was a living display of my agreement with God.
Every action drew me closer to Him. I have felt His approval more through this short process of pursing the unique path He made for me, than I ever had throughout 40 years of trying to fit the mold that I thought I should be.
The few months that have so far made up 2023 have been the most life-giving of my existence, because my actions have accompanied my agreement.
Dear friends, I want you to know this life!
It’s not without its doubts and fears and struggles, but it is the most free, the most honoring, the most secure, the most rewarding I have ever experienced.
Agreement requires action because your action (or inaction) reveals the truth about what you agree with.
(And how about this for a shameless plug: Zo’s Quest —Book One— hit #1 new release on Amazon!)
I hope you decide to pursue actions in agreement with the dreams God has given you.
You are worth it.
And your world needs what you have to offer. God actually created you for it.
Act on your agreement. Pursue your unique path. Be Kinesin.
(Otherwise, you’re living dead.)