Danny Brown

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Life Through a Dram Episode 5: Belief is Half of All Healing

There are many beliefs in the world – religious, spiritual and more. But what if we believed in the one thing that we can all agree on – the belief in humanity?

This is a topic that’s near and dear to me, as I talked about a bit in my last post on here. In the latest episode of Life Through a Dram, I dive into this a little bit deeper.

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There Is Good in the World ? You Just Need to See It

Sometimes it?s tough either going online and looking at your social feeds, or watching the news on TV, or picking up a newspaper.

Wars. Hate. Bigotry. Violence. Divisiveness. Fear. Anger.

There?s a lot of negativity, and a lot of people stoking the flames of that negativity.

So rampant is it, you?d be forgiven for thinking there are no more good people in the world. Or, fewer than there was when you were younger.

But you?d be wrong.

There is good. There is love. There is caring. There is all this and more ? we just have to find it.

Then share it.

Then live it.

Do that, and we counter the hate and the fear with love and compassion.

That?s the world that?s truly out there. We just have to help it reach more eyes (click to expand images).

To the good people.

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Belief, Ego, and Remarkability

Everyone has greatness in them. The challenge is how we express it. We can push ourselves to rise to the challenge, or we can?encourage others to greatness.

By doing this, we can encourage ourselves at the same time.

Everyone also has an ego.

Some are kept in check ? some are left to rage uncontrollably. Some have a happy medium in-between.

Are our ego?s stopping us from being remarkable?

Often we don?t like to admit we don?t know something. We want people to think we?re invincible, that their trust in us is warranted.

That we are the fountain of knowledge to their stream of questions.

But we?re not. None of us.

But that?s not a bad thing.

We are who we are because we learned what we know.

How did we learn that? From those that knew and wanted to share.

Not keep it to themselves as leverage over everyone else. Not use it as a power base over less-informed people. Not use it to stroke their own ego.

Ego?s are natural. We?re human beings ? we like to feel we?re important in some way or another. And we are ? each and every one of us.

We all?do great things every day. Does that mean we?re better than others that do ?lesser? things?

Can you define lesser? Is there such a thing when it comes to offering hope through belief?

I don?t think so and I know I?m not the only one.

Love and understanding

Look around you. There are people that could have huge ego?s if they wanted to.

People that?continuously encourage others to challenge themselves to be better.

People that are selfless in their determination to?make life better for those that need it the most.

People that have taken an idea and ran with it to?make it their own.

These are the people that could have ego?s but don?t.

So what ego?s are stopping us from growing? What ones are putting us in a pen and keeping the gate locked? You might recognize some.

  • Business leaders. Your employees are your currency. Offer them a voice for their ideas, not a muzzle.
  • Educators. Your students are the leaders of tomorrow in the brains of today. Don?t silence their probing ? encourage it.
  • Business consultants. Your clients are counting on you. If you don?t know something (which sometimes you won?t), admit it. Agree to find the answer together and make something truly great.

We all know people who offer belief. People who offer hope.

We also know (often in equal measure) people who crush that belief simply through distorted ego.

Sometimes it?s deliberate; sometimes it?s not. Either one is just as powerful as the other.

Belief is hope. Ego is the wall that can block that hope.

How you scale the wall is up to you.

I Want to Live in a World?

Where ?fake news? isn?t a defense mechanism.

Where families aren?t torn apart in broad daylight as a statement of power.

Where acceptance isn?t based on religion, colour, gender or sexuality.

Where fear isn?t a tactic used by men in power to prey on the weak.

Where lies are not the new truth.

Where women aren?t silenced on the democractic floor for daring to call out bad people.

Where children aren?t afraid to go to school because their parents may not be there when they get home.

Where our elected officials put people before power, rights before riches.

Where discussing world events, as opposed to petty trash-talking, is the Presidential norm.

Where a stranger is not someone to fear, but a friend yet to know.

It?s not too much to ask for. Is it?