Forward and Onward

In writing on Audacious Promise, I shared that Epictetus said "First tell yourself what kind of person you want to be, then do what you have to do." I humbly recommend the read and reflect on that article. I am certainly taking it to heart and mind myself. And then, I remembered these words.

I am indeed reminded of the words of Baha’u’llah above. I believe and contend that they speak to Courage, Assertiveness, Steadfastness and Endurance.

And that said, I am finding real relevance today for my own execution of that Audacious Promise of mine made. I actually made the Promise to be:

• a 100 kilo, lean, strong and healthy Stoic Baha'i ... doing the work and Service that fiercely calls to my Soul ... and being the Boy inside the Man who fiercely Honors and Loves those who matter most to me.

After that post on Audacious Promise, I upped my workouts in a responsible but challenging way. I am now down 26 pounds on my Health Journey, with more to make happen. Health is one of my 4 core focuses. I have made decisions around Faith and Service (and Love) too.

Forward on Faith and Service

In The Epic Engage Forward, I noted on plans for The LECturn, Aim High and A PEACE of WORK. However, The LECturn continues to be tweaked to better align with my own best sense of Purpose forward.

• The LECturn will be an ongoing production and collection of random but purposeful blogs exploring Character, Purpose and Unity as forces for constructive change, serving Leaducators, Emergents, and Communitrepreneurs looking to build a better world and future. It will have an ever sharpened focus on my studies into Stoicism, my longstanding work with The Virtues Project, and my continuing dive into the practice of Character. Each blog will explore an idea around Character... of value on the ground, real world and real time.

• Aim High is a monthly newsletter (with special editions, this one included) that both collects and repurposes content from The LECturn... and offers up new content in support of same. It will serve as a bit of a monthly repository of content, augmented with added material of value. With that in mind and heart, of late, Aim High has offered:
• It Ain't a Secret
• Love, Gratitude and Intent
• Humans Together Strong
• Motive Eight
• and Reflect and Project.

• A PEACE of WORK is monthly newsletter of TUGtv for those Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Educators building a better world and future. Here we offer links to our multiple TUGtv shows plus new content as well. And again, of late, we have offered:
• Meet, Greet and Seize the Day
• the afore noted Epic Engage Forward
• Audacious Health and Wealth
• Studentry and Mastery
• and A PEACE of WORK January 2024.

That Audacious Promise

• That 100 kilo, lean, strong and healthy Stoic Baha'i ... working on it. 26 pounds leaner and counting. Doing the work and Service that fiercely calls to my Soul ... working on it too, and the above is a big part of same. Being the Boy inside the Man who fiercely Honors and Loves those who matter most to me. Indeed and in deed.

This is only and all to say that "When the swords flash, go forward! When the shafts fly, press onward!" speaks to Courage, Assertiveness, Steadfastness and Endurance... and it is not lost on me that when focusing on these four, they beautifully spell CASE. And, it is not lost on me that when we explore our Purpose and Focus and Audacious Promise, we best state and lay out our CASE.

Seneca Said

• “Let us therefore set out whole-heartedly, leaving aside our many distractions and exert ourselves in this single purpose, before we realize too late the swift and unstoppable flight of time and are left behind. As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees.” — SENECA

With that considered, when those swords flash and those shafts fly, let us move forward and onward towards our best intention, inspired and devoted... with patient Zeal...

Peace, Justice and Unity...

Barry Lewis Green, aka The Unity Guy with Epic Engage

• Rehumanizing how people serve, study, work and play together. I am an Educator, Speaker, Coach, Author and Creator helping Educators, Entrepreneurs and Emerging Leaders lead for a better world with Character, Purpose and Unity. That is my work for a deeper, cooler Leadership. In so doing, I bring my work as Master Facilitator with the Virtues Project? ... my experience as a Certified Facilitator with Personality Dimension? ... and my Service as a Facilitator with the Ruhi Institute and as Practitioner of the work of What Color is Your Parachute? since 1982.

I invite you to check out Character and The Epic Engage and TUGtv Forward