I Have A Wicked Lean But I Am Still Standing

2 years ago, Hurricane Irma came thru "Planet Bradley" as a direct hit.

For the first time since 1999, I evacuated to safety and spent some quality time with family and friends.

My next door neighbor did not evacuate and the next day sent me some pictures of my property and said that my HUGE royal palm tree in front of my home had a "wicked lean to it" and I had lost some screening and roofing tiles.

When I got home the following week, I took a picture of the Royal palm tree and sent it to Vickie who was staying with the twin grandsons until things got back to normal.

Vickie was anxious to see this "wicked lean" that our neighbor had talked about.

I sent her the pictures and her response was "I don't see a wicked lean, I see that it is still standing."

Now this was her honest observation but she was so profound in what she had said.

If you live long enough in this life, you are going to have a "wicked lean."

The storms of life batter us all.

We all have been betrayed, lied upon, taken advantage of, done wrong.

Some folks zone in on and never let go of their "wicked lean."

It becomes the story of their life instead of a chapter of their life.

They just cannot allow themselves to move past it.

Some of us use filters to hide the wicked lean, but truthfully, they allow their wicked lean to become the story of their life instead of a chapter.

When you look at TC Bradley, I am a man that has several "wicked leans" that you would NEVER know about, unless I shared it with you.

You see a man that inspires the Nations on TV with his speaking, you don't see the little boy who could not speak up until he was 5 years old and was made fun of every day in his early school years because he could not speak like everyone else because of a major speech defect.

You see the man talking about success and prosperity in business, you don't see the man who was dumb enough to lose his 10 million dollar company to a bad partnership,betrayed by a man he trusted as a Father figure.

You see me laughing and vibrant on TV, you don't see a man who was clinically dead and fighting for his life and committed to not being a "cardiac cripple" for the rest of his life.

Oh, I have some wicked leans and much more than these.

But here is the thing.

I REFUSE for anyone to focus in on my "wicked leans"

Those "wicked leans" are painful chapters in my life but they are NOT my story.

My story continues to be written each day.

New levels...

New achievements...

And yes, new "wicked leans"

No one gets out of this thing called life without some "wicked leans"

When you see TC Bradley, I want you to see a man who is still standing, in spite of at all.

Not just standing, but a man that is THRIVING.

Not just standing, but a man that is PROSPERING.

Not just standing, but a man that is INSPIRING the Nations.

Don't let a chapter in your life (wicked lean) become the story of your life.

You have a choice this day.

In spite of everything you have gone through in your life, all of the "wicked leans" you have in your life, you are still standing.

Others would have quit or lost their minds if they had to go through what you have had to experience and endure...but here you are, still standing.

Let THAT be your testimony and don't allow a chapter in your life to become the ENTIRE story of your life.

Choose wisely on what you see and what you allow others to see this day.

Let them see a man or woman who in spite of it all, is still standing.

Not just standing, but someone that is THRIVING.

Not just standing, but someone that is PROSPERING.

Not just standing, but someone that is INSPIRING the Nations with their story.

You have a destiny to fulfill, something God has called and equipped you to do, but you never will achieve it living out the rest of your days out of a chapter of your life.

God is calling you this day to turn the page, and start writing a new chapter.

Your God given purpose is much GREATER than your "wicked lean" or chapter.

God never intended for you to live the rest of your life out of that one chapter.

That is not why he brought you through that storm

Your "wicked lean" was only meant to be a chapter, not your life story.

It's time that you write a NEW chapter in your life and live the life you were destined to live.

Or you can hold onto that chapter and never live the life you and i both know you were destined to live.

Choose wisely grasshopper.

Your destiny depends on it.