The Little Devil on Your Shoulder

Where there is good... there is always bad!  Where there is inspiration from the little angel on your shoulder you will find deceit from the little devil on the other shoulder.

You cannot have one without the other.

It is the angel that will guide you to reach your full potential, while the devil wants you to stay fearful and in your comfort zone.  It is not always easy to differentiate the two, because it is not easy to get out of your comfort zone!  It easy to mistake what is easy to be what is right.  It takes time and study to really understand which voice is what.  Quite honestly you will make mistakes, but it is how you learn from those mistakes that will really get you to the real inspirations.  To the stuff you are not currently ready to hear, or cannot hear because you are not listening.

In the beginning, when I was learning for myself which shoulder had the angel and which had the devil on it, I though I was fighting against myself.  That I was the one holding myself back, and quite often I thought I was making choices between two good things.  Even though it is myself standing in my own way, it is the little devil that is deceiving me to think that being "comfortable" was a good thing.  That it was good for me to stay where I was in life, nothing needed to change... I did not need to change.

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot have both.
- Brené Brown

I have been comfortable for far too long.

How dare I let the devil continue to manipulate my own thoughts against me, and to keep me from my full potential.  It is time to be courageous and allow God to use me as an instrument for inspiring others.  My hope is that I may have inspired you to find your courage and ignore the little devil on your shoulder.