Flavor Lock Lid
Do you have a flavor lock lid keeping all your potential inside?
We hosted our first slumber party as my oldest daughter turned seven recently. Watching all the little girls run around our house squealing, giggling and playing made my heart both soar and ache at the same time. I feel so fortunate to be able to fulfill my life’s purpose of serving the world through helping others and still be there for my family whenever they need me too. I am truly blessed! But what made me sad, is as I looked at those children I wondered where in our lifetimes we’ve stopped being a free spirit? What is it that makes us lock away who we really are and hold back on fulfilling our true potential?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So then I was watching late night TV the other night and wondering what I should write my next article about. Looking for inspiration, I asked my husband if he had any ideas. It just so happened, at that moment, there was a commercial for a coffee that had a flavor lock lid to keep all the freshness in. So my loving husband, being the helper he is, said, “Why don’t you write about that?” And since my daughter and her little friends had sparked my thoughts already, I decided to take that challenge, so, here we go…

I want to begin by poising a few questions to you:

• Are you holding all you potential in?
• Do you think that maybe you’ve decided to lock in all you have to offer the world?
• Are you afraid to open up and let the world know who you truly are?
• Are you ready to unlock it and rediscover the potential you have hidden inside?

Unlike the coffee, where having a flavor lock lid is a benefit, locking in your true potential and not allowing who you really are to come out is not only detrimental to you, but it is not serving the world in the best way possible either. The flavor lock lid may hold in all the greatness, but the greatness can’t be enjoyed or benefit others until it is let out, until it gets into some hot water and is allowed to release it’s full potential and be what it was intended to be. The same goes for you, if you keep all your greatness in, you will not realize your full potential nor will you be able to share it with the rest of the world. It is only when you let it out, take a few risks, get into some hot water, that you are able to reach your greatness and truly enjoy life.

My challenge for you; snap off the lid that keeps your true authentic self locked up inside and fill up your cup with the real greatness that you possess. When you do that, your cup will literally overflow with opportunities and blessings. And continue to flow out to everyone you touch. Here’s to unlocking your potential and filling your cup!