LET Go and LET GOD.

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Now I know what you are thinking. Is Derrick turning his blog into a gospel blog, is this going to be something preachy, relax your mind. I will leave the preaching up to your priest, pastors, preachers or ministers for Sunday, but whether you believe or not in God, Jah, Jehovah, or what some call the sources if you are a business person then you must have some kind of faith, because if you didn’t then you wouldn’t have much success. If this is the case then you are reading the right thing. If you are a person who is spiritual then you believe that you are connected to something larger then yourself, and this light or force is what you choose to guide you through life. If this is true then there is no greater time then now when we as humans need that guidance.

As you turn on your televisions read your daily newspaper are you feeling like the future is very uncertain? If walking into the 21st century feels like stepping out on some thin ice by accident because the sign reading warning thin ice was hidden behind some bushes, you are not alone. What is going to get you back to land, or better yet solid ground, sometimes I feel if I didn’t have my faith I would loses my mind. A good example of what I’m talking about is I was watching this heath program on Sunday on bottle water and how some scientist did a study on some bottle water in which they found harmful contaminates, and of course they didn’t mention which bottle waters brands they tested. This annoyed me because not that long ago there was reports on how harmful contaminates were found in tap water. This was the reason why bottle water became so popular. I love bottled water by the way if you couldn’t tell. My point is that a person who likes to keep themselves well informed about the things that are going on in the world may feel like you can’t win. You try your best to live your life right you say your prays, you take your vitamins, pay your tax and still some how you going to come up short. When I get to this point is when I repeat to myself the words Let Go and Let God, what will be will be. This reminds me that I can only do what I can do and to let God do the rest, and no matter how smart or strong I think I am, or how many precautions I take in life or in business there will always be the unforeseen, this where my faith enters into the picture.

When we talking about unforeseen some might say the economy comes to their mind. Other might say that there where signs every where. For those of us who felt like we did what we were supposed to do this statement doesn’t gives us much comfort. I was watching 60 minutes a couple of weeks ago, and they had an interview with the chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke. He spoke about how there were signs the economy was improving, and how he felt that things were moving in the right direction the usual rhetoric we hear on a daily bases. The interview became really interesting to me when the interview move from the federal reserve to the chairman’s home town where the business there were failing left and right, and the chairman’s child hood home was one of the many houses in that town in foreclosure, talk about a reality check. Marvin said it best when he said it makes me want to holler.

Ossie Davis the great actor once said that faith and fear can not occupy the same space. If you are an entrepreneur, business person, or a child of spirituality then you understand this statement well. John Hope Bryant founder of Operation Hope in his Silver Right Series pamphlet on Racism said, ” One can not say let go and let God and then grab the steering wheel halfway through a turn in life because you have decided to help God drive”. So keep your eyes on your goals, keep your ears open for good information and opportunity, keep your feet moving forward, and above all let faith be your guide.

Derrick Guest: CEO & Founder
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