A mentor is someone who has the skills and knowledge you want. A person that God brings into your life when you are ready to learn. The power of a mentor comes when you are willing to submit. To follow all they ask of you, even when it is really hard, or you don't see the purpose - like in Karate Kid when Mr. Miyagi asks Daniel to to wax his cars and paint his fence.
I could only submit to the mentor, because I knew in my heart it was right. I knew she had what I wanted. I knew that gaining that principle of self-governance. The ability to live on purpose and according to my core values was going to bring me happiness, closer to God. It would make me a better mother. I knew I could take the mentor's counsel, regardless of my understanding it, and that eventually I would attain the goal.
Another principle in mentoring is the sacrifice. The mentor cannot really guide me unless I sacrifice something to compensate the mentor. In Karate Kid - Mr. Miyagi got shiny clean cars and a white fence. Daniel was willing to submit because he knew Mr. Miyagi could teach the art of defense and self-confidence he was lacking. My sacrifice was monetary, enough to be a sacrifice on our budget. The miracle of the sacrifice is that you are overly compensated for that sacrifice. Once you have fully gained your own liber (liberty through knowledge), the sacrifice becomes nothing compared to what you have gained.
A mentor may become a formal coach, that you meet with regularly, take assignments from, and report to, as mine was. Or they can also be informal, someone that you observe and listen to and follow their counsel, without them being fully aware - a friend, a book, a podcast or blog, a course, a leader. Either way the power of mentor only comes when you fully submit and sacrifice.
What does this have to do with Liber?
It is the irony that submitting my will to that of a master is the path to freedom. If I want to gain liberty in an area of my life in which I am in bondage, I must give up my own ideas and my natural whims. I must look for one who has that freedom and follow the path they have taken. They enjoy that liberty because of knowledge and skill that they have and I don't.
Of coarse, God is the perfect mentor. As I submit our will to His, we find our greatest freedom We have his words in the scriptures, from prophets, and through personal prayer and inspiration. He gave me the mentor I needed, when I was ready to submit. I was not ready to submit until the pain of my bondage was excruciating.
I have since learned that I can choose to submit to a mentor before the pain is excruciating, but I must have an emotion strong enough to motivate the change.
I could only submit to the mentor, because I knew in my heart it was right. I knew she had what I wanted. I knew that gaining that principle of self-governance. The ability to live on purpose and according to my core values was going to bring me happiness, closer to God. It would make me a better mother. I knew I could take the mentor's counsel, regardless of my understanding it, and that eventually I would attain the goal.
Another principle in mentoring is the sacrifice. The mentor cannot really guide me unless I sacrifice something to compensate the mentor. In Karate Kid - Mr. Miyagi got shiny clean cars and a white fence. Daniel was willing to submit because he knew Mr. Miyagi could teach the art of defense and self-confidence he was lacking. My sacrifice was monetary, enough to be a sacrifice on our budget. The miracle of the sacrifice is that you are overly compensated for that sacrifice. Once you have fully gained your own liber (liberty through knowledge), the sacrifice becomes nothing compared to what you have gained.
A mentor may become a formal coach, that you meet with regularly, take assignments from, and report to, as mine was. Or they can also be informal, someone that you observe and listen to and follow their counsel, without them being fully aware - a friend, a book, a podcast or blog, a course, a leader. Either way the power of mentor only comes when you fully submit and sacrifice.
What does this have to do with Liber?
It is the irony that submitting my will to that of a master is the path to freedom. If I want to gain liberty in an area of my life in which I am in bondage, I must give up my own ideas and my natural whims. I must look for one who has that freedom and follow the path they have taken. They enjoy that liberty because of knowledge and skill that they have and I don't.
Of coarse, God is the perfect mentor. As I submit our will to His, we find our greatest freedom We have his words in the scriptures, from prophets, and through personal prayer and inspiration. He gave me the mentor I needed, when I was ready to submit. I was not ready to submit until the pain of my bondage was excruciating.
I have since learned that I can choose to submit to a mentor before the pain is excruciating, but I must have an emotion strong enough to motivate the change.
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