Not Everyone Will Understand Your Commitment—and That’s Okay

Not everyone will understand your commitment. Some will tell you to relax, live a little, and stop taking it so seriously.

They’ll mock your discipline, question your sacrifices, and doubt your dreams. And that’s okay.

Because one day, when they finally ask how you did it and see what those late nights, early mornings, and quiet sacrifices built, you’ll realize you didn’t lose anything.

"Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'"

—1 Corinthians 15:33

It’s not that they’re bad people. They just don’t have the same standards for their lives as you do. You’re striving for more, so you can’t be surrounded by people who’ve made peace with mediocrity.

This doesn’t mean you stop trying to inspire or lift others up. But if someone refuses to change the very habits that are holding them back, you can’t let them hold you back, too.

"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm."

—Proverbs 13:20

God and your family need you at your best.

Being your best means making good choices, starting with who you allow into your inner circle.

Some of those people you’re stepping away from have been pulling you down for far too long. You’ve tried. You’ve hoped. But they’ve chosen to stay the same.

"Can two walk together unless they are agreed?"

—Amos 3:3

Many people fail to rise not because they lack the ability but because they won’t break free from the people keeping them small.

This is one of the greatest lessons I learned. It changed everything.

Our mothers were right. We become like the company we keep.

"Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers."

—Psalm 1:1

Choose wisely.