It's all about guts

I often wondered why the lion is the king of the jungle when it's  obviously not the strongest and wisest animal in the wild. Then I heard Dr. Bill Winston say in one of his sermons that the lion is the king of the jungle because it has more guts; it thinks it's the strongest animal and prances about with that attitude and conviction, injecting earth-shattering fierceness into its roars to keep others aware of who the boss is.

God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and a sound mind

It makes sense. What makes even more sense is what we could achieve if we invoked our God-given guts; that inherent courage and drive that Bernard Shaw meant when he said that it's in the hour of need that a man finds his true profession. 

Consider how many men are living loveless and colourless lives because they cannot muster the guts to step up and tell the girl they love how they feel about them. Think about the number of intelligent men and women who are stuck in boring, poorly-paying jobs because they are afraid to step out and implement that idea they have been talking about for ages. 

Constantine 'Cus' D'Amato, that's the man who discovered and mentored Mike Tyson, once told his young progeny that a coward and a hero are the same inside; they both are scared of dying and getting hurt. But "It's what the hero does that makes him a hero and what the other guy doesn't do that makes him a coward." Plainly, he meant that a hero acts but a coward wishes on and never makes the definitive move that could change and transform his life. 

If you have a dream that has been reverberating in your heart, it's time to let it out; time to act. We all come out of our mothers' wombs naked and screaming, so let no body tell you you cannot make it. You're not a cockroach; there's a lion in each one of us, and when you let out that roar from the core of the heart there is nothing that can stop you from standing out.