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Inner Peace Be Upon You
# 0743 Peace and Blessings Every Day
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What is the real purpose?
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When I started Inner Peace Be Upon You in 2010, I knew
I wanted it to be a newsletter that helped someone change
their perspective for the better or simply help them get through their
day. My initial subscribers were close friends and family
who were gracious enough to allow me the opportunity
to start this.
I slowly started to look beyond family and friends. I knew
the messages I was trying to convey in Inner Peace Be Upon You
was universal and could make a difference in anyone’s life.
As I started to do the marketing for Inner Peace Be Upon You,
I became more and more concerned with the number of
viewers and subscribers. It started to become more of a
numbers game than anything else. Soon enough I was
consumed with finding ways to get more and more
subscribers and viewers.
Granted Inner Peace Be Upon You was popular because
it was something that everyone could relate to. It came at a
moment when by the grace of God someone needed it that day
even though I had written the newsletter at least a month in advance.
But when I started to become numbers driven, I realized that my
efforts in gaining more subscribers and viewers started to disappoint.
I just wasn’t sure what was going on.
Did people all of a sudden stop reading?
Was it no longer helpful?
Were my topics redundant?
Am I no longer successful in my endeavor?
It became very personal. I started to ask these questions
and many others as I could not find the answer.
Yet, the answer was right there in my face.
My purpose changed.
I was more concerned with the numbers than I was with
the purpose of Inner Peace Be Upon You. The purpose of
Inner Peace Be Upon You is to help others: most times
in life we just need to change our perspective in the way we
view things because the best way to gain
external happiness is through internal peacefulness.
It was never about the numbers.
In fact, everyone who I spoke to initially about Inner Peace Be Upon You,
I told them that so long as one, just ONE, person was able to
benefit from the newsletter for that day, then I had fulfilled
my purpose.
In today’s environment with facebook, twitter, instagram, and many
other social media venues, we are often consumed with how many
followers we are able to get that we often forget the real purpose
of what we are hoping to accomplish.
In those moments when we forget, we have to ask ourselves:
What is the real purpose?
Inner Peace Be Upon You.
Thank you for inviting Inner Peace Be Upon You into your mailbox.
Change a life, give a friend Peace and Blessings.
See you tomorrow.
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