Holding The Vision - Choosing Growth Through Hard Seasons

What does it mean to keep believing when things feel uncertain?

In this heartfelt episode, Holding The Vision - Choosing Growth Through Hard Seasons, we explore the quiet strength it takes to stay committed to your path when progress feels slow and challenges feel heavy. This is about the in-between moments—the ones where doubt creeps in, motivation fades, and giving up feels easier than pushing forward.

Through honest storytelling and reflection, we unpack the discipline of staying grounded in your vision, even when life tests you. From navigating setbacks and emotional fatigue to finding meaning in the struggle, this episode is a reminder that growth often happens beneath the surface, long before it’s visible.

If you’re in a season that’s stretching you, this conversation will meet you there—with encouragement, perspective, and the reminder that holding the vision isn’t about perfection, it’s about persistence.

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Welcome to the Wealth Within Podcast. I'm your host, Lonze, and every conversation we have here is designed to elevate your perspective and support your growth with no judgment. This is like my third time trying to record this episode. Today my baby was so fuzzy. She's at the stage now where she's realizing I'm leaving the room. So she's just been freaking out all day. But we are here. And this happened today. It has just been online for probably about a month and a half already because I am just a girl that was trying to get to the bottom of stuff. I came across this quote that said 80% of success is showing up. I don't remember who said this quote because I instantly started going on a a research rank. The question that I immediately asked myself was, What's the other 20%? And you know what? When I asked that question, I feel like God immediately started to show me in my own life what that other 20% looks like. And it was made up about five or six different elements. I I was like, at this point, my questions are prayers. And I thought it was worth sharing because this is something that I struggle with. We know that we need to show up for the things that we want in life, but on those days where you don't physically feel like showing up for yourself, how does that look? Can you still push your project forward and show some type of progression towards the success that you desire? So the other elements that I now understand is attributed to that 20% of success is one following through, actually completing the work after you show up. Two being adaptable, being able to adjust when the current circumstance isn't matching the life you imagined just yet. Three skill building, such as learning how to negotiate for yourself, build relationships, and just a whole like a whole bunch of personal skills that we don't actually learn in school. Four, being resilient, learning to embody the art of continuing. In this episode, I'm gonna share a few mindset shifts that has helped me get through adversity when showing up simply just wasn't enough. The second tier is our physical reality. You know what? We're living amongst three, we're living amongst three realities, but when you think of an idea, and when you decide or not to act on the idea, these are the tiers that I'm gonna discuss. And I would actually love to know which reality are you subscribing to every day. Are you subscribing to the vision in your mind or are you subscribing to what you see in front of you? What we have to understand, and what I really had to dig deep into, is that when you're blessed with vision, you cannot afford to keep diagnosing your entire life because of the world's tragedy or a bad situation in the moment happening in your personal life. I got in a car with my mom the other day, and as soon as I shut the door trying to get comfortable, she was like, girl, they about to start automatically drafting people to the war. I couldn't take it, okay? I don't want to hear that negativity. I looked it up, and that's not what it said. And I was like, Mom, I can't think about that right now. I have so much other things on my mind, and that would have irritated me. Because who is you finna take somebody I know? You know what I mean? That would have just blown my mind if that was true, but it wasn't true, and I'm using that as an example to say the world's tragedy, it's always gonna be something going on in the world, and then we when we get to our personal life, we really everybody really be having so much stuff going on. Your car broke down, you lost your job, you broke up with your girlfriend or boyfriend, like all that stuff be going on, and you're just trying to build a better life for yourself. And the thing about it is the vision that we have, we have to hold on to it so tight because all these things could put us in a state of anxiety, super paralyzing anxiety, could put us in a state of depression, could make us feel like all this bad stuff is happening to me. Obviously, the stuff that I really want to happen is probably not gonna happen because it just seemed like everything is going wrong, and that really sucks. But it's really imperative to the highest version of you that you see today's trials through, so that one you get the opportunity to experience God's glory on the other end of it all, and you continue to build a resume of overcoming, which is proof that you can, in fact, do the hard things that are required to reach the success you desire to have, and that looks different for everyone. In this past year, I found myself in a in the middle of a lot of those what felt like hopeless moments, and at the beginning of this year, I was as soon as the year started, it just started off crazy, okay? I was like, Alright, God, I see that you got me on the strongest soldiers list again immediately. What are we doing here? Nonetheless, though, I was on like number 45 of hard task already in the beginning of the year, and I found myself in one of those hopeless moments, and I just felt like what I don't know if there's any more that I can take at this point, and I'm definitely feeling behind on showing up for myself, and I clearly heard the Holy Spirit tell me the only way we stop here is if you stop here, and as bad as it felt like my world was crumbling, even though it seemed like I was out of options, I still had the vision in my head. And that then became confirmation that okay, you're right, this can't be it because there's still more. I see that there's still more. God tells us to be bold and courageous in the midst of what seems to be defeat, because everything we go through, it it really is proof that he's molding us to be the man or the woman that he's called us to be. At this point, I'm starting to really get into the act of looking at the brighter side of things because I know we say that and we hear it a lot, but to look at the brighter side of things is not to act like nothing is going wrong, to look at the brighter side is to say, okay, that's happening, but this obviously must be practice. I must be getting prepared for the big for the bigger thing, and I'm just deciding to look at stuff that way because when I dig so deep into oh my gosh, this going wrong, this going wrong, this going wrong, I can't do nothing about none of them, so I'm just gonna let that get in the way of me showing up for myself because I'm sad today. I don't feel like getting up today, I don't feel like participating in my life today. And girl, how many days is you gonna count yourself out? That's the real question. How many days are you gonna give yourself an excuse for not getting better in that day, even if it's 1%? And as women, we carry so much, so please don't take this message as don't get yourself caring because that's a priority. But I'm saying after self-care, and if you still not feeling it, we're just not wallowing in the sadness and the irritation and the frustration and the anger and the disgust. You know what I mean? Which leads me into point three because we always have to give ourselves grace. As I mentioned earlier, we have to contribute to the success we desire, not just show up, and we always hear about discipline and changing our habits as if these are two separate systems. But did y'all know there's actually a whole formula to changing into the person that can continue to show and do the other 20%? First, it starts with inspiration and vision, and as I mentioned before, too. I said we live in three tiers. You get your inspiration and vision from from the spirit realm, that's what I believe, and then it forms into an idea in your mind. This is something that you want to look into implementing in your life. You then start to have thoughts about how you can implement the change into your life. Along with the thoughts comes the feelings, getting joyful when you envision the benefits of the change, and then you start to implement it in your days, in your weeks. 15 minutes goes to 30 minutes a day, 30 minutes a day goes to 45 minutes a day, 45 minutes a day goes to two times a week, two times a week goes to four times a week, and so on and so forth. After that, it's clearly a habit. You have created a new habit, and now that's actually proof that you can commit yourself to lifestyle change. That's the complete cycle of change. Oftentimes we give up in the midst of disappointing results or difficult situations, or even feel like we're behind because we don't see what we want fast enough, even though we're even though we're thinking different, but we just skipped over multiple steps. I need us to stop doing that and really start practicing grace and processes for ourselves. I know your dreams are big, homegirl, but change happens over time. That doesn't mean that you can't do it. Look how far you came. That's literal proof that you're doing amazing and you just might be a pro at this. I really need you to tap in and really, really understand that we have come so far. We've all came so far. We can't give up on what we can't stop dreaming about. Take account of all the obstacles you're presented with and let them be a reminder that you're closer than you think. Actually, when you need a moment, really take some time to write down everything that you have overcame thus far. Don't just take my word for it because you're really that girl. Give yourself that proof for the next time you need it. And if this conversation gave you clarity or shifted your perspective, share it with someone who needs it and make sure you're following the wealth within podcast for more. On this journey, please remember to be gentle with yourself because you are always becoming.