MANY people believe that Easter Sunday is the end of Lent, but this is incorrect. So when is the date that you could indulge in your forbidden items and habits once more? I thought it's all about rebirth?
After Easter Sunday, do we go back to our normal lives that are consumed by the world? If you've been commodified by the image of the Easter chick and bunny, probably you would. I'm not saying we're taking this literally but my point is it has something to with our mentality.
It's been a year since one of the greatest achievers of our generation, Kobe Bryant a.k.a. The “Black Mamba” played his last game in the National Basketball Association.
Now before you ask how in the world does a Black Mamba relate to Easter or the ironic snake relates to faith?
Here we go:
Kobe is perhaps best known for his “Mamba mentality,” an insanely obsessive drive towards winning that will lead you to drive through all obstacles and failures in the pursuit of success. Due to this mindset, he was idolized for his relentless drive to be reborn and always get back on top -- thoroughly defining his career and accolades.
The context of Easter is very much the same. Easter is the end of the Lenten journey many have been on, after Christ's followers saw him betrayed by one of their own, falsely condemned and killed. They feared for their lives and they've hidden in the dark. In the midst of this, they found hope and learned of his resurrection. They were at the state of being spiritually reborn and repurposed as they found a new spirit to carry on their mission.
This is true not only in faith, but in work and life as well. Easter is about conquering not just abstaining from our demons. I would not choose to be reborn as a chick or a bunny. I would go for the larger, tougher and stronger mamba.
What this mentality gives you is the ability to enter the state of flow. We can produce a similar state in our daily lives no matter what we are going through. Moving on from being cheated in a past relationship, failing in licensure exams, bad breaks, turning back from drugs, losing a loved-one or anything else which literally killed you.
When you focus on something with the intensity of the “Mamba mentality,” the universe itself will conspire for you to get it. Whether it's a dream or something you need to bounce back from, you have to go hard every time. Every time.
This mindset as they say is the “Come what may, I am going to be back and achieve this.” This single-minded never-say-die again attitude will lead you to success because ultimately, concentration attracts success. If you let your goal possess you, you will find the hard work necessary for triumph comes naturally to you.
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