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No One’s Coming

You’ve probably felt it already.


In the quiet, when the panic fades and the noise shuts off...you’re left with a truth that most men try not to say aloud:


No one is coming to fix this.


Not your father.

Not your pastor.

Not your mentor, your boss, your brother.

Not the government.

Not the world.


You’re standing in the middle of a battlefield...and you finally see what it is.

You thought help would arrive.

That someone would show up with the plan, the answer, the strength you haven’t found yet.


But the silence keeps going.

And the door doesn’t open.


Good.


Now you can begin.


The belief that someone else should come...that the world owes you explanation, repair, fairness, comfort...is part of what’s keeping you stuck.

Men waste years waiting for something to shift out there before taking a step in here.


They wait for life to become less painful before becoming stronger.

They wait for permission to walk before deciding to move.

They wait for rescue.


And call it faith.


But this is the moment where the path divides:


Either you keep waiting.

Or you stand up without being asked.


This isn’t a call to become bitter.

It’s not cynicism.

It's not about denying cooperation.

It’s reality...and it can free you.


Once you stop looking for the rescue party, you can finally take the time to see where you stand, trust the ground beneath you, understand your own ability.


It’s yours.

Your body.

Your decisions.

Your next move.


You have been given the authority to act.

Now act.


Some men won’t.

They’ll keep blaming

.They’ll build entire philosophies around their passivity.

They’ll drown in comfort and call it peace.


Don’t be one of them.


Don’t wait to be led.

Become the man who moves first.


Even when the help never comes...

Especially when it doesn’t.


Because the moment you stop expecting rescue is the moment you start becoming something solid.


No one’s coming.


Good.


Now walk.

 
 

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