Breaking the Cycle: Disrupting Harmful Influencers on the Journey of Becoming Maverick

Behavior (noun):
The way a person acts or responds to internal beliefs and external influences, often shaped by knowledge, environment, and learned patterns.

Our behaviors don’t form in isolation. They are learned, absorbed, and often inherited—sometimes unintentionally. On the journey of Becoming Maverick, growth begins when we interrupt negative behaviors and disrupt harmful influences that shape how we live, think, and raise the next generation.

Becoming Maverick: Interrupting Negative Behaviors and Disrupting Harmful Influences

Funny how life often seems kinder to children. At birth, we are fully functional—requiring only guidance, care, and healthy input to grow. Yet the truth is uncomfortable: those tasked with guiding us are often carrying wounds of their own. Broken people, doing their best, sometimes pass on broken patterns.

And this is rarely done with malice.

The words that matter most here are “unknowingly” and “unintentionally.”
No one sets out to harm their children. We love our children. We want to protect our bloodline. And yet, in trying to preserve life, we sometimes damage it—often in the very areas where we ourselves are wounded.

Ignorance Is Not Innocent

Scripture reminds us that we perish for lack of knowledge. Much of the harm we cause—both to ourselves and others—comes not from intent, but from ignorance.

Ignorance can be fatal:

• Mentally

• Emotionally

• Spiritually

If you knew a car was about to run a red light, you wouldn’t step into the intersection. But distraction—or lack of information—can cost a life. The same is true of what we consume daily. If we fully understood the long-term impact of excess sugar, toxic environments, destructive media, or careless words, many of our habits would change immediately.

What We Consume Shapes Who We Become

We often think of consumption as food alone, but that’s only part of the picture. We consume constantly through:

• What we watch

• What we listen to

• What we read

• What we believe

• What we tolerate

Every cell in the body is designed to repair itself—but only if the systems supporting it are healthy. The same is true for the mind and spirit. We are shaped, strengthened, or slowly destroyed by what we allow in.

Words can poison. Environments can infect. Influences can erode identity.

Born Into Families—and Societies

We are not only born into families; we are born into systems, cultures, and societies. Some people are raised intentionally. Others are raised by accident. Some thrive. Others survive.

Becoming Maverick means choosing intention over accident.

It means taking responsibility not only for our own healing, but for what we model, teach, and pass on to the next generation.

The Maverick Choice

On the journey of Becoming Maverick, we commit to:

• Interrupting our own negative behaviors

• Challenging inherited patterns

• Disrupting harmful influences in society

• Replacing ignorance with awareness

• Choosing growth over comfort

This is not rebellion for rebellion’s sake.
It is responsibility with courage.

Reflection & Journaling

• What negative behaviors have I inherited without questioning?

• What influences currently shape my thinking the most?

• Where might ignorance—not intention—be causing harm in my life?

• What would intentional living look like for me this season?

• What patterns do I want to disrupt for the next generation?

Final Reflection

Knowledge is not just power—it is protection.

When we seek understanding, we make better choices. When we become aware, we break cycles. And when we live intentionally, we create ripple effects that extend far beyond ourselves.

Let us become Mavericks who are self-aware, teachable, and committed to positive change—for our families, our communities, and the generations to come.

Becoming Maverick—enjoy your journey.

Shalom!

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