Life is The Way It Is!
Thought for the Moment
Failure is one of God's greatest teaching tools. Be thankful even for failures, for they make you stronger and wiser.
Be Good to You
Be Yourself... truthfully.
Accept Yourself... gratefully.
Value Yourself... completely.
Treat Yourself... generously..
Balance Yourself... harmoniously.
Bless Yourself... abundantly.
Trust Yourself... confidently.
Love Yourself... wholeheartedly.
Empower Yourself... prayerfully.
Give Yourself... enthusiastically.
Express Yourself... radiantly.
Honor Yourself... purposefully.
You can change your beliefs so they empower your dreams and desires. Create a strong belief in yourself and what you want.
Everyday happiness means getting up in the morning, and you can't wait to finish your breakfast. You can't wait to do your exercises. You can't wait to get out -- and you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.
5 Simple Rules To Be Happy
Free your heart from hatred.
Free your mind from worries.
Live simply.
Give more.
Expect less.
No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means. There's a purpose to life's events, to teach you how to laugh more or not to cry too hard.
You can't make someone love you. All you can do is to be someone who can be loved.
It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than to lose the one you love because of pride.
We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or finding fault with those we already love, when instead we should be perfecting the love we give.
Never abandon an old friend. You will never find one who can take his or her place. Friendship is like wine; it gets better as it grows older.
I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work.
Responsibility
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
We never repent of having eaten too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
Take things always by their smooth handle.
When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.
Start With a Dream
When we were young, we had dreams and expectations. We imagined things, we kept thinking about what we wanted to be, what we wanted to do, what made us proud and happy, and what we would become.
Things might have changed, but they cannot take away our dreams. We still need to dream on, to visualize our desires, our wants, our vision of the future.
Colonel Sanders started his successful KFC business when he was sixty. The main thing is not age - whether being too old or too young. It is the desire to dream on, and the courage to realize the dream.
Vivid visualization, taking it to sleep, thinking constantly about it, talking about it, planning it, adding all the spices to our dreams will make us a bit closer to their realization.
Entrepreneurship starts with a dream: a simple wish for a tiny restaurant operation, a huge business of real- estate development, a modest training center, or any other self-employment or worthwhile goal.
The ability to dream on is one of the fine qualities of the human race that other species do not possess. So dream on. Make it a giant dream, a tiny one, an everlasting one, a new-found one, a hobby-related one, a change-of-life one, or a stroke-of-genius one. Just continue to dream on... Then, just go do it!
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.
Can a poor person become wealthy? Of course! The unique combination of desire, planning, effort and perseverance will always work its magic. The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula. That is the unknown variable. That is the challenge that confronts us all. We can all go from wherever we are to wherever we want to be. No dream is impossible provided we first have the courage to believe in it.
Whether it takes ten minutes, a hundred plans, or a life time, we can achieve our goals only if we take a stand and begin. Our Creator provides the talent, desire, and a limited number of chances to show up at the starting line. Today is another of those chances.
Six-Step Recipe for Success
BE PASSIONATE.
Love what you do.
THE GREATEST WEALTH IS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Enjoy their love.
EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL.
Make it the best it can be.
"NO" IS UNACCEPTABLE.
Don't stop there. Go for "yes."
CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE.
Make people feel important.
THE GREATEST FAILURE IS NOT TO TRY.
When you dream, wake up and do.
Thought for the Moment
Purposeful living is a life style allowing us to make choices that result in life-enhancing value for others as well as ourselves.
God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them.
Valuable Lessons: Past and Present
Rough times are some of life's most generous teachers. When viewed from a wide perspective, these difficult yesterdays transform into beautiful todays.
We can find magnificent blessings in exceedingly difficult times. If we observe closely, a ray of light—a very small ray at first—begins to reveal why we needed to travel rough roads.
An English proverb states, "A stumble may prevent a fall." Who would not rather stumble if it would prevent a tragic accident or a deeply sad regret?
Stumbles wake us up; they often show us that we've taken the wrong path. We see, perhaps for the first time, that if we had not stumbled, we would not be standing as straight and strong this moment.
The sun breaks through each overcast sky, and we find ourselves wiser and more resilient—able to see with a joyful spiritual vision. Then we receive one of the greatest spiritual gifts: the recognition of authentic happiness. Authentic happiness is true joy that lives within the soul. It is not a reaction to material possessions or events. It is a deep inner appreciative joy that follows us in spite of circumstances.
Emerson beautifully described authentic happiness when he wrote, "The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the heart of the child. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows."
Our life stories, with all their transitions and challenges, can be exciting page turners. We must simply move past the introduction into the heart of the plot where the drama and adventure unfold.
Allow the first chapter of your story to teach you, no matter how difficult it might have been. Let its valuable lessons inspire a future that you can envision with enthusiastic anticipation. Your story is waiting to be written, and only you can write the final copy.
The greatest human quality is that of becoming unstoppable! And you become unstoppable by refusing to quit, no matter what happens.
Climb 'Til Your Dream Comes True
Often your tasks will be many,
And more than you think you can do.
Often the road will be rugged
And the hills insurmountable, too.
But always remember, the hills ahead
Are never as steep as they seem,
And with Faith in your heart start upward
And climb 'Til you reach your dream.
For nothing in life that is worthy
Is never too hard to achieve
If you have the courage to try it
And you have the Faith to believe.
For Faith is a force that is greater
Than knowledge or power or skill
And many defeats turn to triumph
If you trust in God's wisdom and will.
For Faith is a mover of mountains.
There's nothing that God cannot do,
So start out today with Faith in your heart
And Climb 'Til Your Dream Comes True!
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Believe in Yourself
Believe in yourself
To the depth of your being
Nourish the talents
Your spirit is freeing
Know in your heart
When the going gets slow
That your faith in yourself
Will continue to grow
Don't forfeit ambition
When others may doubt
It's your life to live
You must live it throughout
Learn from your errors
Don't dwell in the past
Never withdraw
From a world that is vast
Believe in yourself
Find the best that is you
Let your spirit prevail
Steer a course that is true
Believe in yourself
To the depth of your being
Nourish the talents
Your spirit is freeing
Know in your heart
When the going gets slow
That your faith in yourself
Will continue to grow
Don't forfeit ambition
When others may doubt
It's your life to live
You must live it throughout
Learn from your errors
Don't dwell in the past
Never withdraw
Hold your dreams fast
Thought for the Moment
Failure is one of God's greatest teaching tools. Be thankful even for failures, for they make you stronger and wiser.
Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently try again.
Try, Try Again
"Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try again;
If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again;
Then your courage should appear,
For if you will persevere,
You will conquer, never fear,
Try, try again.
Once or twice through you should fail,
Try try again;
If you would at last prevail,
Try, try again;
If we strive, 'tis no disgrace
Though we do not win the race;
What should you do in the case?
Try, try again.
Time will bring you your reward,
Try, try again.
All that other folks can do,
Why, with patience, should not you?
Only keep this rule in view;
Try, try again.
Thought for the Moment
Step out, do what you were afraid to do, and you will see your fear as a test to make you wiser and more resilient to life's challenges
5 Tips to Improve Your Wealth Attitude
Darren Hardy February 22, 2008 Categories: Wealth /Money Making Ideas, Wealth, Wealth /Wealth What's New
Write down all that you are grateful for in your life right now—read it every day.
Make a decision that you will be wealthy. Affirm that decision every day by taking action in that direction.
Surround yourself with the people who are where you want to be financially
Read and listen to material (like this magazine!) that will support your new outlook and attitude about what’s possible.
Teach others the attitudes of wealth. Once you teach it, you will learn it.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
A Deliberate Life...
Every moment is priceless, and each one belongs to us
to use as we choose.
Although we cannot achieve everything we want in one
day, there is enough time today to begin with what we
have. Today, we can make a commitment to paint our
personal life masterpieces--one brush stroke at a
time.
We were meant to enjoy life, to live completely, and to
experience all the exciting gifts that God has offered
to us. In each moment, we move toward or away from any
goal through our choices and actions. To live
deliberately, we must get out of auto-pilot mode and
become conscious of our choices.
When we live consciously, we live deliberately. We use
our minds as the magnificent tools that God designed;
we make up our minds to act in constructive and loving
ways.
In auto-pilot, or ego mode, the mind is no longer our
tool--the mind uses us instead of us using it. It
"makes us up", manipulating us to react in hurtful
ways to situations and events that are different from
what we imagined as ideal. Observe the mind doing this,
and it stops; the auto-pilot mind does not like our
conscious presence to spy on it.
Inside most people, there are treasures and talents
that they have not discovered. When we rush through the
day without observing our thoughts with the eyes of the
heart, we will overlook those treasures.
As Alan Cohen insightfully points out in the article
below, no one else can live our lives for us. The self-
awareness that only human beings have, is within us.
Each person has the sole responsibility to live in ways
that foster soul growth, fulfillment, and joy.
Each one of us will have a unique idea of what living
deliberately means. For me, it involves these five
actions:
1. Choose what is essential: my purpose, joy, and
legacy.
2. Express gratitude for experiencing the essential.
3. Clean away what is not essential.
4. Take corrective actions when needed.
5. Continue to see what is essential, and purposely
repeat these actions each day.
Consider this question: What does living
deliberately mean to you?
By using our minds and our time on purpose, expressing
gratitude for all we have, and sharing some of our time
with those we care about, we can experience the joy of
a deliberate life.
to use as we choose.
Although we cannot achieve everything we want in one
day, there is enough time today to begin with what we
have. Today, we can make a commitment to paint our
personal life masterpieces--one brush stroke at a
time.
We were meant to enjoy life, to live completely, and to
experience all the exciting gifts that God has offered
to us. In each moment, we move toward or away from any
goal through our choices and actions. To live
deliberately, we must get out of auto-pilot mode and
become conscious of our choices.
When we live consciously, we live deliberately. We use
our minds as the magnificent tools that God designed;
we make up our minds to act in constructive and loving
ways.
In auto-pilot, or ego mode, the mind is no longer our
tool--the mind uses us instead of us using it. It
"makes us up", manipulating us to react in hurtful
ways to situations and events that are different from
what we imagined as ideal. Observe the mind doing this,
and it stops; the auto-pilot mind does not like our
conscious presence to spy on it.
Inside most people, there are treasures and talents
that they have not discovered. When we rush through the
day without observing our thoughts with the eyes of the
heart, we will overlook those treasures.
As Alan Cohen insightfully points out in the article
below, no one else can live our lives for us. The self-
awareness that only human beings have, is within us.
Each person has the sole responsibility to live in ways
that foster soul growth, fulfillment, and joy.
Each one of us will have a unique idea of what living
deliberately means. For me, it involves these five
actions:
1. Choose what is essential: my purpose, joy, and
legacy.
2. Express gratitude for experiencing the essential.
3. Clean away what is not essential.
4. Take corrective actions when needed.
5. Continue to see what is essential, and purposely
repeat these actions each day.
Consider this question: What does living
deliberately mean to you?
By using our minds and our time on purpose, expressing
gratitude for all we have, and sharing some of our time
with those we care about, we can experience the joy of
a deliberate life.
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