To win is to be victorious. And everyone loves a winner, right?
Yet, if you are reading this in a safe, comfortable environment, you have food to eat, you are healthy and you have people who care about you, you have won. So many people live in poverty, they may not know when they will eat their next meal and they might be alone.
Keep your perspective clear. What you already have is what some people are hoping and praying for…
To be intentional means to be purposeful. You do what you do on purpose.
All of us are intentional in some ways. I’m intentional about going to work today, getting some exercise and doing some writing. God willing, those things will happen. If my plans go awry, I won’t panic. I will adapt.
The most intentional person who ever lived was Jesus Christ. He knew who he was, and he knew why he was here. Jesus had things to distract him. He had people trying to kill him. He never wavered. Jesus just kept going until his purpose was fulfilled.
Be intentional with your time. Otherwise you’ll simply drift through life, accepting whatever comes your way. Get laser-focused and stay that way…
2024 has arrived! It’s my wish that you enter the new year with a renewed sense of optimism and hope. No matter what you may be facing in life, your best days lie ahead of you.
Have faith…
Some people love to compare, don’t they? Yet comparison robs us of so much good. Let’s look a little closer at this.
Contentment goes away when we compare, and gratitude goes along for the ride. The truth is, we have so much to be grateful for. If you have a few dollars in your pocket you are better off than over 99% of the world. If you are alive and reading this, you have eyesight and a working mind. Equipped with assets like those you can conquer anything. You just need to use them, put them to work.
You can get everything you want in this life. Stop comparing yourself to others and get going. You don’t know how far you can go, but just know that you can accomplish your greatest dreams if you’re willing to put in the work…
Giving up is never an option. Resilience is built during the hard times, not when things are going well. When we find our inner strength we grow.
There are some people who have given up on fulfilling their purpose, their dreams for their life. Life isn’t easy, and the world will do everything it can to tear you down.
If you are one of the ones who gave up on a fulfilling life, I encourage you to pick yourself up and start living. You can do it.
When life gets tough, be tougher…
Most people are striving for success. Money, position and influence are the measuring sticks we use to determine how successful someone might be. But there’s so much more to success than just our possessions.
Making a significant impact on others is the truest way to measure success. People don’t care how much money you have if you make them feel seen and heard.
Success affords you the opportunity to be significant. You gain significance through serving others…
We all know people who have accomplished much in their lives. They have long, impressive resumes. But there is more to us than our accomplishments.
The heart of mankind tells all. What is our motivation? Are we selfish or selfless? Service to others shows true leadership. To effectively lead others, we must be willing to serve without calling attention to ourselves. God knows what we have done. He keeps an accurate accounting so we don’t have to.
Lead well…
We are nine days away from Christmas. Do you feel the Christmas spirit?
In today’s culture, many have replaced Merry Christmas with Happy Holidays. I’m fine with either greeting. After all, it’s just a greeting. No one is trying to force their religion on you by saying Merry Christmas.
The commercialization of Christmas has been going on as long as I have been alive and aware. Yet we long for simpler times.
Whatever you celebrate, keep the Spirit of Christmas alive in your heart because that’s where it lives…
Here’s a little perspective from Linus Van Pelt:
My older siblings were Straight A students all through school. Not me. I was an A, B, C and D student. Report card day was always a stressful day for me. My teachers and my parents labeled me as dumb. I wasn’t dumb. I was bored.
There are people who were labeled who accepted the label whether it was true or not. They have succumbed to external opinions rather than listening to their own inner voice. This keeps people from living fully. The judgments of others don’t matter. There is one judge and his name is God. He is the only one who gets to define who you are.
If you struggle to overcome being labeled, my encouragement to you is to find your confidence in yourself. Remember who created you. It wasn’t those who labeled you or want to continue to keep you boxed in. God made you, and that’s good enough for me…
Timing is everything. There’s a right time to speak and a right time to listen. There’s a time to take the lead while there’s also a time to step back and watch things develop.
Your time is now. Unwrap the dreams of your heart and act on them. You won’t have everything figured out beforehand so don’t concern yourself with every little detail. Just act.
There has never been a better time than now…
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