Many people nowadays living in a miserable life, most
of them have no knowledge and have no idea on how to rebuild their broken
dreams, lost hopes, and miserable lives.
Majority of this kind or group of people has no concept on how to stretch
their God-given talents and skills because of tragedy that happens in their
lives.
How about you? Do you want to stay forever as a garbage, junk, unproductive,
and defeated individual? Remember my dear readers, life is so short, why not
encourage yourself to stand once again and prove to yourself and to those
people around you that You Can If You Think You Can!
Dear readers, you have a lot of chances and opportunities to rebuild your
broken dreams, lost hopes, lost reputations, and miserable lives. I
encourage you, learn from your mistakes! And think of this: The Diamond
cannot be polish without friction; nor man be perfected without trials. So
take the trials, chaos, and tragedy in your as a challenge and a stepping
stone to succeed in life!
Before your born, Our Loving and Merciful God has already a beautiful plan
and dreams for you. God said in Jeremiah 29:11-13, “For I know the plans I
have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.” The Lord adds, “Then you will call
upon me and come and pray to me and find me, and I will listen to you. You
will seek and find me when you seek with all your heart” (NIV).
I hope the above texts are enough to convince and encourage you that you are
a beautiful and unique creature and not a garbage, junk, and rug that other
people may think of you. Below are the following keys, If you only
faithfully follow its instruction and advise, it will help you to encourage
and motivate yourself to THINK and GROW RICH!
1. Pray Daily. By praying and
communicating to our Loving and Merciful God daily you can be able to ease,
and release all of the worries, pains, tensions of your life and find a good
source of courage and strength to move on, to beat the odds in your life. If
you’re feeling lonely, blue, and depressed, God said, “Call me and I will
answer you and show the great and mighty things which you do not know”
(Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV).
2. Avoid toxic, negative people. Avoid
people who are fun of criticizing, gossiping and judging other people. The
Word of God clearly remind you this, “Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts
good character” (1 Corinthians 15:33 NIV). The Word of God further added and
gave warning to “Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find
knowledge on his lips” (Proverbs 14:7 NIV).
But if you are the victims of the evilspeaking tongues of the negative,
toxic people, I encouraged you…please do not take heed to that kind of
garbage, junk individual but focus in your main goal to improve your life
and succeed. Why I have told you that? Because me too before during my
student’s life, I experience too a lot of criticism but as a young man and
historian who are thirsty and hunger for knowledge and wisdom, through
reading the profiles and writings of the great wise men of the world, I
discovered, come up and finally concluded that a statue has never been
erected in honor for a critics!
I’ve found out that before any great accomplishment is achieved in reality,
it’s believed in heart. If you need to hear the applause of the crowd, you
have to begin your attack in the face of criticism, believing that the
applause will come later.
3. Encourage yourself to have a dream.
By dreaming and visualizing your ambition, it can help and assist you to
attain your goal in life. Napoleon Hill, the greatest inspirational
classical author whom I admired most reminds you that “Cherish your visions
and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of
your ultimate achievements.”
And I also encouraged you, if you have a dreams hold to your dreams. If your
dreams die, you’re like a wounded bird without a wing!
4. Know and Identify your Purpose. Ask
yourself, what is the cause that makes you need to tackle, or desire to
succeed in your plan and goal? Is it worthy enough to consume your energy,
effort, time, and commitment? John Maxwell, My most favorite leadership
author point out that, “Behind every great accomplishment is a purpose, not
a wish. Our purpose puts the seasoning in life, and makes it tasty and
exciting.” Maxwell added, “Person with a purpose does things out of the
ordinary, above average. Personality doesn’t make a person extra-ordinary.
Neither does intelligence nor education. What makes a person extra-ordinary
is a purpose – the consuming desire to accomplish something in life.”
John Maxwell further added and gave an acrostic that may help you understand
and remember what a sense of purpose will do for you, how it will lift you
out of the realm of the ordinary. A purpose will cause you to:
Pray more than the ordinary person.
Unite more than the ordinary person.
Risk more than the ordinary person.
Plan more than the ordinary person.
Observe more than ordinary person.
Sacrifice more than ordinary person.
Expect more than the ordinary person.
5. Encourage yourself to socialize with the wise people and you will become
wise! I encouraged you to socialize with the group of people who has a dream
and ambition because you will learn from them and it can encourage and
motivate yourself to move on, to strive hard for excellence. The Word of God
my dear readers firmly convinced you to “…walks with the wise, grows wise,
but a companion of fools (negative, toxic people) suffers harms” (Proverbs
13:20 NIV).
6. Encourage and teach yourself to value
knowledge and wisdom. The late Ernie Baron, A Filipino great journalist once
said “Knowledge is Power. No Knowledge, No Power” and the Word of God is
strongly gave advised and encouraged that you should always value knowledge
and wisdom if you’ve really want to succeed your adhering in life. The Book
of Proverbs 4:7-9 exclaim “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Through
it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor. She will set garland of grace on your head
and present you with a crown of splendor” (NIV).
Remember, the best investment you can make is in you. You can make more
money or acquire more of whatever you want by investing in you than in any
other investment!
So, starting today, surround yourself with the best of good books, best of
music, and best of wise people because knowledge and wisdom is supreme!
7. Encourage yourself the value of hard
work. If you’d really desire to attain your goal, encourage yourself to
exert more effort and work hard. The Word of God assert that, “All hard
works brings a profit, but mere talks leads only to poverty “(Proverbs 13:23
NIV). The Word of Lord again expressed out and warned you, “Lazy hands make
a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth” (Proverbs 10:4 NIV).
Remember nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half
results. It produces no results, continuous work, hard work, is the only
result that lasts!
8. Encourage and teach yourself the of
value time. Remember time is not money because you cannot accumulate time.
You cannot regain time lost. You cannot borrow time. So learn to use your
time wisely. Think of this, life is so short; our life is like a vapor that
appears for a moment and then disappears. I encouraged you better live your
best; act your best, and think your best today; for today is the sure
preparation for tomorrow!
I encouraged you once again, do not let your time pass without doing
something good to yourself and to your fellowmen…remember time is short!
9. Take good care of your health. Except
God, there is only one person who can be truly faithful, honest, and very
loyal to you. That even in time of chaos, hardship and calamities who are
always there to stay behind you through tick and thin no matter what happen
and that is you! So, take good of yourself, because that is your only asset
and capital to succeed in your goals and dreams in life. Remember, Health is
Wealth!
10. Don’t worry, be happy. Don’t worry
about something that in reality does not really yet happens in your life.
Instead of worrying, why not encourage yourself to think on how you can find
a solution to solve your problems? Dr. Vincent Peal reminds you that,
“Mental control is the secret of mature and creative judgment.” He added,
“Your mind is an instrument designed to serve you, not to destroy you.” Dr.
Peale warns that “When uncontrolled, your mind can be very damaging to you
but when controlled it can developed unlimited power.”
Dr. Peale encourage you to “Know yourself. Control your mind. Think. Make
right decisions. Never accept defeat. Believe in yourself. Mentally accept
your great future. Never think of failing. Believe that you can if you think
you can.”
Remember my dear readers, when you are at your weakest, God is in His
greatest! So don’t worry, be happy!
11. Encourage and teach yourself to
learn of controlling your tongue and temper. Many people put their lives
into danger because of speaking without thinking and not learning on how to
control their temper. If you really want to succeed in your struggle in
life, gain the support, love, and respect from the people around you, learn
to mange your tongue and temper!
Think and ponder this for a moment, “Good understanding wins favor, but the
way of the unfaithful is hard” (Proverbs 13:15 NIV). The Word of reminds you
once again,, “He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks
harshly will come to ruin” (Proverbs 13:3 NIV).
12. Let the Love and Faithfulness dwell
in your heart. Our Great Almighty God encouraged should “Let love and
faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the
tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight
of God and man” (Proverbs 3:3-4 NIV).
13. Encourage and teach yourself to
value other people. Remember the sayings readers “No man is an Island”.
Enable for you to become successful in you’re adhering in life, you should
learn to value other people. In book entitled Team Work Makes the Dreams
Work, John Maxwell pointed out “Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to
turn vision into reality.” And Andrew Carnegie, the author of the book How
to Win Friends and Influenced People added “It marks a big step in your
development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a
better job than you could do alone”. Helen Keller, the blind woman who
became a great educator further added “Alone we can do so little; together
we can do so much.”
The Word of God forcefully reminding us people, In the Book of Ecclesiastes
4:9-12 uttered, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward
for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe
to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again,
if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm
alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And
a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (NIV).
14. Trust and Make God be the Center of
your Life. Solomon, a great wise man advised if your really longing to
succeed in any games and challenge of life, you must learn, practice, and
encourage yourself to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not
your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make
your paths straight” (Proverbs 3: 5-6 NIV). And put God in the center and
everything will come together (Romans 8:28 NIV).
Starting today, if you will make God as the center of your life, God has a
special promised for you. He will make you the head, not the tail. If you
pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day
and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the
bottom! (Deuteronomy 28:11-13 NIV).
People remember John Maxwell reminds you that “The only person who can stop
you from becoming what God intends you to become is you!
So, I encouraged you once again; Do your best always and God will do the
rest!
And always recall this that the future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams!
Wish you many blessings to come and God Bless! |