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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!
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