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Any Day We Wish!
The following article was shared at a recent meeting of the Business Network International. I think it is very applicable for people who feel like they are stuck in a bad place:
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own power of choice.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn (author)
For the Christian, it is about more than just the temporary changes that factual truth can bring into our life circumstances. It is about real heart transformation. Consider the the following simple scripture passages:
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. ( Corinthians 5:17)
Giving our heart to the Lord is certainly the most important step. If real transformation is going to take place, however, we must stay close to Him through our prayer, Bible study, scripture meditation and fellowship.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4)
For more information on "life change" visit us at:
www.christianfamilyguidancecenter.com
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause. As Shakespeare uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own power of choice.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn (author)
For the Christian, it is about more than just the temporary changes that factual truth can bring into our life circumstances. It is about real heart transformation. Consider the the following simple scripture passages:
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. ( Corinthians 5:17)
Giving our heart to the Lord is certainly the most important step. If real transformation is going to take place, however, we must stay close to Him through our prayer, Bible study, scripture meditation and fellowship.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4)
For more information on "life change" visit us at:
www.christianfamilyguidancecenter.com
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