tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357040012024-03-07T09:03:03.927+01:00Be Inspired...Behind every genius is Inspiration...Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-46637515599376414002007-08-26T15:47:00.000+01:002007-08-26T16:20:37.547+01:00Anger Management 101<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">There once was a boy with a very bad character. His father gave him a box of spikes and told him to hammer one into the garden fence every time he lost his patience and got into an argument with someone.<br /><br />The first day the boy hammered 37 spikes into the fence. Over the next few weeks he began learning to control himself, and the number of spikes he had to hammer diminished day by day. He had discovered that exercising self control was a lot easier than hammering spikes.<br /><br />Finally the day arrived when the boy didn't hammer any spikes into the fence.<br /><br />He went to see his father and told him that he hadn't had to nail any spikes that day at all. His father told him to pull a spike out of the fence every day he didn't lose temper.<br /><br />Days passed, and finally the boy was able to inform his father that all the spikes had been removed. The father walked with his son over to the fence and said:<br /><br />"My son, you have done well, but look at all the holes in the fence. It will never be the same as it was before.<br /><br />"When you fight with someone and say terrible things, you create wounds just like these holes. You can stick a knife into someone and then pull it out, but the scar will always be there. No matter how many times you say you're sorry, the scar will remain."</span><br /><br />..........................................................<br /><br />"You don't live on what you eat, but only on what you digest. This is true for your mind as well as for your body."<br />- Benjamin Franklin</span><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;">From </span></em><a href="http://www.positive-club.com/"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;">www.positive-club.com<br /></span></em></a></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-24020266145569513802007-06-11T20:21:00.000+01:002007-06-11T20:38:22.553+01:00The Mystery of Creativity and Imagination<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">It’s been a while now since I dropped something on this blog. Many apologies to my readers. Actually, I’ve been doing a lot of daydreaming lately. I believe everybody must have daydreamt about certain things at one point in their life, or the other. While some may be realistic visions, others may just be pure unrealistic fantasies.<br /><br />But really, there is no stupidity in daydreaming. One must always learn to daydream once in a while. Allow your imagination to roam, then give it a chance to breathe. It’s never too late for you to start thinking productively. Infact, it is lack of imagination that always keeps a man from his potential.<br /><br />One must always have a constant flow of new, exciting and powerful ideas on which to act on immediately or afterwards. You must learn to constantly frustrate tradition with your creativity and imagination. The opportunities of every man are only limited by his imagination. Dreams are previews to greatness. All men who have achieved great things were once dreamers. In other words, every achiever today was a dreamer yesterday.<br /><br />And come to think of it, it is indeed those that dream the most that do most. A shallow thinker seldom makes a deep impression. We act or fail to act, not because of will, as it is commonly believed, but simply because of vision. It only only takes seeing the invisible to do the impossible.<br /><br />Ideas are like rabbits. Once you get a couple and learn how to handle them, very soon, you have a dozen. You will get more out of your life if you stay incurably curious. Nothing really happens until there is firstly a dream. Denis Waitley once said, “It doesn’t cost a dime to dream, you’ll never shortchange yourself when you stretch your imagination.”<br /><br />More so, we must always look at things not as they are, but as they can be. It is vision that adds value to everything. A single idea or flash of any thought may be worth a million dollars. Infact, I believe God made us an unfinished world so that we also may share in the joy and satisfaction of creation. Ted Engstrom said, “Creativity has been built into every one of us. Each of us lives less of the life God intends for us when we choose not to leash out the creative powers we possess.” Indeed, he is right!<br /><br />Conclusively, learn to be a dreamer, and “Don’t let anybody steal your dream.” (Dexter Yager).</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-28979276728151672022007-02-24T12:36:00.000+01:002007-02-24T12:59:25.726+01:00The Power of Purpose<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The world only makes room for a man of purpose. His words and actions will always show he knows where he is going. In reality, we are built to conquer circumstances, solve problems and attain goals.<br /><br />There is no real satisfaction and happiness in life without obstacles to conquer, goals to achieve and a purpose to accomplish. Most people usually say they want riches, but all they actually need is the fulfillment of a purpose. Happiness only comes when we loose ourselves for a purpose.<br /><br />In your heart lies a sleeping lion that needs to be awakened. Always be on a mission. You must have a definite sense of direction and purpose for your life. Successful lives are only motivated by a dynamic purpose. God can only bless your plan and direct you in accomplishing it if only you have one. Strong convictions always precede great actions.<br /><br />As soon as you resign yourself to fate, your resignation is promptly accepted. But realize today that you don't have a fate, but you only have a purpose. George Elliot said, “It is never too late to be what you might have been”. Billy Sunday also said “More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent”. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />So many people are just on their way, but really do not know where they are going in life. Robert Marger said that “If you're not sure where you are going, you'll probably end up somewhere else”. Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. Always move forward with a purpose. Lord Chesterfield said, “Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of characters and one of the best instruments of success”. Without purpose, a man will only waste his effort in a maze of inconsistencies. You will definitely find another cross if you flee from the one you are initially meant to carry. The man who has no direction is the slave of his own circumstances. Also note that the poorest man in the world is not the man without gold, but the man without a goal.<br /><br />In the absence of vision, there is no clear and constant focus. No wonder Dr. David Burns said, “If you don't have a vision for your life, then you have not focused on anything.” Once your purpose is clear, decisions will jump at you. And that’s why Clement Stone said, “When you discover your mission, you feel its demand and it also fills you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to work with it”.<br /><br />Discover your purpose in life today and begin to work towards its accomplishment. Life is too short to squander away just like that. Be remembered for something positive!</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-52955202859785632332007-01-16T00:30:00.000+01:002007-01-16T01:05:32.578+01:00The Best Time is Now! (2)<span style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"And what if the tomorrow that I take for granted never comes? Or what if tomorrow is my last day on earth?"<br /><br />Martha, an old woman of 85, was obsessed with thoughts like these. She lived alone in her big apartment, surrounded by objects from her past.<br /><br />She would worry all night long, getting up to walk around, then returning to her empty bed, turning the thoughts over and over in her mind like a dog gnawing an old bone. She did it so much that finally her fear turned into wisdom.<br /><br />The next morning she made herself a promise. "I am going to live each and every day as if it were my last! That's the only way to really enjoy life."<br /><br />Now Martha reads a lot and spends less time dusting old furniture. She admires the flowers in her garden without worrying too much about the weeds that crop up here and there.<br /><br />She invites people she likes to her home, but doesn't sit there waiting for them to arrive. And when they do arrive, she uses her best china to serve tea and cake, without worrying about a precious cup or plate getting dirty or being broken.<br /><br />She's started wearing the beautiful red cashmere jacket her grandchildren gave her for Christmas. She even wears it to go out walking, and puts a dab of her best perfume behind her ears.<br /><br />But most importantly, Martha has stopped saying, "I'll do that one day, when I have the time."<br /><br />Now she says, "If it's worth doing, I'm going to do it now!"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br />..................................................</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Like Martha, you too should think about what you'd do if someone said, "This is your last day on earth!"</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">You would realize that priorities fall into place naturally, that many things resolve themselves and that whatever is superfluous in your life disappears. Don't wait for the day when tragedy strikes to force you to consider what it is you really want to do in life.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">"At each and every moment, the future is pressuring the present to become the past." - Aragon</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">From www.positive-club.com</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-76800911183636441392006-12-16T15:00:00.000+01:002006-12-16T15:11:00.639+01:00The Best Time is Now!<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The fore-most strategy of the enemy to make you fail is procrastination. You must always realize that is the time to be creative and productive. If you want to make an easy job look difficult; then just keep putting it off. In fact, a duty dodged is like a dept unpaid, it is only deferred but we must still come back and settle the account at last.<br /><br />Work is the best weapon ever invented for killing time. Most individuals really usually attach a condition to their stepping out. They keep waiting until things change, until there is more time, until they are less tired, until they get a promotion, until they settle down, until this, until that. It always looks like there are some major events that must occur in their live before they step out. ‘One of these days’ is really ‘None of these days’. The by and by never comes.<br /><br />Those who desire, but don’t act will always breed stagnation. Always do today what you want to postpone until tomorrow. Do not allow idleness to deceive you; for while you give him today, he steals tomorrow from you.<br /><br />Indeed, nothing is as fatiguing as the eternal hanging of an uncompleted task. When an individual gets into the habit of wasting time, then they are sure of wasting a great deal that does not belong to them.<br /><br />Benjamin Franklin once said, “One day today is worth two tomorrows. What may be done at anytime will definitely be done at no time.”<br /><br />Life is indeed like a taxi. The meter keeps ticking whether you’re moving or standing still.<br /><br />The successful person does the thing that others never get around to. Whatever the fool does at the end, the wise man does at the beginning.<br /><br />Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiatives. Tomorrow is the busiest day of the week. In it, there is a hill to climb. Never think that waiting will make it any smaller.<br /><br />A sluggard will always take a hundred steps simply because he would not take a concrete bold step in due time. If possible, make the decision now, even if it is in the future, there is indeed danger in delay simply because it is always better to reap two days too soon than one day too late. A man who waits until the last always ends up being pitied. Whlie the foolish enjoys the little he has, the wise would hunt for more. The way to hunt for more is to simply untilize your odd moments. A wise man called Arthur Brisbane also once said that the man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life.<br /><br />Therefore, act now, because Procrastination is indeed the mother of Frustration!</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-54438471243837659722006-12-02T23:08:00.000+01:002006-12-02T23:13:49.837+01:00The Power of Concentration<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">There are usually various opportunities all around us, but what matters is where you put your focus. Always ask yourself this question everyday: "Where should my focus be?". Wherever you focus your attention, you will definitely create strength and momentum.<br /><br />Always be single-minded. Be stable in the pursuit of your goal. Be limitlessly passionate about it. Be intensely concentrated, have a boundless vision and a definite commitment to excellence.<br /><br />It is focus (concentration) that opens the door to accomplishments. Infact, the first law of success is concentration, that is, the ability to bend all the energies and efforts to one point and then going to that particular point.<br /><br />The most successful people today are those of focus, who have struck their blows in one place until they have accomplished their purpose. They usually have one specific idea, one steady aim, a single and concentrated purpose.<br /><br />There is usually a great disparity between some people’s dreams and the results they achieve. This is simply due to the difference in their commitment to bring all their abilities and focus them towards a specific point.<br /><br />There are two basic ways to fail - to take nobody’s advice and also taking everybody’s advice. Always learn to say No to the good so you can say Yes to the best. We accomplish things simply by directing our desires to one point, not by ignoring them. Imagine the immense powers you will possess when you process specific aims or goals. Infact, your words and your actions will be improved only when you begin to live for a reason.<br /><br />Don’t be a person who is uncertain about the future and even hazy about the present. Make something your specialty. You can never find until you define. Life is like a race; to finish the race, you must remain on one track. Always learn to define yourself. Try to content yourself with some specific goals and definite works. Dare to be who you really are.</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-25743424524447611602006-11-21T19:50:00.000+01:002006-11-21T19:59:21.279+01:00The Feelings' Island<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the others, including Love.<br /><br />One day, it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all repaired their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed.<br /><br />Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment.<br /><br />When the island was almost sinking, Love decided to ask for help.<br /><br />Richness was passing by Love in a great boat.<br /><br />Love said: "Richness, can you take me with you?"<br /><br />Richness answered: "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."<br /><br />Love decided to ask Vanity, who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel:<br /><br />"Vanity, please help me!"'<br /><br />"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.<br /><br />Sadness was close by, so Love asked for help: "Sadness, let me go with you."<br /><br />"Oh...Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"<br /><br />Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her!<br /><br />Suddenly, there was a voice:<br /><br />"Come Love, I will take you." It was an elder.<br /><br />Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot to ask the elder her name. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Love realizing how much he owed the elder asked Knowledge, another elder:<br /><br />"Who helped me?"<br /><br />"It was Time," Knowledge answered.<br /><br />"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"<br /><br />Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered:<br /><br />"Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><em>From <a href="http://www.positive-club.com">www.positive-club.com</a></em></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-58243266256468527432006-11-13T22:23:00.000+01:002006-11-13T22:44:18.018+01:00Never Get Distracted<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">One of the primary strategies of the devil to hinder one's momentum is Distraction, that is, to keep us from bring focused on the plan of God for our lives. You must determine what you really want and know what God wants for you. This will enable us to keep digging for diamonds and to stop chasing butterflies.<br /><br />We must always learn to pay more attention to the thoughts are working positively in our lives than to the things that are working negatively in our lives.<br /><br />Most times, people usually tend to devote majority of their efforts, time and attention those things that are never going to be productive in their lives.<br /><br />Always clear your mind of the things that are out of your control in order to focus and act upon your goals for the day. You will always get lost by trying to find an alternate route for the straight and narrow.<br /><br />Most times, the words and sayings of others will be one of the primary distractions that will try to hinder you. But then, always try to do just once, what others say you can not do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. If you let or allow the people stop you, they will.<br /><br />When you allow yourself to get distracted by the fears and doubts that others want to bring into your life, then you will have a “quick ear for bad news” and “large eyes for troubles ahead”. You will just end up becoming an inventor of things that will never happen. Even Jesus said in Luke 9: 62, “No man, having put his hand on the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God”.<br /><br />When you are distracted, you tend to lose concentration. Always learn to concentrate on one thing at a time and rule out all influences that do not have bearing on the task at hand. Within your concentration, the rest of the world can not distract you.</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-2203896023309289192006-11-04T13:40:00.000+01:002006-11-04T14:07:37.140+01:00The Three Doors to Wisdom<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">A King had, as only son, a young Prince, brave, skillful and intelligent. To perfect his knowledge of Life, he sent him by the side of an Old Wise Man.<br /><br />"Bring Light to my Path of Life", the Prince asked.<br /><br />"My words will faint away like the prints of your steps in the sand”, the Wise Man answered. However, I want to give you some indications. On your Path, you will find 3 doors. Read the rules written on each of them. An irresistible need will urge you to follow them. Don't try and get away from them, because you would be condemned to live again, ceaselessly, what you have avoided. I may tell you no more. You have to feel all this deep in your heart and in your flesh. Go, now. Follow this path, right in front of you."<br /><br />The Old Wise Man disappeared and the Prince entered the Path of Life. He was soon in front of a big door, on which one could read: "CHANGE THE WORLD".<br /><br />"It was my intention indeed”, the Prince thought, “because if some things please me in this world, others greatly displease me."<br /><br />And he began his first fight. His ideal, his ardour and his power urged him to confront himself to the world, to undertake, to conquer, to model reality according to his desires. He found there the pleasure and the dizziness of the conqueror, but no peace in his heart. He managed to change some things but many others resisted to him. Many years passed.<br /><br />One day, he met the Old Wise Man who asked him: "What have you learnt on your path?"<br /><br />"I have learnt," the Prince answered, “ how to discern what is within my power and what is without, what depends on me and what does not depend on me".<br /><br />"That's good!” the Old Man said. “Use your strength to act on what is within your power. Forget what's beyond your power." And he disappeared.<br /><br />A bit later, the Prince was in front of a second door. He could read on it : "CHANGE THE OTHERS".<br /><br />"It was my intention indeed”, he thought. “The others are a source of pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction, but also, of pain, bitterness and frustration."<br /><br />And he rebelled against everything that could disturb him or displease him in his fellow men. He tried to bend their characters and to extirpate their defects. It was there his second fight. Many years passed.<br /><br />One day, as he was meditating on the utility of the attempts to change the others, he met the Old Wise Man who asked him: "What have you learnt on your path?"<br /><br />"I have learnt”, the Prince answered, “that the others are not the cause or the source of my joys and my punishments, my satisfactions and my setbacks. They are only opportunities for all of them to be revealed. It is in myself that all these things have their roots."<br /><br />"You are right,” the Wise Man said. “According to what they wake up in you, the others reveal you to yourself. Be grateful to those who make your enjoyment and pleasure vibrate. But be also grateful to those who create in you suffering or frustration; because, through them, life teaches you what is left in you to learn and the path that you still have to walk." And the Old Man disappeared.<br /><br />A bit further, the Prince arrived in front of a door, on which these words were written: "CHANGE YOURSELF".<br /><br />"If I am myself the cause of my problems, it is indeed what's left in me to work on", he said to himself.<br /><br />And he began his third fight. He tried to bend his character, to fight his imperfections, to abolish his defects, to change everything that did not please him in himself, everything that did not correspond to his ideal. After many years of this fight, in which he met some success, but also, some failures and some resistances, the Prince met the Wise Man who asked him: “What have you learnt on your path?"<br /><br />"I have learnt”, the Prince answered, ”that there are things that we can improve, others that resist to us and that we can't manage to break."<br /><br />"That's good!" the Wise Man said.<br /><br />"Yes”, the Prince went on, “but I am beginning to be tired of fighting against everything, against everybody, against myself. Won't there be an end to it one day? When shall I find a rest? I want to stop fighting, to give up, to abandon everything, I want to let go!"<br /><br />"It is precisely your next lesson“, the Old Wise Man said. “But before going any further, turn round and behold the path covered." And he disappeared.<br /><br />On looking back, the Prince saw in the distance the third door, and noticed that it was carrying a text on its back, saying: "ACCEPT YOURSELF."<br /><br />The Prince was surprised not to have seen this writing when he went through the door, the other way.<br /><br />"When one fights, one becomes blind”, he said to himself. He also saw, laying on the ground, scattered around him, everything he had thrown away and fought against in him: his defects, his shadows, his fears, his limits, all his old worries. He had learnt then how to recognize them, to accept them, to love them. He had learnt how to love himself without comparing himself to the others any more, without judging himself, without reprimanding himself.<br /><br />He met the Old Wise Man who asked him: "What have you learnt on your path?"<br /><br />"I have learnt”, the Prince answered,” that hating or refusing a part of myself, it is to condemn myself never to be in agreement with myself. I learnt how to accept myself, totally, unconditionally."<br /><br />"That's good!” the Old Man said, “It is the first rule in Wisdom”. Now you can go back through the third door.”<br /><br />He had no sooner reached the other side, that the Prince perceived far away the back side of the second door, on which he could read: "ACCEPT THE OTHERS".<br /><br />All around him, he could recognize the persons he had been with all his life through; those he had loved as well as those he had hated. Those he had supported and those he had fought. But the biggest surprise of all for him was that now, he was absolutely unable to see their imperfections, their defects, what formerly had embarrassed him so much, and against which he had fought.<br /><br />He met the Old Wise Man again. "What have you learnt on your path?" he asked him.<br /><br />“I have learnt”, the Prince answered, “that by being in agreement with myself, I had no more anything to blame in the others, no more anything to be afraid of in them. I have learnt how to accept and to love the others, totally, unconditionally."<br /><br />"That's good!", the Old Wise Man said. “It is the second rule in Wisdom. You can go back through the second door.”<br /><br />On reaching the other side of the second door, the Prince perceived in the distance the back side of the first door, on which he could read: "ACCEPT THE WORLD".<br /><br />“Strangely enough”, he said to himself, “that I did not see these words on the first time”. He looked all around him and recognized this world which he had tried to conquer, to transform, to change. He was struck by the brightness and the beauty of every thing, by their perfection. Nevertheless, it was the same world as before. Was the world which had changed or the glance he had on it?<br /><br />He met the Old Wise Man who asked him: "What have you learnt on your path?"<br /><br />"I have learnt”, the Prince said, “that the world is a mirror for my soul. That my soul can't see the world, it sees itself in the world. When my soul is cheerful, the world seems cheerful to it. When it is overcome, the world seems sad to it. The world itself is neither sad nor cheerful. It IS there; it exists; it is everything. It was not the world that disturbed me, but the idea that I had of it. I have learnt to accept it without judging it, to accept it totally, unconditionally. "<br /><br />“It is third rule of Wisdom”, the Old Man said. “You are here now in agreement with yourself, with the others and with the World.”<br /><br />A profound feeling of peace, serenity, plenitude, filled the Prince. Silence was in him.<br /><br />"Now, you are ready to go past the last Threshold”, the Old Wise Man said, “the one that goes from the Silence of Plenitude to the Plenitude of Silence ".<br /><br />And the Old Man disappeared.</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><em>From </em><a href="http://www.positive-club.com"><em>www.positive-club.com</em></a></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-62623627096865369652006-10-31T19:32:00.000+01:002006-10-31T21:49:19.998+01:00It takes a Change to take Charge<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Many fail in life simply due to their unwillingness to make certain changes. But the fact remains that correction and change always culminates in fruitfulness. </span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The entire mankind is divided into 3 classes:<br /><br />· Those who are unchangeable<br />· Those who are changeable<br />· Those who cause change<br /><br />Change is always very difficult for the man who has fallen into a rut because he has scaled down his living to only that which he can handle comfortably and therefore welcomes no change or challenge that would lift him up. If you find yourself in a pit then you must stop digging. Whenever things go wrong, don’t go wrong with them. Stubbornness and unwillingness to change is the energy of fools.<br /><br />A wise man called Francis Bacon said, “He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils”. Ps 32:8 says “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shall go. I will guide thee with mine eye”. God can never close one door without opening another one but we must be willing to change in order to walk through that new door. Infact playing it safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You should not stand still. You just need to move forward and be open to those adjustments that God has for you. The most unhappy people in the world today are those who are afraid to make changes. It has been said that ‘you can not make an omelet without breaking eggs'. One change always makes room for the next change, thereby giving us the opportunities to grow.<br /><br />In fact, you’ve got to be open to change because whenever you think you are ready to graduate from the school of experience, somebody else would think up new course. Decide to be willing to experience change.<br /><br />If only you can figure out where you stand firm and when to bend, you’ve got it made. Though we might become nervous because of incessant change, we would be absolutely frightened if we stop the change.<br /><br />Blessed is that man who can adjust to a set of circumstances without surrendering his convictions. Always open up your arms to change but never let go of your values. Majority of people usually meet with failure simply due to lack of persistence in developing new ideas to replace those who failed. Infact, your growth mainly depends on your willingness to experience change.<br /><br />So change now, so you can take charge!</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-67791109611424226572006-10-24T10:04:00.000+01:002006-10-24T10:18:09.237+01:00Mentality of a Champion II<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Most people in today’s world usually choose problem of their sizes and ignore the bigger or smaller problems to others. As a champion, you must always learn to look out for problems and tasks bigger then you. In fact, real success in any endeavor usually demands more from an individual than most people are willing to offer. The desire not to take risks so as be safe will always stand against every great and virtuous dream. Self-security is indeed the first step towards stagnation. He who dares nothing should expect nothing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A Wise man called Christian Bovee once said, "One who is contented with what he has done will never be famous for what he will do”. If you have achieved all that you have planned for yourself, then you have not planned enough.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Always be used for a mighty purpose. Dare to choose a goal for which you are willing to exchange a piece of your life. The surest way to happiness is lose yourself in a course greater than yourself, because you will always be unhappy if you do not reach out for something that goes beyond you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Another wise man called Robert Goddard also said, “It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is simply the hope of today and the reality to tomorrow”. Every great action usually seems impossible when it undertaken. To be complacently satisfied with yourself is indeed a sure sign that your progress is about to end.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">If you are satisfied with yourself, then you better change your ideals. Always keep moving and keep pressing. There is no stopping for you. Never get satisfied or contended. That alone will spring forth a new desire to keep digging, moving and pressing.</span><br /></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-50613392358207424882006-10-19T20:58:00.000+01:002006-10-19T22:48:35.363+01:00The Mentality of a Champion<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The key to momentum is to always have something in faith to look forward to. It is either we live by faith or we don’t live at all. It is either we venture or we vegetate.<br /><br />This generation is in need of more people who would specialize in the impossible. This year’s success was last year’s impossibility. The success of today was yesterday’s impossibility. A wise man called Sherwood Eddy said, "Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence, but it is simply daring to do something regardless of the consequence".<br /><br />Another wise man called Sir Philips Brooks said, "Do not pray for easy lives but instead, pray to be stronger men". Do not pray for tasks equal to your power, rather pray for power equal to your tasks. Jesus said in John 10:10 "...I am come that you might have life much more abundantly". Always learn to shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you’ll still land among the stars (Les Brown).<br /><br />We are all like rubber bands. We are usually much more useful when we are stretched. You can only accomplish in proportion to what you attempt. The reason, why so little is only accomplished is because, so little is attempted. Never say Never; you have to think big to be big. A wise man called Seneca said, "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare but simply because we do not dare that things are difficult".<br /><br />Infact, impossibility is what nobody can do until somebody does. It is always fun to do the impossible. When we tend to play life safe, we create the most insecurity for ourselves. You do not tap the resources of God until you are ready to attempt the impossible. Infact, risk is definitely part of God’s plan. Phil 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".<br /><br />It is only minds, corroded with mediocrity that usually dismiss any thing that reaches beyond their own understanding. Even a coward can praise God, but it only takes a man of courage to follow Him. Calvin Collidge once said, "We do not need more intellectual power, but what we need is more spiritual power, we do not need more of the things that are seen but need more of things that are unseen".<br /><br />Every progress in life always involves risks. He who does not dare will not get his share. Until you enter the bee-hive, you cannot take the honey. Always look for ways to flex your "risk muscles". Everyone has a "risk muscle", which could be kept in proper shape simply by experimenting and trying new things. Robert Schuller once said, "the people who are real failures in life are the people who set their standards so low, keep the bar at a safe level, that they never run the risk of failure".<br /><br />Every mighty ship will always ask for very deep waters. When you dare for nothing, you should hope for nothing. Infact, God wants us to bite off more than we can chew; to live by faith and not by sight.</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-1160861545961825642006-10-14T21:53:00.000+01:002006-10-17T21:41:46.346+01:00THE GREATEST ENEMY II<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><em>"Overcoming any battle in life in order to stand out entails overcoming yourself because your biggest and greatest enemy is you."</em></span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#6666cc;"><em></em></span></span></em></span><blockquote></blockquote><div align="justify"></div><blockquote></blockquote><p align="justify">SELF is a person’s inner being. It is what you really are. Until you overcome your inner being, until you learn to confront your internal critic, you will find it very hard to overcome temptations. For you to overcome temptations, you must learn to resist the devil, for the Bible calls him ‘the tempter’, and for you to resist the devil, you must first of all learn to resist yourself, simply by overcoming the Self factor. Now the question is, “How do I overcome myself?”<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Overcoming one’s self</span></strong><br />This is synonymous with Self control. You must learn to rule your own spirit. Proverbs 25:28 says “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.” And in correlation with my earlier statement, having self control sometimes come with resisting the devil. And that’s why 1Cor 7:5 says, “Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, <span style="color:#6600cc;">that ye may give yourself to fasting and prayer</span>, and come together again, <span style="color:#6600cc;">that Satan tempt you not</span> for your inconsistency.” This explains that one good way to overcome yourself is by resisting the devil, by prayer and fasting '...<em>that satan tempt you not'</em>. </p><p align="justify">Humans are tempted every now and then. Even Jesus Christ was tempted too. Of course, it is not a sin to be tempted. But how you handle the temptation is what matters. </p><p align="justify">Resisting temptations is one problem most humans face. To resist temptations, you must learn to <span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Resist the devil</strong></span>. The devil is very deceptive in nature. But when the WORD is dwelling in you, not just affecting you, but infecting you, the devil will have no chances of getting at you</p><p align="justify">A reprobate minded person easily consents to temptations. But someone whose foundation is built upon the Word of God will be guided accordingly. Take a look at Joseph during his life time. He refused the advances made by Pharoah's wife. That led him to the prison, then to the palace (a place he probably never thought of entering in his life), and finally to become the Prime minister of Egypt (an height he probably never dreamt of attaining). This therefore brings about the realization of a statement usually made by one of my mentors, "Every negative action of the devil, always leads to a positive tranformation for a true believer." </p><p align="justify">Therefore, one must resist the devil and everything associated with him in order to overcome temptations, and the only way to resist the devil is by overcoming one's self, which is through Self control, which can also be catalysed by praying and fasting.</span></p>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-1160764103435609742006-10-13T19:07:00.000+01:002006-10-17T21:45:49.816+01:00THE GREATEST ENEMY<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">In the school of success, the first basic rule that must be obeyed is the rule of Self. Overcoming any battle in life in order to stand out entails overcoming yourself because your biggest and greatest enemy is you.<br /><br />Always learn to stay out of own way. The moment you find yourself getting in your own way, then you’re simply acting like an old refrigerator, which slowly builds up an ice formation, and allowed to accumulate. If unchecked, will definitely reduce its effectiveness and efficiency considerably.<br /><br />A wise man called Dwight L. Mondy once said, "I have never met a man who given so much trouble as myself". This therefore implies that the first and best victory is to simply conquer yourself because most significant battles are usually waged within one’s self.<br /><br />Most times,<span style="color:#cc9933;"> a change of self is needed more than a change of sense</span>. So, the good advice is this, only you can hold yourself back, only you can stand in your way, only you can help yourself. Infact, there is no one to stop you than yourself.<br /><br />Whenever you find yourself standing in your own way, then you’ll always hope vaguely and also dread precisely. Always learn how to confront your internal critic i.e. the one that lies within.<br /><br />If you want to move your greatest obstacle, then you must come to realise that the greatest obstacle is yourself. Another wise man called Edgar Guest once said, "give the man you’d like to be, a look at the man you are presently". Change what you tell yourself. The greatest problem is not the devil but rather, the greatest problem is you. Most people can never overcome some temptations, not because there is an impossibility to the resistance of that temptation but simply because such people have not learnt how to overcome themselves. Infact, it takes overcoming self to overcome temptations.<br /><br />The moment you’re being subdued by Self, then get ready to be subdued by set backs, limitations and confrontations. Remember, one of the profound things about problems is that most them don’t really exist, except in our imaginations.<br /><br />Infact, the fear you fear is mostly within yourself and nowhere else. There two forces always warring against each within us. One says you can’t, while the other says, with God you can. Sir Edmond Hillary once said, “It’s not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.” Therefore, always learn to stay out of your own way.</span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35704001.post-1160594345713275692006-10-11T20:03:00.000+01:002006-10-17T21:51:19.864+01:00Welcome to In-spiracio, the site of Inspiration!<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">I have been contemplating on creating a blog like this for quite some time now, and I finally made up my mind recently, and there you have it - <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">In-spiracio</span></strong>!<br /><br />The purpose of this blog is to inspire its readers, and also affect their lives positively. Therefore, if you are looking for a place to read inspirational/motivational messages and alike, I congratulate you because you are in the right place!<br /><br />This blog is going to be updated at least, on a weekly basis. So please feel free to always check weekly for updates and more inspirational stuffs from here. If you feel that there are things that this blog is lacking, please feel free to <a href="mailto:segun.fama@gmail.com"><span style="color:#cc0000;">contact me</span></a>, and I will do my best to meet up to your expectation.<br /><br />Welcome to In-spiracio. <em>Be inspired...</em></span></div>Segunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348395547043994708noreply@blogger.com0