Wake Up! It’s Within Your Power

Dear loving people,

How is it that you are being requested to wake up when actually you might be awake and kicking? Waking up can mean waking up from sleep, it can equally mean being honest with yourself and not allowing yourself to get lazy in your thinking. You need to stop making excuses for not doing whatever it is you want to and have to do. You rather have to actively figure out the best ways to make it actually happen, as well as not lying to yourself about what you're capable of and what you can actually do.

The Bible says in Ephesians 5:14 “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light” As children of God, we are sometimes asleep, and need awakening; of the nature, causes, and ill consequences of such sleeping, and of the methods by which they are sometimes awaked out of it. 

Living saints who at sometimes fine themselves among dead sinners need to arise from among them, and quit their company. The company of dead sinners is infectious and dangerous; it is a means of hardening in sin, and of grieving of the people of God, who observe it. By abstaining from their company, a testimony is borne against sin, and conviction is struck into the minds of sinners themselves. God is pleased with those who come out from among sinners and promises to receive them.

Do you want to live your dreams? Then then you have to stop living in your dreams and wake up. Daydreaming about that new job, or new house or huge bank account isn’t going to fall into your lap no matter how hard you visualize and desire it. You can dream all you want but dreams are always made in reality.

The first step to waking up is acknowledging that you are 100% responsible for where you are in your life right now. Yes! You heard me right and I know that’s a difficult pill to swallow for many, but it’s also very liberating. You might have created (consciously or subconsciously) your current problems or a life you don’t want now, but you have the power and the ability to turn that around. It’s within your power.

The second step is to take action. You can’t just visualize and manifest your new reality. You’ve got to work towards it. Visualization techniques help as do vision boards, but setting aside an hour or two to work on your goals each day instead of doing unconscious activities (like watching TV or wasting time arguing on who the highest paid footballer in the world is) will speed up your success much quicker.

Life gets hard sometimes and it’s easy to slip into a pattern of dreaming about how we wish things were. But a goal will never be a reality unless we wake up and make it happen.

Take Action: Take a one-week television fast. Spend the time that you would usually watch TV (or to argue aimlessly) and do something productive toward living your dream life. Work on your artwork, start a business, shoot a movie, finish that screenplay. Instead of watching TV and putting your mind to sleep, wake up and put your success in motion!

Paul Valery says “the best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up

2013 - Your Year Of Action

Dear Loving People,

Here we are in 2013. It’s time for me to wish you a happy and wondrous New Year. I thought of three ways in which you could begin your New Year as you continue the journey towards your dreams…

1.     Make 2013 to be your year of action. Dump procrastination as far away from you as possible. You need to take action on the things you have been planning NOW! Let 2013 be the year in which you will turn your ideas into a physical reality. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) said “Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried”

2.   As you work to convert your ideas into reality, keep it at the center of your mind that time waits for no one. The best time to start anything is now. It’s my prayer that none of us reading this message will be found regretting why they never started today. Charles Bruxton (1823-1871) said “You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time, you must make it”

3.   While you battle to manage your time in the best way possible, consider seriously to leverage the goodwill and efforts of your loved ones. Get those you trust involved in your plans and win their support. Trying to work all alone will only slow you down and distant you from your goal. Homer (800 BC-701 BC) said “Light is the task where many share the toil.”

The only way this message can help you is for you to put it into action otherwise it will remain a form of intellectual entertainment.

To a successful 2013

Self-Image

Dear loving people,

I enrolled for a Maters program recently. My first day in school was so amazing because I met a couple of friends that I had not seen for a long time. We spent some time chatting in class mostly during the early days of the course and as observant as I was, I soon noticed an interesting coincidence taking shape before my very eyes.

One of my classmates was this chocolate-brown girl who by coincidence or design walked in most of the times just around the times when we broke out laughing. She will look scornfully at our direction each time this happened and then just walk clumsily to the nearest bench where she would ‘collapse’ into it dejectedly.

This went on surprisingly for a long time and I soon noticed as time went on that each time she came to class and noticed we were in, she would loiter around until classes began so she will walk in with the mass and thus avoid our demoralizing laughter. As irregular in school as I was because of my other schedules, I soon noticed that the girls’ complexion was changing for the worse. She was getting lighter and lighter in complexion as our course progressed such that by the end of the first year, the girl’s complexion had undergone a 100% lightening and she was now frightfully ‘light’ in complexion.

What had happen to her beautiful chocolate-brown complexion much admired by many? I was so touched by such a negative transformation that I approached Doris as she was called for a talk. It was during these discussions that I came to understand what was happening with her, I was exposed to the self-inflicted torture she was undergoing.

Doris came from a humble background where she quickly evaluated herself as an ugly girl. She felt people didn’t like her around because of her imagined ugliness and despite her apparent intelligence; she could not come to grips with such conclusions. Very little of her friends where males and the only explanation according to her was as a result of her ugly physical appearance. She felt laughed at everywhere she went and so she decided to artificially modify her complexion so as to gain the admiration of others. According to her, her complexion was too dark for the image she had of a beautiful girl.

So when she got to the University, she started saving some money from her allowance to be able to undergo the costly procedures of modifying her complexion. It downed on me that Doris was suffering from the direct consequence of nursing a very negative self-image. But what exactly is self-image? 

To be continued….

Little Things We Ignore, That Matter

Dear loving people,

Let’s examine some of the things we take for granted and that hinder our success in many areas:

1.     Self-Awareness

Millions of people fail in life because they consciously or unconsciously insist on doing the things on a daily basis that disrupt not only their relationships but also their bodies, the mental capacity and their lives in general. They waste a greater part of their time doing things that are not productive yet time is such an asset that we all share the same amount. It does not matter whether you live in a hurt or in a villa; we all share the same amount of time. Achievers know that they must STOP wasting it!

  

2.   Focus

It is difficult to focus if you are not self-aware. Think back on what you have focused on for the past one week? Have you been positive all the days? It has been proven that negative thoughts attract negative patterns. It is today known that our thoughts do have actual weight and existence. This means that your negative thought do actually weigh you down! When you constantly think about something, then every opportunity that arises to get you closer to that something, you will be able to capitalize on it. That is why it is said that “you attract what you focus on most. Said another way, “God will give you what you pray about most.”

3.   Support System

You must get rid of anything that is unsupportive of your dreams. Unfortunately, there are no two ways about this; Life is too short and the world is TOO BIG to be held down any longer! When you get your spouse on board, you will have the greatest MASTERMIND ever created! You are unstoppable with the support of the one you love! Sit down, have a real conversation and get your spouse on board; you will be so powerful with this tool!

 

4.   Confidence

You have to be confident in yourself! You will face temporary defeat in pursuit of Success! You can bet on that but then, you must hang on if you need to make it. You have to be confident in your own ability to complete, to succeed, and to win. With This unwavering confidence you will stand taller and make the right decisions faster.

 

5.    Decision Making

The greatest entrepreneurs of all time have all had the ability to look at the facts, consider their resources and make a prompt decision on a situation. Napoleon Hill states that the wealthiest of men make decisions promptly and change them slowly while the poor are indecisive if ever coming to a conclusion. By making prompt decisions, you become the leader of the pack while Mr. Indecisive goes home defeated.

 

6.   Imagination

There would be no lights, no cars, no planes, no Television or anything else without the great imaginations of the past greatest entrepreneurs! You should be taking time every day to imagine your success, make it real in your mind, and it will become real in the world. Your imagination is one of your greatest gifts and is completely unique to you! Use it, all the times!

 

7.    Do it

This is where it all happens. How many times have you said you wanted to do something and didn't? Be honest and answer to yourself. Do something right now toward achieving the success you want. Start right this second. If you say later, you will always say later, do something right now. The timing is never right. Just do it, instead of figuring out reasons why not to do it? Write something right now! Do something! Do something amazing! Just go right ahead and do it because you know that what you want to do is the right thing that you must do.