Many times we all tend to sit back and reflect on the past. Usually when things are getting crazy in our lives or we are in a place of uncertainty. We look at the good, the bad and the ugly. Make sure you don’t spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror, because you just might lose sight of where you were headed. The past is behind us there is nothing we can do to change any of it. What is done is done. There is no rewind; no redoes - release yourself. Forgive yourself for the mistakes you made and realize its ok not to be perfect. Though we might not be able to change the past, we sure have the ability to shape our future. We can mold it into anything we want to. We just have to move forward despite our fears. We must move past them so that we can have what we all truly deserve. Happiness, love, companionship, success … God wants this for everyone of us and more. He never made any of us to fail; all he wants is us to succeed. But too many times we chose to give into the fear, or decide to not choose happiness. You have the ability to do anything you want. You just have to believe in your self. It all starts with you. So start being happy, get comfortable in your own skin. Look in the mirror and if there is something that you don’t like then change it; get a new haircut or drop a few pounds. Do what you have to do to look in that mirror and feel proud but remember it’s all a choice. The most important thing is make sure you fix the inside; that space between your ears and that thing that pumps inside your chest. Make sure your work on the real you because that is what matters. Beauty is truly only skin deep, happiness runs to the core and the inside is what really counts.
So now for a few quotes and thoughts to help you down the road:
First some classics:
“For every adversity there is an equal or greater benefit” if we chose to see it. – Napoleon Hill
"Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching."
“A failure means you’ve put forth some effort. That’s good. Failure gives you an opportunity to learn a better way to do it. That’s positive. A failure teaches you something and adds to your experience. That’s very helpful. Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be.” – Zig Ziglar
"Change inevitably means letting go of familiar places and people in order to move on to the next stage of LIFE."
Now from yours truly:
The fear of intimacy doesn’t out weigh the pleasure of being close and sharing God’s greatest gift, LOVE!
We cannot control another persons actions, the only thing that we can control is our reaction to those actions.
One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D. Souza ...
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin.
But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time ... and time is the greatest gift we can be given or give; remember that time waits for no one.
So stop waiting until you finish school ... until you go back to school ... until you lose ten pounds ... until you gain ten pounds ... until you have kids ... until your kids leave the house ... until you start work ... until you retire ... until you get married ... until you get divorced ... until Friday night ... until Sunday morning ... until you get a new car or home ... until your car or home is paid off ... until spring, until summer ... until fall ... until winter ... until you are off welfare ... until the first or fifteenth ... until your song comes on ... until you've had a drink ... until you've sobered up ... until you die ... until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination!
Every day when we wake up, God gives us a blank canvas to draw on. We can paint our lives any way we choose to. Why not paint a MASTERPIECE! Don't forget to just love life!
God Bless,
Dr. Chris Walker
Outreach Chair
communityoutreach@ypaugusta.com
No comments:
Post a Comment