ONE EVENING AN OLD CHEROKEE TOLD HIS GRANDSON ABOUT A BATTLE THAT GOES ON INSIDE PEOPLE.
HE SAID, "MY SON THE BATTLE IS BETWEEN TWO "WOLVES" INSIDE US ALL.
ONE IS FULL OF EVIL. IT IS ANGER, ENVY, JEALOUSY, SORROW, REGRET, GREED, ARROGANCE, SELF-PITTY, GUILT, RESENTMENT, INFERIORITY, LIES, FALSE PRIDE, SUPERIORITY. AND EGO.
THE OTHER IS GOOD. IT IS JOY, PEACE, LOVE, HOPE, GENEROSITY, TRUTH, COMPASSION AND FAITH."
THE GRANDSON THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN ASKED HIS GRANDFATHER: "WHICH WOLF WINS? "
THE OLD CHEROKEE SIMPLY REPLIED, "THE ONE YOU FEED."
WHICH DO YOU FEED?
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
ATTITUDE
ATTITUDE HAS A BIG IMPACT ON LIFE. ATTITUDE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FACTS. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PAST, THAN EDUCATION, THAN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, SAY, OR DO. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN APPEARANCE, GIFTEDNESS, A HOME. IT WILL MAKE OR BREAK A COMPANY.....CHURCH.....A HOME. THE REMARKABLE THING IS WE HAVE A CHOICE EVERYDAY REGARDING THE ATTITUDE WE WILL EMBRACE FOR THAT DAY.......WE CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST, WE CANNOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WILL ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY. WE CANNOT CHANGE THE INEVITABLE. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS PLAY ON THE STRING WE HAVE AND THAT IS OUR ATTITUDE. LIFE IS 10% WHAT HAPPENS AND 90% HOW THINGS ARE REACTED TO. "WE ARE IN CHAGRE OF OUR ATTITUDES."
Friday, November 6, 2009
GROWTH
GROWTH IS AN ERRACTIC FORWARD MOVEMENT....TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE ONE STEP BACK. REMEMBER THAT AND BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF. A RECOVERY IS A HEALING PROCESS. YOU ARE CAPABLE OF GREAT THINGS ON TUESDAY, BUT ON WEDNESDAY YOU MAY SLIDE BACKWARD. THIS IS NORMAL. GROWTHS OCCURS IN SPURTS. YOU WILL LIE DORMANT SOMETIMES. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. THINK OF IT AS RESTING.
VERY OFTEN A WEEK OF INSIGHTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF SLUGGISHNESS. IN THIS SENSE, EASY DOES IT IS ACTUALLY A MODUS OPERANDI. IT MEANS "EASY ACCOMPLISHES IT."
PRACTICE BEING KIND TO YOURSELF IN SMALL, CONCRETE WAYS. "GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES" MAY TAKE ON A NEW AND VERY DIFFERENT MEANING. IF YOU DO ONE NICE THING A DAY FOR YOURSELF, GOD WILL DO TWO MORE. BE ALERT FOR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM UNEXPECTED QUARTERS. BE OPEN TO RECEIVING GIFTS FROM ODD CHANNELS. PRACTICE SAYING YES TO ANY HELP.
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, EXPERIMENT WITH SOLITUDE. YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO QUIET TIME. TRY TO ACQUIRE THE HABIT OF CHECKING IN WITH YOURSELF. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY JUST TAKE A BEAT, AND ASK YOURSELF HOW YOU ARE FEELING. LISTEN TO YOUR ANSWER. RESPOND KINDLY. IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING VERY HARD, PROMISE YOURSELF A BREAK AND A TREAT AFTERWARD.
AS A CREATIVE BEING, YOU WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN COAXED THAN WHEN BULLIED.
MY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE
VERY OFTEN A WEEK OF INSIGHTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF SLUGGISHNESS. IN THIS SENSE, EASY DOES IT IS ACTUALLY A MODUS OPERANDI. IT MEANS "EASY ACCOMPLISHES IT."
PRACTICE BEING KIND TO YOURSELF IN SMALL, CONCRETE WAYS. "GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES" MAY TAKE ON A NEW AND VERY DIFFERENT MEANING. IF YOU DO ONE NICE THING A DAY FOR YOURSELF, GOD WILL DO TWO MORE. BE ALERT FOR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM UNEXPECTED QUARTERS. BE OPEN TO RECEIVING GIFTS FROM ODD CHANNELS. PRACTICE SAYING YES TO ANY HELP.
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, EXPERIMENT WITH SOLITUDE. YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO QUIET TIME. TRY TO ACQUIRE THE HABIT OF CHECKING IN WITH YOURSELF. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY JUST TAKE A BEAT, AND ASK YOURSELF HOW YOU ARE FEELING. LISTEN TO YOUR ANSWER. RESPOND KINDLY. IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING VERY HARD, PROMISE YOURSELF A BREAK AND A TREAT AFTERWARD.
AS A CREATIVE BEING, YOU WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN COAXED THAN WHEN BULLIED.
MY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE
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