By yourself to rejuvenate
Quiet time
by Wangari Kimani
"The Universe is no respecter of persons --- only
principles."
Gravity is a great principle of the universe and regardless of who you are... regardless of your intelligence... regardless of your wealth (or lack thereof)...
you are subject to the law of gravity. Step off the
edge of a building and you will get the exact same
result that I get if I step off the edge of a building.
Success is the same way. It's no respecter of persons --- only principles. To ignore the fact that success is no respecter of persons --- to work yourself to
the bone in ignorance or disregard of important
principles --- is the quickest way I know to sabotage
your success
Wise words to get by:
One comes to believe whatever one repeats to
oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind. - Robert Collier
Instead of worrying about what people say of
you, why not spend time trying to accomplish
something they will admire. - Dale Carnegie
Within you right now is the power to do things
you never dreamed possible. This power
becomes available to you just as soon as you
can change your beliefs. - Dr. Maxwell Maltz
The problems of the world cannot possibly be
solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons
are limited by obvious realities. We need men
and women who can dream of things that
never were. - John F. Kennedy
We must not, in trying to think about how we
can make a big difference, ignore the small
daily differences we can make which, over
time, add up to big differences that we often
cannot foresee. - Marian Wright Edelman
We must overcome the notion that we must
be regular... it robs you of the chance to be
extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.Uta Hagen
It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare
to win that makes the difference. - Paul "Bear"
Bryant
The principle of the Law of Attraction is that
whatever you are seeking in the Universe is
also seeking you. - Vic Johnson
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's
what you think you are not. - Denis Waitley
If you don't know where you are going, any
road will get you there. - Lewis Carroll
Poetry of the heart
SMILE - Author Unknown
A Smile costs nothing, but gives much.
It enriches those who receive, without making poorer
those who give.
It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it,
and none is so poor, but that he can be made rich by
it.
A Smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good
will in business,
and is the countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged,
sunshine to the sad,
and it is nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen,
for it is something that is of no value to anyone, until
it is given away.
Some people are too tired to give you a smile;
Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so
much as he who has no more to give.
Inspired by the one who owns
cattle over a thousand hills
W
hen I read the word of God and I look at the
people He chose to do His work, I am amazed.
Look at Noah, when God told him to build the ark, the
man was 600 years old (in the current generation, this
is not possible especially when you consider that
anyone above 100 years is extremely old). He was the
only one found righteous in the sight of God when God
wanted to finish the world because of its sin. Abraham,
Moses, Joshua, Joseph, Samson, David, Samuel,
Elijah, Elisha, Daniel, Job, Esther, Ruth, Sarah, Hannah, Rahab, Mary and many more of these great men
and women.
None of them had anything to offer the world and they
have their names living until today because God saw
that they had the
potential to do
His great and
mighty work.
Even they did not
consider themselves worthy
and capable of
such great jobs.
They just did
what they did
average. But
when they got the
revelation of God,
they stopped
being average
and common;
and what they
then accomplished, was
more than anyone could imagine.
For each person
who made a
great accomplishment in the bible,
they had a personal meeting with God where a divine
revelation was made. None of them just woke up one
day and decided to do the great deed. There was a
divine assignment. For many of us today, we think that
divine assignments ended with the biblical times documented in the bible. But they did not. They are still as
alive as we are.
I keep asking one question every time I find myself
wondering if I will make it to be a successful person
who does the will of God and one who has a purpose
and destiny. The question is – if I worship and have
faith unshaken in the same God who made the waters
of the Red Sea part ways for the Israelites to cross
over while escaping the Egyptians, what makes me
think that that same God cannot bring to pass that
which I am trusting Him for? It is good to know the
bible stories and the miracles that took place because
then it reminds one that we are not dealing with
“powers that be”. We are dealing with the Almighty
God, Creator of Heaven and Earth and Giver of Life.
In our path to success over what He has revealed to
us and in what we are pursuing, be it employment in a
government office, self-employment or philanthropic
works, we need to remember that we need to rise
above mediocrity and perform at higher levels of excellence and perfection. Even in our businesses, what is
so special that removes you away from the rest of the
pack? It is time we stopped doing business like
everybody else.
Point of illustration – if you keep going to sample
services in different restaurants and you find that out of
five that are in the same lane or block they are all
offering the same standard of service, will you bother
to go back? Won’t you start diversifying out of that lane
to see if those further afield have something different
and better to offer? And that is where most of us lose
our very dear customers. We get too familiar with them
and stop treating them as special, hoping they will
understand that that’s just the way things are. As one
preacher said, mediocrity creeps in when we believe
that we have it all.
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Excellence in your business and life should not be an
achievement; it should be your character. A reference
point by which people can refer to or describe you.
And how do you achieve that level of perfection and
Prime status?
1.
Commit all to God. Prime to everything else is
the understanding that nothing is possible without God. Failure to include God in all your plans
and committing them to God is a recipe for
extremely slow movement to your success, if not
failure to get there. God gives us the talents,
gifts, and resources; by His grace, doors that
would previously be closed to you are opened.
By committing our plans to Him, His favor precedes us and we are able to achieve more than
we even imagined.
2.
Work hard and smart. Ever watched a wind
vane, It is important as it gives us the direction of
the wind and that is
why it is placed so
high up with no
barriers. Unfortunately it just goes
round the same
pole, never gets
anywhere but it is
seen to be working.
Now a lot of us are
exactly the same.
We are working so
hard and not getting anywhere
because we have
got no particular
direction we are
going to. Working
smart allows God
the opportunity to
answer the prayers
we make concerning our success
and it allows us to
utilize the gifts and
talents that God
put in each one of
His human creation.
3.
Stop being afraid. I once heard someone say
that fear aborts God’s blessings for us and it
also keeps us away from God’s blessings. If Sir
Richard Branson (Virgin Group of companies)
had been afraid to risk his life while crossing the
Atlantic airborne, that bit of history would probably still be unwritten. Get out of your comfort
zone and just worth noting is that those who
dared to be blest by God dared to risk everything
they had and the rewards were beyond their
imagination.
4.
Don’t be a cry baby. Just because things don’t
work out, don’t grumble or beat yourself up
about it to the extent that you think that you can’t
try again. Learn from your mistakes and keep
moving. Fall down, get up, dust yourself off and
walk again. Develop a spirit like that of an alley
cat. It goes out there fights for its rightful place, it
is scratched, hurt and bloodied. It then retreats
to its corner and nurses its wounds and before
long, it is back there again. At some point the
rest of the cats just don’t see the point of fighting
anymore with one who doesn’t give up. Refuse
to get frustrated.
5.
Love and appreciate yourself. Personally I
have accepted, I am not a party animal! Any
gathering beyond 10.00 p.m. can sure be better
without me because my eyes get a life of their
own, they start acting droopy and the safest
place to be is my bed. That I have accepted.
Anything to the contrary is punishing myself and
inconve niencing any company I may be in at that
hour.
Accepting what you are not is not a weakness, it is a
strength because it is in this acceptance that one
realizes what they are good at and they can develop it
rather than fighting a losing battle with what they are
not.