Encouragement

Did you spring out of bed this morning full of purpose ready to soar way up, or you reluctantly crawled out of it? Are you full of purpose today, even in the face of very serious challenges which seem insurmountable? Or, you woke up this morning feeling downcast and not ready to take on the day ahead of you. Do you feel you have already lost the day's battle even before you begin to fight?

Listen up, if the last part of the paragraph above describes you, I want to say to you right now that YOU and YOU alone must fight your way out of this negative feeling. First and foremost YOU have to fight this by yourself from within YOU, before you enlist outside help. Impossible! you say. Possible I say. You are a fighter. A very strong willed person, How do I know? Because you have purpose and it is just waiting for you to tap into it and walk into abundance. Period.

Discover the purpose for getting out of bed everyday and you have already overcome your daiy's challenges. It doesn't matter what the challenge is. You are a winner. Many times the challenges we face are not really as big as we make them out to be. Why? Because nothing is ever as difficult as it first appears. A lot of times it is our runaway imaginations that magnify anthills into mountains. In any case if you have a challenge which you are not ready to face and fight, how will it go away, especially today? If you cannot tackle today's challenge in today's time frame, be rest assured that it will not disappear today and the likelihood that it will be part of tomorrow's challenge(s) is high! Tomorrow is tomorrow, today is today. Two different days! So, what to do? Firstly, Burn your yesterday's bridge and soldier on into your tomorrow which begins at the end of today.

I remember not too long ago in my past, when faced with serious challenges, how I would be sulky, panicky, fearful, angry all the time, you name it. Every kind of negative barrier would be so visible that in the midst of it all I would see no escape route. My vision would be nothing but foggy. Then one day I was set free. I decided enough was enough. I was not going to 'run' any more. I was going to face each day squarely one at a time. Guess the biggest discovery I made? I will tell you. The fact that God had willed it for me to be alive each day, meant that I had an opportunity to overcome.
Still feeling challenged? Discover your purpose today and you will have motivation enough to look forward to springing out of bed! Be BLESSED.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle

I quite agree with this quote and I look at my own personal life, my habits or my character generally. I am convinced like Aristotle that excellence can be a habit or a way of life, and not just an act.

According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, attitude is defined as "a behaviour reflecting a way of thinking". It is also defined as; "truculence; a lack of cooperation; arrogance; style, swagger".

Now then, which best describes your attitude? Excellent or Arrogant? Take a sober examination of your attitude. Which one is prominent?

I have come to learn that any kind of attitude begins with the real you inside of you. You are the architect of either a positive or negative attitude. As a young man growing up I used to be very sarcastic and proud. It did not bother me at the time. I did not care if my sarcasm offended people or not, I enjoyed it, especially in the company of the opposite sex. I thought it was charming to be sarcastic. I could overhear people who did not like my attitude talk about my bad behaviour. I did not care. I was too proud. They could keep their opinion for all I cared!

But hey, remember that I said you are the architect of your attitude? Yeah? Sometimes we all need a little 'nudge' to be pointed into the correct direction. For me this happened when I said 'YES' to the Lord. I 'sobered' up. I realised that I had been a 'bad boy'. I took a very serious reflection of my life and in particular my attitude towards people and things around me. I felt ashamed to look back at my past life. Nothing much to write home about in this area. I then made a conscious decision to 'salvage' my relationships with my family, friends and colleagues. I just had to change my attitude.

Today I can confidently say, "you are the architect of your arrogant or excellent attitude". But, you can take authority and choose to be the real good person that you are. I have experienced it and I am living proof that you too can come out of that bad attitude and cultivate one of excellence.
You know, I could go on and on but the bottom line is I want you to enjoy peace and joy by taking authority over your attitude if you have been struggling in this area. Turn your attitude into a bankable attribute. You have the power within you to do it! The power to determine the
seasons you enter is within you. Let excellence be your habit not an act. Cultivate it, now!