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Sometimes we feel that we are the only one going through challenging times and we get overwhelmed by our situation. You are DEFINITELY not alone in the life challenges that you face! Never envy another persons situation because you truly do not know what things that they struggle with or have struggled with in life…. All you see is the end result. Remember that every great person has a story of hardship and then triumph! God is preparing you for your ultimate blessing! Stay encouraged!!

Sometimes we get intimidated or down on ourselves because other people are out pacing. We let ourselves get swept into self doubt and feeling bad about ourselves because our life doesn’t “look like” someone else’s. What you need to remember is that your journey is unique to you and is going to have its own twists and turns – but that is ok. As long as you stay focused on your goals, you will get to where you are trying to go!

Fear of change,  Fear of Failure, Self Destructive or Just Plain Lazy?

Last Friday I spoke to a new friend of mine about some of her health challenges.  She has diabetes and it has gotten to be pretty serious.  Her blood sugar levels are consistently over 300….I had no idea if that was bad or good, but apparently that is very high.  She said that her doctor has told her on numerous occasions that she is going to die if she does not make drastic changes to her life and lifestyle.

She looked at me while were talking and she told me that she needed help – someone to work out with her so that she can get motivated and get consistent.  As she looked at me with her eyes welled up with tears and she told me in a clear loud voice, “If I don’t make these changes, I’m going to die“.

This whole conversation struck me deeply on a number of levels.  One because she is such an amazing and beautiful person and of course I am concerned about her health, but I was also quite fascinated about the fact that she had been told repeatedly that she needed to do something about her weight and eating habits but yet she was sipping on a Mountain Dew soda right before I walked up.

Why is it that we as people know we need to something, know that we should do something, know that our life hangs in the balance – but yet WE STILL DON’T DO IT!

People tend to get complacent about their lives and forget that they are the person who holds the key to the results that they get in life.  People tend to fail, because they believe that there is something else outside of them that is causing them to be a certain way.

“I’m overweight because it is hereditary in my family” – No you are overweight because you overeat and don’t work out.

“I am too busy to go back to school” – Well you are not too busy to watch television for a few hours a night and go to the club every weekend.

“I am late because traffic was so terrible getting down here”. – No, you were late because you woke up late and didn’t get out of the house on time.

You and only you have the ability to change your life.  If you have a situation in life and you don’t like what you see, you are the only person who can make the changes to revitalize your life. The first step to this is taking responsibility for what you do and don’t do.  Nothing just happens in life.  Everything is the result of some type of action – either conscious action or passive action  If you take conscious action, you control the results in your life.  If you take passive action you allow circumstances to happen and you choose to live by default.

My thought for the week is to take action!  Remember, “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”- Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher.

I have recently re-dedicated myself to physically going to church on Sundays.  Don’t get me wrong…I am an avid church goer, but I happen to attend one of the ‘mega churches’ that has the live online stream of Sunday morning service.  For years I had made a conscientious effort not to become a member of  Bedside Baptist…but over the past several months I have unwittingly become a member of  Pajama Presbyterian.

But either way…for the past 2 weeks, I have been back on point.

Yesterday, my pastor gave an awesome message that I thought would be apropos for the Meditative Thought 4 The Week, and that was about Checking Your Attitude.  So many people wonder why things are not working in their life.  After all, they do all of the right things.  They work hard.  They show up early and leave late.  They take on projects that other people won’t….and they wonder why they have not progressed in their career.  They figure it must be sexism, racism, communism, any type of ‘ism’ to explain the reason why they are not getting the results that they want in their life.

But its not that. Not that at all.

What it boils down to is YOUR ATTITUDE.

How do you treat people?  Do you take on tasks enthusiastically?  Do you do things begrudgingly or because you truly want to make a difference?  Ever heard the saying that your ATTITUDE DETERMINES YOUR ALTITUDE?  Well, nothing could be more accurate.

We live in a world where things manifest at the level of their vibratory frequency and for those who thought that was too deep; let’s just say- you get what you give.  You reap what you sow.

If you are not getting what you want to out of life, before you do anything else, check your own attitude.  Make sure that you are doing whatever you do from a place of genuine joy and gratitude and you will open up the flood gates to manifest those blessings in your life.

This weekend I went to an Atlanta Hawks game!  (Playoffs Baby!)

It was a great game and I enjoyed it tremendously!  But of course after a couple of hours and a few cheer heightening margaritas, we were VERY  hungry.  We ended up trekking it up to my side of town and ended up at Chili’s to grab a light and healthy bite to eat.

Anyway, when we sat down we were greeted (I guess?) by a young lady who seemed pretty unhappy with her life.  She came up to the table, didn’t smile, didn’t ask how our day was…just looked blankly at us and asked “do you want something to drink?” I was a bit thrown off by her demeanor in that I had just had a great afternoon at the game with some great company.  I thought maybe if I flashed her a smile she would smile back and it would enhance her demeanor.

No such luck.

The whole thing got my thinking about taking the time to separate how you feel from what you project.  You are not going to feel at 100% all of the time.  Sometimes you will not feel like being bothered.  Some days your cereal will be soggy, the newspaper will be wet from the sprinkler, and everyone will be on and around your nerves.  But guess what, life doesn’t care about that!  The show must go on!

The most successful people in life are those who know how to discipline themselves to have peak performance and do things regardless of how they feel.  Don’t use being in a bad mood as an excuse to be subpar.