You've probably heard the saying "Success is not a destination, but a journey". It is not something achieved quickly. Also, it is almost always begun in the mind first. In a word, it is hope. You have to first make a decision on what you want and what will motivate you to overcome any obstacles along the way. You can learn how if you know what and you have a big enough why.
A new friend of mine put it in perspective for me. She said, "I'm in the transportation business. I help people get from where they are to where they want to go." How eloquent! So where do you want to go? You must know the direction you're headed. A person headed nowhere does not need your help to get there.
How often does this happen - someone else says something to you and all of a sudden the answer just clicks in your brain. How did that happen?
There are two different sides of your brain, the left and right. The left side is where logic and very detailed processes are executed. The right side contains your creativity and imagination. Over time, people tend to develop one side of the brain more than the other. They typically rely on the one side they are most comfortable with. Sometimes it takes just a word to two from someone else to bridge that gap between the left and right side of your brain - a matter of inches.
So what if that bridge didn't exist or was inaccessible? How far can you go on your own? There are people that proclaim to be self-made millionaires. However, in what position were they when they were born? Who fed them when they were little? Who taught them in school? Who put a roof over them while growing up? No man or woman is an island. Everyone needs help to accomplish success.
So I will add this thought to my friend's statement - many times the distance is only an inch or two, but the destination is miles from where they were. Who will be your bridge?
You can learn how if you know the what and you have a big enough why. The journey first begins in your mind. Where are you going?
Thanks Cass!
As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)
If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at the address below.
Email: DeltaInspire2@hushmail.com
Monday, May 31, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
What Is Your Currency?
Bailouts. Stimulus packages. Bank failures. Foreclosures. All of these things indicate that there is a sickness in our economy, a grave one. Is there really a shortage of money? No. The government proves this every day by printing more and more of it - now by the trillions.
The problem is that too many people don't have enough of it (money, currency) to continue in what they were doing. There is an imbalance. However, let us remember that our currency is only special green paper with numbers on it. Currency is only an accepted medium of exchange. It represents something. It represents faith or stability in our economy. Obviously, we do have a sickness, because things are not very stable.
Consider this - suppose you wake up tomorrow and the currency we are used to has no value at all. It is totally worthless. What would you do?
Obviously, you still need to eat and provide for your loved ones. How would you get those provisions? Would you barter (an exchange of goods and services without money)? What do you have that someone else wants or needs?
Now you really have to think to survive. You would have to use your thoughts, talents, abilities, etc. for real exchange without the convenience of money. Do you have enough?
I assure you that you do have enough if you really think about it. Physical strength, insight, attractiveness, friends, faith, family, health, problem solving capability, etc. are just some of the possessions you already have (in no particular order).
What would you use to survive? What things would you turn to first? What is most easily transferable?
Things are changing. It is likely to get worse, a lot worse. Our dollar is getting worth less and less each time they crank up the printing press. We have less to provide for our loved ones.
What can we do to prepare for more financial sickness when it comes? Now you will have to think on that. If you continue the way things have been, it is likely you will get financially sick also, like the many millions in this country that are under extreme financial pressure. Maybe you are already are. Can you get out from underneath that pressure?
What you do with these questions will likely impact the rest of your life.
As always, the choice is yours.
This bears repeating:
Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
A generous man will himself be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor. Proverbs 22:6-9 (NIV)
If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at the address below.
Email: DeltaInspire2@hushmail.com
The problem is that too many people don't have enough of it (money, currency) to continue in what they were doing. There is an imbalance. However, let us remember that our currency is only special green paper with numbers on it. Currency is only an accepted medium of exchange. It represents something. It represents faith or stability in our economy. Obviously, we do have a sickness, because things are not very stable.
Consider this - suppose you wake up tomorrow and the currency we are used to has no value at all. It is totally worthless. What would you do?
Obviously, you still need to eat and provide for your loved ones. How would you get those provisions? Would you barter (an exchange of goods and services without money)? What do you have that someone else wants or needs?
Now you really have to think to survive. You would have to use your thoughts, talents, abilities, etc. for real exchange without the convenience of money. Do you have enough?
I assure you that you do have enough if you really think about it. Physical strength, insight, attractiveness, friends, faith, family, health, problem solving capability, etc. are just some of the possessions you already have (in no particular order).
What would you use to survive? What things would you turn to first? What is most easily transferable?
Things are changing. It is likely to get worse, a lot worse. Our dollar is getting worth less and less each time they crank up the printing press. We have less to provide for our loved ones.
What can we do to prepare for more financial sickness when it comes? Now you will have to think on that. If you continue the way things have been, it is likely you will get financially sick also, like the many millions in this country that are under extreme financial pressure. Maybe you are already are. Can you get out from underneath that pressure?
What you do with these questions will likely impact the rest of your life.
As always, the choice is yours.
This bears repeating:
Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
A generous man will himself be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor. Proverbs 22:6-9 (NIV)
If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at the address below.
Email: DeltaInspire2@hushmail.com
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