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23 Jul 2010 Life Is An Opportunity
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Opportunity To WinLife is an opportunity, benefit from it. Mother Teresa.

Today’s question is:
Are you REALLY taking full advantage of the opportunity that life is offering you today?

Do you realize that life IS an opportunity?

Well those are two questions right? But they are very valid ones, and your answers will lead you to a life changing experience.

If you read What Does Each Day Mean To You? you will have already begun to consider the importance of taking advantage of the opportunities that each day brings.

How can you really live life to the full?
Isn’t it true that so often it is not until you are in danger of losing something in life that you actually fully recognize it’s real value?

Have you ever wondered why so often it is not until we face a near death experience or a similar severe challenge in life that recognize what a precious gift life really is?

So often we do not really recognize that life is an opportunity because:

1. We get busy with the daily routines and forget to look at the big picture.

Solution: Schedule at least 15 minutes EVERY day to spend time alone reflecting on all of the things you enjoy in life. Give thanks for each one.

Yes, gratitude is a very powerful attitude.

It is so easy to take the good things that you enjoy in life for granted. And when that happens you don’t even realize just how many things you DO enjoy every day.

An attitude of gratitude will completely transform
your perspective of your daily life.
This alone will turn your life around.

2. We are overcome with fear and doubt.

Solution: Recognize that fear will destroy your life and cloud your perspective of everything you do. It will stop you from REALLY enjoying anything in life.

Once you recognize the presence of fear, start to DISPLACE it with faith. You cannot get rid of a negative emotion or attitude in your life by focusing on it. You need to start intentially and deliberately focusing on the very opposite attitude.

Read: Fear Is A Developed Habit

Yes, fear is a developed habit and so to reverse this habit it will take daily focused action. What kind of action? Deliberately focus on positive solutions in every area of your life.

3. Our life dreams are frustrated.

I have left the best for the last :)

Solution:
Did you know that you were born with the seed of your destiny in your heart? This destiny includes your dreams, your passions and aspirations in life. It also includes a deep desire for a relationship with the Living God.

There are two major areas of life that are deeply connected with your dreams and your COMPLETE sense of purpose in life:

a. Relationship with God.
Yes I believe the Bible and the simple Gospel of abundant life in Christ. Without this relationship with God through Christ, no matter what level of success you rise to in life, there will always be a deep nagging emptiness in your heart. It won’t go away no matter what you try to fill it UNLESS you decide to follow Jesus. (Read John 1:12 and John 3:1-23 in the Bible).

b. Fulfillment of your destiny (or WHY = life’s dreams and purpose).
You will never be fully satisfied in life either until you are working towards your dream and then living it. We will be discussing this more in future articles on this blog. Meanwhile, I highly recommend you get this CD Find Your Why Now. See below under the resources section for more information.

JillLife is an opportunity – are you fully benefiting from it?

Resources:
Fear Is Wrongly Focused Faith,
Worry is wrong meditation
Find Your Why Now (Don’t miss this tremendous opportunity to get hold of a great CD plus several mp3s that will really change your life).

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19 Jul 2010 Words You Never Want To Speak
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Don't speakThis evening I was listening to a motivational call with John Di Lemme.

He was talking about the negative statements which include “used to be”. “The used to bes” are very dangerous words, and need to be eliminated from yours and my daily vocabulary.

You never want to be found pronouncing any “used to bes” nor do you want to spend your days listening to them.

Why is this so important?

“Used to bes” feed doubt and destroy faith.
When you stop working on a positive daily habit, it is because you have lost hope that you will see results from this daily habit.

If you have fallen into this pit, it is because you have stopped believing in you they were doing. When this happens the next step down is to fall into cynicism and then bitterness.

“Used to bes” reveal fear and increase fear.
Once you start saying things like: “I used to exercise every day but now I just don’t have the motivation” or “I used to read the Bible and good challenging books all the time. But now, I have just lost heart”.

Can you see how fear is intertwined in these comments? They are really saying: “I fear I have lost my vision, my dream, my health and my way in life”.

Do you catch yourself saying “I used to be …” You CAN change that. How?

  1. Face it! Recognize that you have fallen into the “used to be” trap.
  2. Desire! You need to REALLY want to change.
  3. Decision! Make a decision. Any lasting change in yours and my life requires a change of habit. This takes time – it is a process. The process starts with a strong decision.
  4. Commitment. Commit to a daily dedicated process of training that includes reading, listening to good life changing books and recordings and speaking the right words. Speak positive affirmations over your own life and your dreams.
  5. Remember that the moment you decided to cancel all negative words and thoughts from your life, you declared war. By default it is the negative forces, negative words and fear that rules in this world.
War means there will be a fight.
Don’t allow your emotions to rule.
Your will (your decision power) must rule at all times.

When you commit to a process that will change your daily habits, your life will change. There is no overnight fix that will last. It is a process and it does take time.

JillI believe in you. I am sure that you will make this decision and commitment because I know that you are a champion.

P.S. Here are some great resources for you:

  1. Champions Are Born, Losers Are Made
  2. Download some free mp3s and mp4s that will get you started with listening to teachings that will inspire, motivate and challenge you. Listen to these every day.

I use these resources in my own life every day and they have been a great help. I am also an affiliate for these products, so anything you may decide to purchase will likely result in a commission that will help me to continue providing you with content aimed at blessing your life.

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