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23 Jul 2010 Life Is An Opportunity

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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21 Jul 2010 What Does TODAY Mean To You?
 |  Topic: Awareness, Choices, Expectations  | Tags: , , , , , ,  | Comments off

Sunrise over Haughley SuffolkEvery morning you wake up to a new day.

What does that mean to you?

What is the first thing that you do when you wake up?

Yesterday I was listening to a teleconference and heard John Di Lemme make this statement:

What you do with the first two hours of your day sets the pace for the day.

Each day offers a new beginning, an opportunity to discover new things, and to see God work new miracles in your life.

BUT there is a catch!
What is this catch? Every day is like a present.

  • You need to open a present in order to discover what it is. You need to open up each day to discover what new things are waiting for you to learn and experience.
  • You need to be alert and expect to see the miracles that God has for you. God works with FAITH (positive expectancy).

How many times I hear people around me use this phrase when asked how they are: “Same old”. Where is the expectancy and faith in that comment?

Well actually it is a negative focus that is directed at expecting nothing new. So what do these folk get? Nothing new! Are they alert to discover, learn and experience new things? No!

So how can you make sure that you receive everything that each new day is offering you?

Here is a plan that would change your life:

  1. Wake up to read you WHY. Do you have your WHY written down? Your why is the reason you are on this earth. It involves making a difference in this world in the area of your passion and calling.
  2. Spend the first minutes of your day declaring affirmations that are in line with your WHY and your dreams.
  3. Pick up your Bible and read a chapter from the book of Proverbs, Psalms or the Gospels. If you are following a plan to read the Bible in a year, then continue with this plan.

    Stop and think about what you are reading. Write down a key thought that stands out to you.

  4. Now that your mind will be more focused and alert, take a look at the plan your created the evening before. What are the most important items? (They will be on the top of your list).

    Start working on number 1 on your list as soon as breakfast is over.

  5. If you are following a workout program, insert this in the order of your routine. If you are not, at least take a walk after breakfast. There is nothing like physical exercise to clear your mind and get the brain focus and ready for action.

What would happen to your life if you followed a plan similar to this every day for 30 days? I am sure you would discover some transformations!

What if you have to start out early in the morning for work? I sometimes do. Those days I take out my cell phone while I am waiting on the bus at 4.30am in the morning, surf over to 210 Affirmations to Guarantee 2010 to be your greatest year ever.

Then I spend those waiting moments making the affirmations mine by declaring them out loud. This definitely makes a difference to my day.

JillHow are you spending the first two hours of each day? Do you EXPECT to discover or learn something new and to see miracles EVERY day?

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