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Do you find yourself butting your head against the wall of
success? Are you caught up
in a revolving
door going around and around? When you look at where you are
in life, do you think you should be further ahead?
Not
long ago, I reviewed my goals. If you know me, you might
realize that I am a
dreamer.
I have BIG dreams. But there are days when I, too, am frustrated.
I feel like I am spinning my wheels of success in one place.
On the
outside, many people think I have it all together. They
think I am so successful and I have arrived. Don’t
get me wrong, I am happy with the success I have had so
far in my life. I am living my dream in America. I am blessed!
I face everyday with excitement and passion.
I am
doing something I truly love. My vocation is my vacation.
I have friends in high places. I am way ahead of many. Life
is wonderful compared to what it was. I am successfully
pressing on to greater things. But I have had my share of
frustration along the way.
Well,
unlike many who are too busy trying to make a living instead
of designing a life, I took the time to examine what I might
be doing wrong. And my findings are really astonishing.
I discovered that my doings are not in alignment with my
being. And that may be your problem, too. Let me explain.
Imagine
for a moment that your mind is a garden. It is impossible
to grow mangos from a watermelon seed. But it seems as though
that is exactly what we are trying to do when it comes to
aligning the seeds in our minds versus the harvest we want
as a result.
Seeds
of doubt and fear planted in our minds can reap their own
sort of crop. If you wake up doubting whether you will make
it or not, it doesn’t matter how much you have done
for the day, you will not make much progress. You must believe!
That’s
why you and I can’t afford to let others dump their
negative opinions in our heads and take them as the gospel
truth. It’s dangerous to our success! Most people
will not utter one sentence without injecting some kind
of fear or doubt in us. And keep in mind that the more influence
others have on you, the more damage you allow them to do.
One
seed of fear is like a weed. Once allowed to enter our minds,
it can grow wild and suffocate the good in you. I am sure
you have heard that success is an inside job. We must first
create it in our minds and intensely believe it is ours
before it can become a reality. God never lets us down.
We let ourselves down. Does that make sense to you?
Until
we meet again, take a good look at your own personal garden
(your mind), and notice all of the weeds that may have overtaken
it. Do you know how those weeds got there? Five years from
now, if you are not careful, you may become what the people
around you believe instead of what you wish for yourself.
Be sure to always
surround
yourself with positive and successful people..
I wish
you incredible success!
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