We all have dreams and goals and at some point in time we do get stuck and question ourselves around it.If you are serious about your dreams and goals than one thing is for sure *It will come true*.
At times we will want to quit and give up but do not be that person who had the chance to turn their dreams into reality but due to distractions wasn’t able to.
When things get tough ‘hold on’ and remind yourself the importance of your dream.When your going through tough times ‘hold on’ it’ll be worth it, when there’s hardship ‘hold on’ it’ll be over soon, when life brings you to your knees ‘hold on’ and rise from within, when faced with challenges ‘hold on’ your strong enough to battle them, when faced with distractions ‘hold on’ shake them of and stay focused, when faced with negativity ‘hold on’ and smile through the hate, when these hardships bring tears to your eyes and you want to quit so bad ‘hold on champ’ you are doing great just keep moving forward, when you want to throw in the towel and have had enough of the struggle ‘hold on’ your almost at that finish line.
Dreams and goals takes courage and determination to achieve.It takes a special mindset and once achieved builds a different character within us.Each one of us has this special mindset including you do ‘hold on and don’t give up’.
Devise a plan – hold on – don’t give up – push through the hardship – don’t just get through the journey but get valuable lessons from the journey – become a champion and don’t ever let anyone be little you. You know your self worth not anyone else.
Dr Suvio Reddy
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12/7—It’s been said that teenagers all go through a stage where they feel “smarter” than their parents.
Now consider Jesus. While still very young, since He was perfect, He no doubt was smarter than His mother and foster father. He certainly astounded the teachers at the temple, didn’t He?
But did He take advantage of this? No, but the Bible informs us He “continued subject to them”.
Youths today can learn a great deal from His example.
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Scripture:
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Humor:
At the end of a tough year of internal conflict and church struggles, a pastor addressed his deacons and announced that he had become convinced that he was to accept the invitation of another church to become their pastor.
He further explained that he was convinced that Jesus had told him to make the change.
One of the deacons quickly stood and said, “Well, if that’s the case, I move that we all stand and sing “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
Proverbs 6 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Leadership guru Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
An old mobile marketing campaign asked, “Who’s in your five?”
It’s common for guys in their 20’s can rattle off names quickly. On their wedding day, you’ll find their five flanking them. But it doesn’t take long for those five to start fading from the picture. It’s natural to lose friends over time. People change. People move. All too often, few take their place.
We become known more by our titles, our accomplishments, or our kids. Increasingly we are known as “the boss,” “the guy who built that company, “runs in those triathlons,” or “Johnny’s dad.”
We become known by what we do more than who we are. In an article titled, “The Friendship Crisis,” The Washington Post recently quoted from an American Sociological Review stating “that the number of close friends for adults is declining, with the modal number of close friendship in 1985 being three, while in 2004 the modal number was zero.
The percentage of adults who report having no close friends at all has increased from 36 percent in 1985 to 53.4 percent by 2004.”
An ancient Proverb says, “An isolated man seeks out his own desires (or can be translated: destruction), he breaks out against all sound judgement.”
Isolated men create chaos. Their names litter the headlines, our prisons, and our neighborhoods. Men who shoot up movie theaters, live a double life, or simply escape to a virtual world after work.
Back in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr said, “What we are facing today is the fact that through our scientific and technological genius we’ve made of this world a neighborhood.
And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of it a brotherhood.”
Leadership can be lonely, but you don’t have to go it alone.
Guys in your five ask you the tough questions. They challenge you to risk. They give you permission to be who you are. They value you for who you are more than what you do.
So it begs the question, “Who’s in your five?” And if you are struggling to lift up more than one or two fingers, it’s time to build your brotherhood.
Schedule a lunch or virtual coffee with them. Reconnect. Be challenged. Watch your leadership deepen.
Be UNCOMMEN.
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12/6–Once there was a hunter out hunting bears. The hunter spotted a bear and carefully raise his rifle and took aim.
He was just about to pull the trigger when he heard a voice say: “Wait Mr. Hunter”!
The voice came from the bear. The bear continued to say: “Let’s sit down and talk things over.” The hunter lowered his rifle and sat down on a log with the bear.
The bear said to the hunter: “Let’s try to be reasonable and reach a compromise. “
The hunter took off his hat and scratched his head and said okay.
The bear asked the hunter just what was it that he wanted.
The hunter said: “A fur coat.”
The bear replied: “That sounds reasonable.”
The bear went on to say: “All I want is a full stomach.” That sounded fair enough too.
So the hunter and the bear discussed things a little more.
Then suddenly after a flurry of activity, the bear was alone.
The bear had his full-stomach, and the hunter was inside the fur coat.
Sometimes it is better to be a little cold and go without than to get wrapped up in unnecessary luxury items.
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How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Humor:
The story is told of three very well-to-do fellows who encountered a ferocious storm while sailing their yacht.
They were capsized and washed up on an uninhabited island. The radio equipment was destroyed in the storm. It was truly a Gilligan moment.
They looked for wood to build a fire and hopefully attract a search and rescue party. No luck John took a passive approach to the whole experience and spent his time lounging on the white sandy beach while the other two frantically searched for a means of rescue.
John’s two friends chastised him severely for his apparent unconcern. John just chipped away at a coconut and stared at the peaceful waves.
“But I am a Christian and a multi-millionaire”’ John shot back.
“Well, a lot of good that will do you out here in the middle of nowhere”, they complained.
John responded, “No, you do not understand. You see, I am very active in my church and I am a tither – I guarantee that my pastor will find us before Sunday!!”
Proverbs 6:6-8 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
There are people who want you to fill their cup one day and then they’re back the next with their cup again for you to fill it back up! They seemingly never think about filling someone else’s cup up.
They are definitely on the Me channel and only thinking about themselves!
Philippians 2: 3-4 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
If I put you up higher than myself, and you put me higher than yourself we should be eye to eye, and on the same level. If I fill your cup up then some of the overflow may rundown on to me! Start in today trying to make others your focus. It seems that nearly everyone wants to be served but few want to serve.
To be the greatest in the Kingdom we must be first like Jesus, and be able to serve. To be great in the Kingdom you have to be willing to be servant of all.
God loves humbleness and hates pride. Jesus was a King but took on the form of a servant. He left us the example to follow. That’s why Ok at the Lord’s Supper he girded himself with a towel and began to wash the Disciples feet. We have to lay our bib down to grab the towel.
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And, God forbid, if I ever start to FORGET what you did for me,
RENEW my mind, soul and heart to YOUR WAYS!!
Story:
12/5–An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends.
Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was
introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.
Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.
You have to laugh and find humor every day.
You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.
If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.
Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be .When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!
These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.
We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.
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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Humor:
An old bachelor was diagnosed with a terminal disease and given six months to live. The doctor advised, “I recommend that you marry a woman with six kids, move to Oklahoma, and buy 100 hogs to raise.”
The patient asked, “Doc, will that make me happy and live longer?” The doctor replied, “I doubt it, but it will be the longest six months of your life.” All of us have our definition of happiness. So does the Bible!
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