Action does more to you than others. It may not bring immediate success or results but it changes you. Makes you more disciplined, more action orientation.
Take working out at the gym for example, each session makes you stronger than the last. Over a few months you’re stronger and leaner, it didn’t take a few sessions, it took constant effort, action and time.
What can you take action on today, and tomorrow and for the rest of this year to make a big impact over time?
Know yourself.
Find your people.
Understand how and why your different so you can mix but stand out and stand true to you!
So there are some people and my life and around me who get up, got to work, have dinner, watch tv, go to sleep and repeat. It’s what they’ve done for the past 10, 20, 30 years and will continue to do so.
Then there are some that are driven by purpose and a desire and they have a similar routine but it’s different, they do more. They read more, they consciously do things that take them closer to their goals. These two types of people may look the same on the surface but they will end up in very different places.
I’m not willing to settle for mediocre, mundane and average!
To be more I must do more. I need to pour in now so later I can reap the rewards of today.
It’s tough not seeing instant results but we need to suck it up and grow up because its how things work sometimes. There’s seed, there’s TIME and then comes the harvest.
Unfortunately, I can’t exercise a fat belly and look for a six pack an hour later. It may take a few months of training.
I heard a story of a guy who was challenged to take an hour out of his tv watching time every night and instead of watching tv he had to read for and hour. He did and became one of America’s number one authors!
A small change can make a BIG difference.
“If you hang with turkeys you’ll be dinner by Christmas”
Walk with people that challenge you.
Run with those you find it hard to keep up with.
Fly with the Eagles.
A good friend is getting married tomorrow. I told her to savor the moment. Don’t get so caught up that the day passes and you look back and can hardly remember it. All the hard work and preparation has been for this day so don’t miss it!
I did the same on my wedding day. Mentally slowing down and savoring!
I have this advise to all brides and grooms to-be that I meet, but what about now? Doesn’t apply to me, I’m not getting married, or does it?
Driving and listening to an audiobook (as I always do), it hit me. I can slow down and savor the now! Mmm my breakfast was good! I really do enjoy sugar snap peas, salmon egg muffins and my olives. I really enjoyed my gym class too, nap was needed and now my drive to meet a friend for lunch. I’m even savoring writing this note, my perfum smells good. I feel happy. I’m excited about my future. But all I have is this moment. So I’m going to live in it, experience it, be very were of it and enjoy it.
So friend, slow down and savor! Life is so rich. Be aware of the present/present God has given you. Don’t dismiss the moment. Savor it. Who’s with you right now? Around you? Who did you last speak to? Where are you? What are you sitting or standing on? Who taught you to read so that you could be reading these words right now. Take it all in. Slow down and savor!
Ok, so sometimes God answers immediately! Most of the time, to me, it feels like a delayed response.
I’m an instant kinda person, I like things done right away. If I have an idea I execute! ASAP. Peter is the more relaxed laid back, let’s wait, there’s no rush type of person.
So when I have an instruction from God and obey I expect an instant result. I pretty much never get that… I’m learning to wait.
When I do wait it’s beautiful to see how God works, it’s so impressive, so perfect, so gentle and so on POINT!
So, I’m learning to wait, rest, trust, chill OUT! Just like watching the plot of a movie unfold. Patiently watching, scene by scene, leaving clues and ideas, after 90 or so minutes, it’s finished, you made it. It was, hopefully, worth the wait.
SO when I pray and believe, sow a seed (money, time, a word), after I will wait. Wait with patience. Wait in gentle expectation. Watching God’s plan and promise unfold before my eyes.
If you have trouble waiting, I encourage you to do the same.
Marriage takes constant effort so does our relationship with God.
Everything is vying for your attention and heart. That’s why praying and reading the Word refocuses your mind and keeps you and your partner close.
Love that scripture but in REALITY sometimes that’s real HARD! Philippians 4:6
Basically don’t worry, don’t fret, it will all be ok, trust God.
Easy to say, write, read now… but when life/situation flips on you and your thoughts are RUNNING WILD. That’s when you’ll need it. Don’t be anxious!
Don’t just hear a person’s words but hear their words (or advice) from where they are!
Are they in a blessed or bitter place? Either perspective understood correctly, can be powerful. For example, this is how things look and feel from the pit, from the Palace or from the journey to be get there.
People say you want advice from someone who’s “been there”. “There” maybe your ultimate dream but someone else “there” was part of the journey, not what it’s cracked up to be or really hard. Their story doesn’t have to be yours.
Perspective is a powerful thing! So don’t just hear a person’s perspective but hear FROM their perspective!
I go through seasons (days/weeks) that I call “Order in the house”. I guess it’s like a spring clean but feels like more than that.
I say this because these “Order in the house” seasons are followed by big change!!
Order in the finances
One time hubby and I did a massive budget organization and over hall. We figured out exactly how much money we needed that day. As we wrote that final figure down on paper we got a phone call and the person was confirming our bank details to deposit that exact amount of money.
Get your finances in order!
Order in the house
My January is usually spent goal setting but this year was different. Day after day was spent organizing the garage and office and paper work. The goals flowed perfectly in February and those targets are being hit and exceeded every month. When God’s leading you it can feel out of order (from the norm) but you’re walking in Divine order!
Get your house in order!
Order in the wardrobe
It’s June and the weather’s getting warmer. It is England, so we have to be ready for any weather here. But it’s really starting to warm up. After 2 years of trying, the baby weight is finally starting to shift so it was time to sort the wardrobe out. The plan was;
So after lots of trying on and honesty I’m finished up with a full wardrobe of great old clothes that look and feel brand new!
Get your clothes in order!
Order is an incredible and powerful thing that affects every area of your life. Put your life and thoughts in order and move forward more powerfully.
Yeah I said it! Sorry did I go too far? Did I touch a nerve? Have you never heard it out loud but questioned it somewhere deep down inside?
If someone’s addicted to porn, drugs or someone else’s wife it’s easy to say, that’s a sin, that’s wrong. But food? We all need it to live right? Yes we do, but I’m talking about an ADDICTION!!
I’m talking about:
I feel like I can be so bold cause I’ve been there. I’ve fought the battle and yes, deep down, I’ve wondered if it was a sin.
What is sin? Missing the mark. Putting someone or something else before God!
I’ve been there; when I couldn’t talk, I could eat. When I found it hard to pray, I could turn to food. It didn’t judge me but it was insatiable and out of control.
Isn’t that how a drug addict feels?
I’ve heard billions of pounds and dollars are poured into research and tests to make food more addictive, then there’s the advertising!
I had to take back control of what I could control. I couldn’t control what they put into food or how an ad affects me but I could control my hands, my mouth and my mind.
I decided to educate myself. I decided my body IS the temple of the Living God and I would treat it that way. I decided to put God first and ask for His help to control and redirect my appitie.
Slowly but surely it worked and continues to work.
Top tips:
Tomorrow isn’t promised.
Take no thought for tomorrow.
We’re literally trained and programmed to live in and for the future. Especially in business with goal setting and business planning, which all have their place.
My dilemma is that the more I read the Word of God is the more I see things like take no thought for tomorrow and tomorrow is not promised and generally living in the present moment and trusting God for the next, because we can’t control it.
So, my encouragement to you today is just that. Live for today. Tomorrow isn’t promised.
