Broken windshield glass

Broken glass causes many splinters...

It starts as a ding, grows to a small crack, splinters and spreads like spider legs and ends up in shatters. This is what happens when we let life's many obstacles get to us and we never tend to them. They spread and grow and before we know it, they become many fragments that we can no longer control.

If we had only taken care of the situation when it was small, it may have been a small amount of pain, discomfort or sacrifice; but when we leave it unattended and ignored, it becomes a big pain, a lot of discomfort, and an even larger sacrifice!

When you have life issues or obstacles that are small, take care of them in the present before they multiply and become more than you can control.

Where are you running to?

Coming in first doesn't matter if you have been running in place...

No matter what effort you put forth to win that race (job, raise, promotion, recognition, election, etc.), it is all for nothing if you are not progressing towards the finish line. Spending your time going over the same details, doing the same things and acting the same way, only serves to keep you in the same place.

If you want to move forward in life, you have to take steps to get you there. These may be small steps that introduce you to a new situation, intermediate steps to carry you through the various obstacles, and bigger steps to help you cross the finish line to your goals. You may not come in first by others standards, but you will be doing what YOU need to do to achieve your success!

Make sure your life race propels you forward towards your goal achievements !

Ashes vs Bonfires

When you are stuck dwelling in ashes, other peoples success looks like a bonfire....

We have all been there; so stuck in our own burnt out ashes (life's situations, burdens, don't haves, and can't do's) that when we see other peoples accomplishments, no matter how small, they seem as if they have a bonfire going on compared to our own life.

What we need to concentrate on is getting out of our ashes, and creating our own spark that leads to a bonfire! Think of ashes and what comes to mind; leftover from being burnt! These ashes no longer hold the flame or spark from the lively fire, but the remnants from what once was.

We need to pick ourselves out of the ashes in life, dust off the residue, and get busy igniting our own spark. That spark that gives us creativity, purpose and motivation to Be! Not to copy or wish for others success, but the desire and motivation (fuel), to fan our own goals (flames), so we continue to burn bright in life.

I challenge you to find your motivation and desire to achieve, and to fan those flames into your own bonfire of success!

Preparation

I am prepared for tomorrow by making each present day count.

Life throws many curve balls at us daily, but it's up to us to start learning the signals of what's coming. We create many of the trials we go through each day by always looking for tomorrows promises in our present living. For some reason, we are more interested in what we can secure tomorrow, how much we can gain for later, and what our to do list is for the next day; rather than performing and living in the here and now and concentrating on the good for this day.

I challenge you to start the day with prayer for what you can do on THIS day to make your life more enjoyable, to better someone else's life, and to live EACH day to the fullest.