Adjust your position
George Chingarande | Monday June 23, 2014 11:48
How?
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it, the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don’t use time or words carelessly because neither can be retrieved.
Life is not a race, it’s a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift: That’s why we call it ‘the present’. The words that Dyson spoke are so important that in this issue, I would like to reflect closely on some of them.
Life Is A Juggling Game.
Regardless of your station in life, you will soon find out that you can only do one thing at a time. Even those who specialise in multi-tasking can only be in one place at a time physically. When you choose to be in one place you also automatically make a choice not to be in any other place at that particular time. It is therefore important to take time to consider carefully your desired locus.
Most people waste their lives in places that do not enrich them and with people who do not up lift them. Think back over the past seven days; where did you spend most of your productive, waking time and with whom?
Life will subtly slip away while you are in the wrong place. To be an adroit juggler in life you must be clear of which ball is most valuable to you.
The principle is that you must never drop the most valuable ball. If you have to reschedule your daily routine, you must never put the things that matter at the mercy of the things that do not matter. It may actually be time to drop a ball, but be careful which one you choose to drop.
Not All Things
Are Of Equal Importance
This is obvious, but the big question is- have you ever sat down to determine systematically what is important to you in this life? Dyson said, “don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.” Failure to determine the things that matter to you, and that you hold dear will result in your losing them. The things that are not valued and appreciated and given time will soon be lost. A young man who does not value his talent will soon go down the gutter. A father who does not value his relationship with his family, will soon realise that he is actually alienated from them, to his and the entire family’s detriment. If you do not value your assets you will abuse them. The things that are closest to our hearts should receive our prime attention.
The last word for this issue is on the subject of risk. Dyson put it this way: “Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.” He teaches that bravery can be learned, and the more we exercise bravery, the braver we become and the more progress we make in life. William Arthur Ward captured the essence of this succinctly when he wrote, “to laugh is to risk being a fool, to weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To express feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd
Is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. The person who risks nothing, Does nothing, Has nothing and is nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, But they simply cannot learn, Feel, change, grow, love or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Risks must be taken because, the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains of the wind; the optimist expects it to change but the realist adjusts his sails to take advantage of the prevailing circumstances.”
Challenge yourself this week to boldly adjust something in your life.