Haloes! J
“Being challenged in life
is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” ― Roger Crawford
Isaiah
26:3
“You will keep in perfect peace him
whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you…”
Psalm
46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength, an
ever-present help in trouble. Therefore
we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the
heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with
their surging. "Selah"
“When
we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and
willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that
nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will
not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to
decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” ― Paulo Coelho
“Sometimes
the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greates gems of
light.” ― Barbara Marciniak
Hierdie stuk hieronder is ‘n gedagteki
op sy eie… Dit was vir my ‘n groot
inspirasie, so ek hoop dat dit vir jou ook ‘n inspirasie sal wees! Onthou – jy is hier op hierdie aardbol, omdat
jy PURPOSE het… God het jou geskape met
‘n baie spefieke doel voor oë… As jy
asem in jou longe het – beteken dit dat jy nog hier is om ‘n doel te verrig… Gryp die dag aan, en jaag jou drome na, soos
nog nooit tevore nie… Soos Romans 8:28
sê: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.” “In die woorde wat ek op
‘n Contiki Toer boek gesien het – “One Life, One Shot, so make it count!
#noregrets!”
The Secret To Success: The
Beach Story ~ As told by Eric Thomas
“Ask yourself
right now: How badly do you want to succeed? A young man (or woman!) desires to
become a successful millionaire, so he goes to see the wise guru, who knows the
ultimate secret to success. The young man says to the teacher, “I want to
become rich and successful. Can you help me?”
The guru
smiles and says, “Meet me at the beach tomorrow at 4 AM, and I will tell you
the secret
to success.”
So the next morning, the young man shows up on the beach at 4 AM, just like the
guru had
asked,
wearing a suit and tie. Upon arriving, he realizes that the guru is already in
the water
swimming,
dressed not in a suit and tie, but in a pair of swimming trunks. The guru spots
the young man and motions for him to come in the water. So the young man goes
knee-deep into the water. “Come out
further,” the guru says. “This is an expensive suit,” the young man replies, “I
came here to learn the secret to success, not the secret to swimming.” “The
secret must be told in this water. It is your choice to learn the secret or
not.” So the young man goes waist-deep into the water, soaking his expensive
suit.
“Further,”
the guru says. The young man becomes irritated. “Listen old man,” he says with
impatience, “I’m already in the water. I didn’t come here for a swimming lesson.
Tell me the secret to success right now or I’m leaving.”
The guru,
unaffected by the young man’s outburst, replies calmly, “You are already
waist-deep.
What’s a few
more steps?” So the young man wades deeper into the water until the water is up
to his neck. The sun is beginning to rise. “So tell me the secret,” the young
man demands. The guru says, “Sure,” and suddenly forces the young man’s head
under the water. The young man, caught off guard, swallows salty sea water by
accident and begins to drown. He flails his arms and tries to push the guru off
him, but the guru continues to hold the young man’s head underwater, using all
of his strength to keep him there. Just before the young man loses
consciousness, the guru pulls the young man back up, who begins coughing
immediately and gasping for air. The guru immediately asks the young man a
question: “When your head was under water, what did you want to do?” “Kill…you…”
the young man sputtered out between hacking coughs. He grabs onto the guru with the intention of
drowning him, but the young man is still trying to recover and is unable to
push the guru’s head underwater. “Besides that,” the guru said, pushing the
young man’s hands off him. The young man coughs some more. He looks up at the
guru and sees that he is still looking at him, waiting for a response. His
stern look causes the young man to become enraged. “I WANTED TO BREATHE!” He
shoves the guru aside violently and begins stumbling towards the shore,
coughing up sea water as he wades and splashes. What the guru says next
however, stops the young man in his tracks: “When you want success as much you
wanted to breathe just now when you were drowning, then, and ONLY THEN, will
you have success.” And with that, the guru goes back to swimming…”
Blessings!
anelxx
