“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” ― Roger Crawford

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