A 3 minute blog

I have three minutes before my lunch hot pocket is done cooking.

So just a quick thought...

Today I woke up and walked my dogs for the first time in awhile.

I PUT ACTION to what i said I was going to do.

What did I learn?

START WITH SOMETHING SMALL THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH, THEN MOVE ON TO BIGGER THINGS.

I started with a simple task of saying I was going to walk my dogs this morning and I did. God blessed me with a beautiful sunrise and a smile on my face before leaving my house.

What is something small you can accomplish today? Instead of 'relaxing' , what is something productive that you can accomplish to elevate your self worth?

NIKE says it best.... JUST DO IT!

(hot pocket is ready now...)

#success
-Erik G.

You get what you speak

Recently I was listening to a coworker of mine talk about their life. She was telling me how she never has enough money, never has enough time, and just all around isn't happy.

I was polite and just nodded and encouraged her, but in the back of my head I knew my words were not falling on any sort of fertile ground. She had taken the jewel that is the brain, and turned it into a playhouse for negative thoughts. Nothing i was saying was having any sort of long term effect, but instead it was just 'making her feel better' for five minutes.

Now I know none you reading this have ever been like that.... Right? You've never taken a 'whoa is me' day and played the game of how much worse can it get!

What should we do when we lean towards those tendencies? DO SOMETHING!

Anything at all can work. Figure out what's bothering you and instead of planning planning planning. Actually take the NEXT step and DO IT!

Just decide. And for those of you (myself included) that are saying to yourself "but you don't understand, it's hard for me to start something". Yes I do understand. But I also KNOW that that's all in your head. You are TELLING YOURSELF THAT. And the more you say it, the more real it becomes.

Ask yourself.... What's the worse that can happen?

#success
-Erik G.

(check out the flow chart to help you move forward)

There is Freedom in Discipline

When you think about discipline, rarely do people associate that word with freedom.

Think about what freedom means.... Freedom from bondage of any kind. Freedom from financial stress. Freedom from physical fatigue. Freedom from emotional stress. Etc.

When you CHOOSE to discipline yourself in any of these areas.... Physical, emotional, spiritual, etc. with it comes quite a bit of restraint. WHY?!?!?

I don't know about you, but it is so annoying when I go through the agony of self examination, set forth a plan to change, and then NEVER do anything! The pain of that first step is just irritating.

So why do we set forth goals to begin with? IT IS SO WE WILL HAVE FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE IN THAT AREA OF OUR LIFE!!!

Why do we feel like we need to loose weight? So we will have FREEDOM from the ill feeling of being unhealthy.

Why do we feel like we need to have a steadier prayer life? So we will have FREEDOM from not being in vertical alignment!

Why do we feel like we need to adhere to a stricter budget? So we will have FREEDOM from debt and over time come out on top!

So today when you think about those goals you've set aside and forgotten about, remember WHAT FREEDOM YOU'RE GIVING UP FOR NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH!

#success
-Erik G.