Friday 18th May, 2018.
BIBLE VERSE: Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. Isaiah 52: 2
When you feel that life is out of place, especially in this crooked world we are, all you need to do is not to pitch a tent on your hopelessness, but to start with something, no matter how small it is. Optimism is more than positive thinking. When people are helped to persevere in their tasks, when they begin to see that goals can be reached, and when they rediscover hope, is the time optimism grows and depression declines. Anytime you are griped with a feeling of helplessness and your heart convinces you that there is no point trying, ask yourself this question, "How do I know that it is pointless to try?" take a look at this words by the Great Martin Luther King jnr
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." Martin Luther King Jr.
Being optimistic especially when you are challenged in life gives you an edge over that situation. Infact its a step closer to having that problem solved. If you are being given a task that you know nothing about instead of refusing to do that task; The best approach is to accept the task and gradually learn how to do it.
A winning mentality starts from daily optimism. Habits have a way of affecting your productivity daily which in turn affects your life and destiny in general. Our bible verse for today says shake thyself from the dust, Arise O Jerusalem!. Pessimism is a killer of destiny. No matter your past failures or number of times you have tried and failed, you must Arise today; Shake thyself from the dust and begin again. The failure you last encountered is not the end of your journey in life. Many major discoveries of the world today came to life after various numbers of countless attempts that failed.
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Being pessimistic could make one to look before he or she leaps, and being optimistic in the other way round could make one to leap before he or she looks. Therefore, a healthy optimism requires some degree of criticality. However, life is more spiced up with an optimistic approach. One who sees negativity in everything rarely accomplishes a task, and he or she loses a lot of opportunities.
The truth about life is that there is more pain in losing an opportunity than there is in trying an opportunity and failing it. If you are told to fulfill a particular obligation to be rewarded awesomely afterwards, the pain of not doing it and seeing others become wealthy by it can never be equated with the pain of doing it and finding out it is not real. This explanation draws vividly the broad difference between being optimistic and being pessimistic about life.
My charge for you today is that you can begin again!!!.
God is bigger than your missed opportunities!
He is the God of the second chance,
the third chance,
the fourth chance,
the fifth chance!
Don't get stuck in what didn't happen in the past and miss what will happen in your future!
Thank you so much for yet again investing your time with me today and i hope you have learnt something from today's episode.
We shall continue tomorrow. God bless you!
PRAYER: Father, help me to be more optimistic in my approach to life in Jesus name, Amen
ACTION PLAN: See what should make you do things than what could make you become inactive.