Inspire Me (May 2007)

True stories, quotes and information on inspiration, leadership and kindness to provide hope and direction in your life.


The Nature of Success

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Just Push

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light,and God appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to Push against the rock with all his might...

So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sunup to sundown,his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might!

Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain. Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: (He will do it every time)!

You have been pushing against that rock for a long time and it hasn't moved." Thus, he gave the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.

Satan said, "Why kill yourself over this? Just put in your time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough."

That's what the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a matter of Prayer and to take his troubled thoughts to The Lord. "Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard in Your Service, putting
all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"

The Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all of your strength, which you have
done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back shiny and brown; your hands are
callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard.

Through opposition you have grown much,and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. True, you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be Obedient and to push and to exercise your Faith and trust in My Wisdom. That you have done. Now I, my friend, will move the
rock." At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He Wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in Him. By all means, exercise the Faith that moves mountains,but know that it is still God Who moves The Mountains.

When everything seems to go wrong..........................Just P.U.S.H.

When the job gets you down..................Just P.U.S.H.

When people don't do as you think they should...............Just P.U.S.H.

When your money is "gone" and the bills are due...............Just P.U.S.H.

When people just don't understand you.........................Just P.U.S.H.

P = Pray

U = Until

S = Something

H = Happens

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

May God Bless You


"Today is Your Day to Win"
by Mike Brescia

I probably get more questions about the plain desire to be happy than anything else. Most people are miserable, generally.

And yes, it's horrible, but also avoidable.

I know... I was one of the biggest perpetrators of stinkin' thinkin' you've ever met. But that simple, yet profound, shift, when it comes over you - actually when you make it your objective to change it - just puts a different shading on how you see nearly every hour of your life...

Now, I'm NOT an advocate of ignoring huge challenges raining down on you like hail. Look 'em straight on, and be honest with yourself. Everything you experience has a value to you, whether you believe it or not.

Problems are always opportunities. They can make you stronger. But if you don't train your brain to view them as opportunities, then they make you weaker. And if you don't watch out, you can drop down to a level where everything makes you frightened and nervous.

Take heart. Your competitors/opponents rarely make it through all their own problems. So you are blessed every day with many chances to get further ahead. If you live in a setting where you don't think you compete, you're wrong...

You do compete... if not with someone else, then with yourself to keep your moods regulated so that you can perform and respond to situations properly. You have forces that are in your daily environment constantly working on ruining your moods and wrecking your performance and your motivation. The daily news, other people... if you're an established debater, life's a constant battle
waiting to happen.

Your moods are primarily the result of what you focus on.

When I was in commissioned sales, in my car on the way to appointments I would chant out loud, "I now command my subconscious mind to give me the strength, the humor, the brevity, the love, the persuasiveness... whatever it takes to get (name) to like me and to see the value of my product
and to buy it today!" I did this for up to 15 minutes straight... before every call... for years.

And I closed around 95% of my appointments. Ask any salesperson you know or meet if it's possible to close 95% of their calls.

They'll say it's impossible.

In my industry, it was impossible too, but I did it.

Why?

Because when I walked in the door after chanting my mantra for 15 minutes, every fiber of my being was focused on helping this other person. No other thoughts entered my mind. I would not allow them to deter my focus. When you're in front of someone who seems to be completely tuned
into what you need and want, you almost instantly like him or her...

And we buy from and are persuaded easier by people we like.

That practice helped me become the top sales executive in the world in that industry.

Big lesson coming up...

Put that same kind of focus on looking for things to lighten your mental load, to make you smile, to help you appreciate the little things that other people do (not just for you). If you do, you'll feel awesome. I promise.

It's impossible to fail at this.

Keep today's empowering question in your mind all day.
You'll get answers. And you'll feel cleansed. Lighter.
Loved.

Guaranteed.