A Better me!

Many times I have tried competing with people and failed.
Many years ago when I was a student in the University, I learnt I had only one person to beat and that person was the girl in the mirror whenever I looked into the mirror.

This knowledge transformed my life completely! It made me a friend to everyone, no bitterness, no foes! I sought each day to be better in everything I did. I shared willingly my discoveries in the library with friends and I was never afraid of anyone doing better than I did!

This attitude landed me on top of the mountain! It did not give me the best grades in all subjects, but it made me feel good with myself when I did well and also made me kick myself when I did not do so well. And I knew I got the best grade I worked for!

When I think about the fact that we are all unique and all can do things uniquely, I conclude that there is no competition! The only challenge is being the best person we can ever be!
Beat yourself to it, when you want to sleep a little longer than you know you should, because a little sleep, a little Slumber, a little folding of hands ...........
Resist the temptation to eat a little more than necessary! Take only what is required. (This is my battle believe me)
Take the hard road of self discipline! Every successful person has done this. Whoever will master anything must master himself first!

Learn you weaknesses and conquer them! Identify your strengths and build on them!

There can always be a better you and ME!

Much love!

Beauty of Small Things!

How I love small things! Most people often hunger for the big things in life and they make people like me feel small and unambitious, but I have learnt better. In the search for the big things of life we ignore the small things that hold the key to big things.

We are so into getting the next big job and fail to appreciate our current job which is the key to the next big one.

We are so eager to get into a relationship and get married! We miss out on being ourselves and enjoying the power of being in control and figuring ourselves out!

And when we get married! We miss out on our marriages because we want to make more money to make the home comfortable.

We miss out on our children’s childhood because we want them to have a great adult life. Meanwhile their great adult life is locked in the quality of childhood we give them. I must mention that a great childhood has nothing to do with void luxurious lifestyles but quality time and teaching right values.

People want to have big faith without small faith, yet Jesus said, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you will say to the mountain move can be ye cast into the sea and so it shall be!

We live in a world that has lost the value of taking comfort in the small things money cannot buy. So we are constantly living under the pressure to make it BIG!

In all of these things I have taken a back seat to re-evaluate things and my conclusion is that I love small things!

I love Small Things because;

·         Small reminds me of beginnings; and though my beginnings may be small surely my latter end shall be great!

·         Small reminds me of Seeds, no seed is as big as the tree it carries inside. The Mustard seed is a proof! And you know what, Seed time and Harvest time never ceases!

·         Small speaks to me about potentials, potential to grow.

·         Small gives room for mistakes that are manageable.

·         Small is the time to mature into managing BIG when it finally comes.

·         Small gives memories that make you stable when you get big.

I just love Small Things!

Peace!

Start Anyway!

Now, for a longtime I have been toying with the idea of blogging about life lessons I have learnt along the way, hoping that one day someone will stumble on my thoughts and find some light.

So today at one of my lowest point in life, I decided to start! Start anyway!
Do you have a small idea you have been toying with and waiting for the best opportunity? The time is now. Start anyway, get at it, don't wait for the perfect moment it may never come.

Start small, its easier to make your mistakes when you are small than when you have invested all into it and it flops. Build from the scratch, there are so many lessons to be learnt on the way to getting the big idea done! Make your mistakes and learn from them.

Practise is done behind the curtain, the stage is owned only by those who have done rehearsals behind the curtain.

So just like me start anyway!

Peace!

God Bless!