A Moment of Creation

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health. – Proverbs 12:18

Most of us never grasp its infinite power, yet we see it daily. We often use it to help ourselves, but sometimes we use it to hurt others. The author of “The Four Agreements” calls it magic and black-magic. The Bible calls it health, life and death.

It is the power of the spirit in the physical world.
It is the moment of creation.
It is a gift from God.
It is the word.

What would today be like if everyone spoke with impeccability of the word?

Better question… What would tomorrow be like? 😉

ALL ME

Don’t share your problems with people, 90% don’t care and the other 10% are glad you have them. – Lou Holtz

I have no idea when Lou Holtz coined this phrase. Maybe he was motivating his team for a championship game or maybe he used it to make a point in a keynote speech. Either way, it’s all over the internet, it’s cynical and it’s pretty clever.

Most of us are starring in our own hit movie “The Life and Times of ME”. And now, with social media, we can stream bite size chunks of “My Wonderful Life” to the masses. Maybe someone wants to know what I had for breakfast? NOT! But wait, we are social animals right? Yep, but not social media animals.

A good friend of mine told me “You are lucky to have a handful of friends in your life.” At the time, I thought it a bit over-the-top, but the longer I live the more true it becomes. His statement ties in with Galatians 6 where Paul says to “bear ye one another’s burdens” then a few verses later “every man must bear his own burden”. Lou had it backwards, 90% of our problems are not even real and you can work them out on your own. But the other 10% can take you down if you don’t have a trusted friend to share them with.

You are blessed to have a handful of real friends.

Cherish those relationships.

The Void

When a person with money meets a person with experience, the one with experience ends up with the money and the one with money leaves with experience. – Warren Buffett


We all have blind spots, King Solomon called it a “void of understanding” in Proverbs 7. Whatever you want to call it, sometimes we just don’t know what we don’t know. We are all gonna take some falls, make some “bone-head” mistakes, and look very foolish from time to time.

Aside from sincere apologies, I have found one thing to help in almost every failure… HUMILITY. Humility opens a frequency of communication between us higher than the current situation. Humility opens the door to empathy, kindness and love.

Every failure is a fork in the road. The path marked “Humility Highway” leads to learning and growth. “EGO DRIVE” takes you right back to where you started.

Keep pressing toward the mark.
-T

Streams of Situations

Continual streams of situations come into our lives, some we call good and some we call bad. Wanted or unwanted they come. If allowed, they sweep everything in their path down the river of life like a boat without a rudder. 

Maybe you don’t want to go that way anymore.
Maybe you have a different calling.

Desire is a rudder and action is an oar.
And… believe it or not… you always have a choice.

LIE #1 – Most rich people did not come by their wealth honestly. 

In order to have money, lots of money, you have to be a swindler, a drug dealer or some kind of criminal. Maybe I learned this from old movies like The Godfather or maybe just a narrative I chose to tell myself. I don’t actually know where it came from, but I do know it is categorically wrong!

THE TRUTH is the exact opposite. Most rich people, really rich people, come by their wealth the old fashion way. They earn it. They figure out ways to provide value to a large enough group of people that when reciprocated becomes vast sums of money. This is the law of sowing and reaping at work. No stealing. No cheating. No criminal activity. And not only that, the wealthiest people I know are hyper focused on growth, gratitude, and giving….go figure! Here’s a couple of quotes that sum the whole thing up.

Grind until you don’t have to Struggle… then keep Grinding so you can help those who are still Struggling.
– Grant Cardone

Success built at the expense of others is short lived.
– Andy Frisella

If you have a goal or a dream and you are willing to consistently work toward it, you can attain it. This is still AMERICA! THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!

Correctable?

Success, however you want to define it, does not happen by accident. It’s a continual process of discovery, correction and change.

Discover. You have two ears and one mouth for a reason 😉, listen more than you speak. Everyone, I mean everyone has something to teach you.

Correct. New information will expose deficiency and error. Take it? Use it? Trash it?

Change. Maybe others will agree with you, maybe they won’t. Maybe they won’t even notice. No matter, you will stand before God alone.

Are you correctable?

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Proverbs 29:1 KJV

No Fear

I have seen bumper stickers and shirts with the slogan ‘no fear’ and I’ve used it a time or two. But in reality, no fear is no good.

No fear is not the same as courage.
No fear is the brother of pride.
No fear fertilizes stupidity.
No fear hardens the heart.

There are things we should be afraid of. Start with the fear of the Lord, it is the beginning of wisdom.

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 28:14 KJV

Today

Immediate personal accountability.
In the end, the choice is yours, the actions are yours, and the results are yours.

Forgive, today.
Encourage, today.
Love, today.
Stop, today. 
Go for it, today.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

Proverbs 27:1 KJV

Understanding

Understanding opens the door.
Understanding turns on the lights.
Understanding cleans out the cobwebs.
Understanding promotes new growth.

Understanding consumes ignorance.
Understanding destroys dogma.
Understanding exposes error.

Understanding will break you down before it builds you up.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Proverbs 18:2 KJV

Things Happen

Things don’t happen to you, they happen for you.

Circumstances are just that…circumstances. You cannot control or predict them, but what you do with them is within your control.

Things don’t happen to you, they happen for you.

Nobody is an island, you are not alone. Get help from your close friends and family, they will keep you pointed in the right direction on tough days.

Things don’t happen to you, they happen for you.

Crack open the Bible and read the New Testament. Learn about the grace of God and the salvation of Jesus. Faith and love are cornerstones of a merry heart.

Things don’t happen to you, they happen for you.

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:15 KJV

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