TAKING IT FOR GRANTED.

EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU OPEN THEM TO A NEW DAY, A NEW DAY FILLED WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBILITIES SO THAT YOU MAY SUCCEED AND MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU ARE SO BLESSED YET MANY OF US OVER LOOK AND TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SIGHT, WE CAN HEAR, SMELL, TOUCH AND FEEL BUT YET STILL WE COMPLAIN AND BE NEGATIVE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT CAN NOT SEE, CAN NOT HEAR, CAN NOT WALK BUT YET THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LITTLE THAT THEY DO HAVE, MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT ARE DYING DUE TO STARVATION, FAMINE, MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD NOT EVEN SURE WHERE THEY WILL LAY THEIR HEADS TO SLEEP THE NEXT TIME THEY WOULD LIKE TO SLEEP BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO HOMES, NO BELONGINGS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR HOMES AND BELONGINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY WAR AND CONFLICT, MOTHERS AND CHILDREN MAKE THE JUNGLES AND THE WILD THEIR TEMPORARY HOMES EVEN THOUGH IT AINT SAFE, ITS A CHANCE THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO TAKE, A CHANCE AGAINST NATURE AND ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT INCLUDING WILD ANIMALS.
YET WE HAVE HOMES, WITH WARM BEDS, MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE BEDS OR THE BEST LOOKING HOUSES BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE FAR WORSE OFF THAN WHAT WE ARE AND WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY ONE THAT THEY MAY CALL FAMILY, BEING ALONE IN THE WORLD, WOMAN THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AND DRAWN INTO SLAVERY AGAINST THEIR WILL, KIDS ARE BEING USED TO TRAFFIC DRUGS AND BE SEXUAL SLAVES AGAINST THEIR WILL, YET WE TAKE FOR GRANTED ALL THE GOOD THAT WE HAVE.
IMAGINE NOT HAVING ANY ARMS OR LEGS BUT BEING ALIVE AND HAVING TO LIVE LIKE THAT DAY TO DAY, NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOURSELF, BEING BORN AND ABANDONED AT BIRTH GROWING UP WITH A STIGMA THAT YOU WERE'NT WANTED BY YOU BIOLOGICAL PARENT/S YET WE HAVE BOTH PARENTS IN OUT LIVES AND WE OVER LOOK THE FACT THAT THEY ARE REALLY OUT THERE WORKING HARD SO THAT THEY MAY GIVE US A BETTER LIFE.
YES WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER DESIRED BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH, ENOUGH FOR US TO MAKE IT THROUGH EACH DAY, ENOUGH FOR US TO BE BETTER OFF THAN THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE AND THOSE THAT HAVE NOTHING.
LETS STOP TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED AND START APPRECIATING ALL THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR LIVES BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOME ONE THAT IS WORSE OFF THAN WHAT YOU ARE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A EDUCATION, NOT BEING ABLE TO READ OR WRITE DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOUR COUNTRY HAS NO EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, NO TEACHERS TO TEACH, GOING THROUGH LIFE IN THE DARK.
YET THE BASIC EDUCATION THAT WE DO GET IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
WE NEED TO SIT BACK AND TAKE STOCK OF OUR LIVES, PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE NOTHING BUT STILL SEEM TO BE SMILING AND APPRECIATING THE LITTLE THAT THEY DO HAVE YET US THAT ARE MORE FORTUNATE ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING, ALWAYS NEGATIVE WE NEED TO STOP TAKING ALL THAT WE HAVE FOR GRANTED.

ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO STRIVING FOR THE BEST EDUCATION, WANTING TO BE  IN THE TOP THREE IN YOUR CLASS OR EVEN IN YOUR GRADE?
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO STICKING TO YOUR PROMISE, STANDING UP TO THE WRONGS AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT?
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO SHARING AND CARING, EMBRACING EACH OTHER AS IF I WERE YOUR BROTHER?
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
THESE DAYS ITS ALL ABOUT THE RAT RACE, WHO GETS TO THE FINISH LINE FIRST, DOING WHAT EVER IT TAKES, TO GET THERE FIRST, EVEN IF IT MEANS BETRAYING YOUR FRIEND, STEALING FROM YOUR PARTNER, JUST AS LONG AS YOU GET YOUR WAY AND YOU ARE VICTORIOUS.
THERE IS A PROVERB THAT SAYS THE ONE HAND SHOULD WASH THE OTHER HAND, SIMILARLY, IF I SCRATCH YOUR BACK, YOU SCRATCH MINE MEANING IF YOU DO THIS FOR ME I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU VERY SIMILAR TO BARTERING OR TRADING BUT IS THAT A YESTER YEAR TRADITION?
THESE DAYS EVERYONE SAYS ONE THING BUT DOES THE TOTAL OPPOSITE AND THE QUESTION IS WHY?
THE YOUTH ARE STRAYING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE MORALS AND VALUES, DISRESPECTING THEIR ELDERS AS IF ITS A NORM, NEVER WILLING TO GIVE A HELPING HAND REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH EVER SINCE THE TURN OF THE MILLENIUM, THE IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE BECOME THE NOT SO IMPORTANT THINGS AND THE NOT SO IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE BECOME PRIORITY IN MANY LIVES BUT WHY IS THIS SO?
YOUTH OF TODAY WOULD MUCH RATHER BE OUT DOING DRUGS OR INTOXICATING THEM SELVES WITH SOME OR OTHER SUBSTANCE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY MAY IMPROVE THEIR LIVES TO BE BETTER, TO DO BETTER AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE, A SENSE OF BEING AND JUST OVERALL ENJOY LIFE MUCH MORE BUT YET AGAIN I ASK ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
HAVE WE BECOME THE SLAVES OF THE LOST GENERATION OR ARE WE UNDER A SPELL OF SOME SORT THAT WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD OR HAS THE BAD JUST BEEN DISGUISED SO WELL THAT WE CAN LONGER TELL THE TWO APART?
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
WE NEED TO DIG DEEP AND GO BACK INTO TIME AND BACK TRACK, FIND WHERE WE WENT WRONG AND TRY EVEN IF THAT'S ALL WE DO TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE OR WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LOST THE BATTLE AND THE WAR.
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT???

AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER???

ARE YOU YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER? YOU MAY SAY YES MY BLOOD BROTHER, I'LL MAKE SURE I LOOK AFTER HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT HE IS ALWAYS SAFE AND THAT I ALWAYS HAVE HIS BEST INTEREST AT HEART.

IF WE SHOULD EVALUATE THE STATEMENT "AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER" IS THIS ONLY REFERRING TO YOUR MATERNAL SIBLING, WITH WHOM YOU SHARE PARENTAL GENES OR IS THERE MORE TO THE STATEMENT THAN THAT?

MANY TIMES ONE WILL HERE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS REFER TO THEIR FRIENDS AS A BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, MEANING MY FRIEND, MY BROTHER AND I CARE ABOUT YOU.

SHOULD WE NOT LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER REGARDLESS OF OUR PARENTAL GENES.LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER.

WHY IS IT SO EASY FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO HURT AND WANT TO DESTROY THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IS IT REALLY THAT EASY FOR ONE PERSON TO STOP AND DECIDE THAT I WANT TO END ANOTHER HUMAN BEINGS LIFE, MY BROTHER, IS IT REALLY SO HARD FOR ME TO BE MY BROTHERS KEEPER.

WILL I STOP AT NOTHING TO BE THE BEST, TO HAVE THE BEST BY KILLING AND CHEATING AND STEALING FROM MY BROTHER.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LOVING THY NEIGHBOUR. TREATING ALL OF CREATION WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.

EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHOUT FAIL WE HERE ABOUT A MURDER THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, ARE WE NOT ALL DESCENDANTS FROM A LONG LINE, ALL ROOTED FIRMLY ON THE FAMILY TREE, THAT STRETCHES FROM GENERATIONS, TO GENERATIONS.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR ME TO BE MY BROTHERS KEEPER, LOOK OUT FOR HIM, CARE FOR HIM AND BE THE PERSON THAT SHINES MY LIGHT BRIGHT, BEING INFLUENTIAL, IN TURNING OUR WORLD INTO A BETTER PLACE, ENDING THE WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER, LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE, A PLACE THAT IT IS MEANT TO BE,LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, REGARDLESS OF OUR DIRECT FAMILY LINKS OR RELATIONS.

LETS STOP THE HATRED AND PREJUDICE, LETS STAND TOGETHER AND BE THE WONDERFUL, LOVING PEOPLE THAT WE ARE THAT WERE MEANT TO BE.

                                               

                                                  ARE YOU YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER?

WHAT IS STOPPING US?

WE THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, HAVE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSION, SUCCESSFULLY HOSTED, SOME OF THE GREATEST SPORTING EVENTS IN HISTORY, WE HAVE HOSTED ALMOST ALL OF THE WORLDS HEADS OF STATE, AND EVERY TIME A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON VISITS OUR COUNTRY, THEY LEAVE HAVING SO MUCH POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE ALWAYS MENTIONED AMONGST THE BEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA, IT SEEMS EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS ONLY GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY BUT US THE CITIZENS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HAVE ONLY NEGATIVE, PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
ARE WE REALLY IN SUCH A BAD PLACE WHERE, NOTHING GREAT CAN COME FROM, IS THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE OF OUR'S REALLY GOING TO THE DOGS?
WE HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS, SPORTSMAN AND WOMAN, ARTISTS, AND THE LIST IS ENDLESS.WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT IS TRULY BLESSED WITH DIVERSITY AND CULTURE THAT DATES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
WE HAVE STORIES OF HOPE AND INSPIRATIONAL STORIES THAT ARE ABLE TO MOTIVATE GENERATIONS, WE HAVE A PAST THAT CAN COMPARE TO NONE, WE HAVE COME FROM HARDSHIP AND PAIN AND HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO OVERCOME THE AILMENTS AND WOUNDS THAT WAS SUFFERED BY THE PREVIOUS GENERATION, THEY PAVED A PATH FOR US SO THAT WE MAY BE THE POWER HOUSE THAT WE WERE MEANT TO BE.
THE QUESTION I ASK IS WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK, WHAT IS STOPPING US FROM BEING THAT MIGHTY NATION FROM THE MIGHTY LAND?
IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH US THE YOUTH OF TODAY, DO WE NOT SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PATRIOTIC AND TAKING PRIDE IN OUR COUNTRY, DO WE LACK AMBITION OF BEING THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, DO WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMAIN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY THAT PREFERS TO STAY IN THE SHADOWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK?
MAYBE THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO LOOK BEYOND COLOUR AND RACE AND UNITE AS ONE AS WE HAVE DONE SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, LET US PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND CONQUOR THE IMPOSSIBLE, RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF BEING THAT MIGHTY LAND,  WE ARE BLESSED WITH TRUE LEADERS THAT ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF TAKING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND BEYOND.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME BETTER THAN THE PRESENT FOR US TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, A FORCE TO BE DEALT WITH.
LETS STAND UP, STOP COMPLAINING, STOP THE NEGATIVITY, THE STRUGGLE HAS BEEN WON, NOW IS OUR TIME TO TAKE THE BATON AND RUN THE OUR LENGTH WITH PASSION AND ENDURANCE, TAKING THIS LAND OF OURS TO GREATER HEIGHTS AND BE THE MIGHTY PEOPLE FROM OUR MIGHTY LAND.

ELECTIONS

SO THE ELECTIONS HAVE COME AND GONE AND MAYBE A FEW SURPRISES HERE AND THERE BUT ULTIMATELY THE RESULT THAT MOST OF US WERE EXPECTING.
THE RULING PARTY HAS DONE IT AGAIN, AND PULLED OFF THE LAND SLIDE VICTORY, ONCE AGAIN THEY CAME OUT ON TOP BUT THE QUESTION I ASK IS WERE THESE ELECTIONS ALL ABOUT WHICH PARTY CAN COME OUT ON TOP, WHICH PARTY IS ABLE TO GET THE MOST VOTES AND HAVE SUPREMACY OVER THEIR COMPETITORS WHILE GOVERNING A CERTAIN AREA OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE?
YESTERDAY MANY PEOPLE WENT TO THE VOTING STATIONS AND VOTED FOR THEIR FAVORITE PARTIES, HOPING THAT THEY WOULD COME OUT VICTORIOUS.
THE QUESTION I ASK IS, DO ANY OF THOSE THAT VOTED YESTERDAY, HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE CANDIDATES THAT THEY WERE VOTING FOR, MEANING TO YOU KNOW THEIR BACKGROUND, WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHERE ARE THEY GOING AND WHAT DO THEY STAND FOR?
WE ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE FOR A CERTAIN PARTY ALL GOOD AND WELL BUT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS NOMINATED TO RUN THAT AREA WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
HOW DO WE THE PEOPLE KNOW IF THAT CANDIDATE WAS CHOSEN ON PURE MERIT TO BE THERE, DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE CREDENTIALS AND REQUIRED EDUCATION, TO DO THE JOB, DO THEY HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION AND IF THEY FAIL DO THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON.
HOW DO WE KNOW IF THEY ARE PUTTING US FIRST AND NOT JUST IN IT FOR THE MONEY?
WE NEED TO HAVE ALL CANDIDATES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTIES TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THEM ANSWER VARIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY INTEND IN TAKING THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES FORWARD, PUT THEM ON SA'S LARGEST MEDIA MEDIUM, BEING TELEVISION,
PUT THEM LIVE, SO THAT THE WHOLE COUNTRY CAN HEAR THEIR VIEWS AND THAN WE CAN DECIDE IS THAT REALLY THE PERSON THAT WE WANT TO PUT IN POWER, WE NEED TRANSPARENCY, WE NEED ALL PARTIES TO PLAY OPEN CARDS WITH US BUT INSTEAD THEY ALL HIDING THEIR CARDS FROM US, NO ONE BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO GO OUT AND VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
WE ALL TALK ABOUT THE TIME FOR CHANGE HAS COME BUT THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED IS THAT OF PARTIES BEING OPEN AND HONEST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST, ALL THE PEOPLE NOT THE SELECT CHOSEN FEW.

YES LETS ALL WORK TOGETHER TO DO MORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COUNTRY AND ALL ITS PEOPLE AND NOT FOR THE POCKETS OF CERTAIN POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS.

BE INSPIRED

HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO TO HELP A STRANGER OUT, WILL YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE THE LAST OF WHAT YOU HAVE OR THE LAST OF WHAT YOU ARE TO HELP IMPROVE A STRANGERS LIFE? LET ME BEGIN WITH A INSPIRERING STORY WITH A EXTRAORDINARY ENDING: One day a woman was walking down the street when she spied a beggar sitting on the corner. The man was elderly, unshaven, and ragged. As he sat there, pedestrians walked by him giving him dirty looks They clearly wanted nothing to do with him because of who he was -- a dirty, homeless man. But when she saw him, the woman was moved to compassion. It was very cold that day and the man had his tattered coat -- more like an old suit coat rather than a warm coat -- wrapped around him. She stopped and looked down. "Sir?" she asked. "Are you all right?" The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. "Leave me alone," he growled. To his amazement, the woman continued standing. She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows. "Are you hungry?" she asked. "No," he answered sarcastically. "I've just come from dining with the president. Now go away." The woman's smile became even broader. Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm. "What are you doing, lady?" the man asked angrily. "I said to leave me alone." Just then a policeman came up. "Is there any problem, ma'am?" he asked. "No problem here, officer," the woman answered. "I'm just trying to get this man to his feet. Will you help me?" The officer scratched his head. "That's old Jack. He's been a fixture around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?" "See that cafeteria over there?" she asked. "I'm going to get him something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile." "Are you crazy, lady?" the homeless man resisted. "I don't want to go in there!" Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up. "Let me go, officer. I didn't do anything." "This is a good deal for you, Jack," the officer answered. "Don't blow it." Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner. It was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived. The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by the table. "What's going on here, officer?" he asked. "What is all this. Is this man in trouble?" "This lady brought this man in here to be fed," the policeman answered. "Not in here!" the manager replied angrily. "Having a person like that here is bad for business." Old Jack smiled a toothless grin. "See, lady. I told you so. Now if you'll let me go. I didn't want to come here in the first place." The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled. "Sir, are you familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?" "Of course I am," the manager answered impatiently. "They hold their weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms." "And do you make a good profit from providing food at the weekly meetings?" "What business is that of yours?" "I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company." "Oh." The woman smiled again. "I thought that might make a difference." She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle. "Would you like to join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?" "No thanks, ma'am," the officer replied. "I'm on duty." "Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?" "Yes, ma'am. That would be very nice." The cafeteria manager turned on his heel. "I'll get your coffee for you right away, officer." The officer watched him walk away. "You certainly put him in his place," he said. "That was not my intent. Believe it or not, I have a reason for all this." She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest. She stared at him intently. "Jack, do you remember me?" Old Jack searched her face with his old, rheumy eyes "I think so -- I mean you do look familiar." "I'm a little older perhaps," she said. "Maybe I've even filled out more than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through that very door, cold and hungry." "Ma'am?" the officer said questioningly. He couldn't believe that such a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry. "I was just out of college," the woman began. "I had come to the city looking for a job, but I couldn't find anything. Finally I was down to my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I walked the streets for days. It was February and I was cold and nearly starving. I saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get something to eat." Jack lit up with a smile. "Now I remember," he said. "I was behind the serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could work for something to eat. I said that it was against company policy." "So you started your own business?" Old Jack said. "I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered." She opened her purse and pulled out a business card. "When you are finished here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons. He's the personnel director of my company. I'll go talk to him now and I'm certain he'll find something for you to do around the office." She smiled. "I think he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you can buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your feet And if you ever need anything, my door is always opened to you." There were tears in the old man's eyes. "How can I ever thank you," he said. "Don't thank me," the woman answered. "To God goes the glory. Thank Jesus. He led me to you." Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance before going their separate ways. "Thank you for all your help, officer," she said. "On the contrary, Ms. Eddy," he answered. "Thank you. I saw a miracle today, something that I will never forget. And... And thank you for the coffee." She frowned. "I forgot to ask you whether you used cream or sugar. That's black." The officer looked at the steaming cup of coffee in his hand. "Yes, I do take cream and sugar -- perhaps more sugar than is good for me." He patted his ample stomach. "I'm sorry," she said. "I don't need it now," he replied smiling. "I've got the feeling that this coffee you bought me is going to taste as sweet as sugar." TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO MOTIVATE YOU TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR SOME ONE YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME RESULTS AS THE PEOPLE IN THIS STORY BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW IS, ONE DAY YOU WILL BE REWARDED FOR ALL THE GOOD YOU HAVE DONE FOR OTHERS. BE BLESSED YOUR'LL.

SELF MOTIVATION

SO WE ARE THREE MONTHS INTO A NEW YEAR, SOME STILL FINDING IT HARD TO STICK TO THEIR NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS, SOME HAVE'NT EVEN ATTEMPTED ANY OF THEIR RESOLUTIONS AND A SELECT FEW HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND ARE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WHERE THEY WERE SINCE THE END OF LAST YEAR.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT SETS INDIVIDUALS APART, ONE FROM THE OTHER.
HOW COME CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD YET THEIR COUNTER PARTS ARE LEFT BEHIND AND HAVE NO AMBITION OF MAKING A SUCCESS OF THEIR LIVES.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO MOTIVATE HIM OR HER SELF AND OTHERS ARE NOT ABLE TO DO IT?
ANOTHER QUESTION I POSE TO YOU IS, ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HAPPY WITH MEDIOCRE AND HAPPY TO SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST.
IF SO WHY, WHY SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST WHEN YOU CAN BE THE BEST?
WHAT IS SELF MOTIVATION AND HOW CAN ONE MOTIVATE YOUR SELF?
WHILE DOING MY RESEARCH FOR THIS PIECE A COMMON FACTOR THAT I DISCOVERED WITH MANY OF THE SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUALS THAT I READ UP ON IS THAT
NO 1. THEY REALLY WANTED TO SUCCEED AT WHAT THEY WERE DOING VERY BADLY AND NO ONE AND NOTHING WAS GOING TO STAND IN THEIR WAY.
NO 2. WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT TO GIVE UP AND THROW IN THE TOWEL THEY KEPT THEIR EYE ON THE PRIZE AND THE FINAL OUT COME WAS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND LASTLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WERE DOING IT NOT ONLY FOR THEM SELVES BUT FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND, SOME ONE CLOSE TO THEM THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO SUCCEED FOR, MEANING THAT THEY WERE MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO GO OUT THERE AND SUCCEED WHERE MANY OTHERS HAVE FAILED OR WERE NOT WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT PARTICULAR CHALLENGE.
YOU NEED TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF  AND FIND THAT ONE THING THAT WILL HELP YOU  MOTIVATE YOURSELF.
SELF MOTIVATION IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ALL OF YOUR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
BE BLESSED YOUR'LL AND ALWAYS MOTIVATE YOURSELF CAUSE NO ONE ELSE WILL.

A NEW YEAR

SO 2010 HAS ENDED AND YET AGAIN THE START OF A NEW YEAR 2011.
MANY OF US HAVE A LIST OF NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS, WHETHER WE WANNA LOSE WEIGHT OR START A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE BUT THE QUESTION I WANNA ASK IS HOW MANY OF US ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN THOSE RESOLUTIONS INTO REALITIES AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING BOUT IT.

ONE OF MY BOYS SAID HIS NEW YEAR RESOLUTION IS TO MAKE SURE HE ACCOMPLISHES ALL OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS HE SET FOR HIMSELF, A GREAT RESOLUTION BUT WILL HE ACTUALLY SEE ALL OF THEM THROUGH.
WHY DOES A INDIVIDUAL SET GOALS OR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS AS THEY ARE CALLED IF HE OR SHE DOES NOT SEE THEM THROUGH, IS IT MAYBE A MENTAL PROBLEM THAT MANY OF US ARE HAVING OR IS THERE MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

SO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR ME TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT I HAVE SET OUT TO DO, MANY BEFORE SAID THAT ONE NEEDS TO JOT THESE THINGS DOWN AND START AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE LIST ONE AT A TIME BUT ALWAYS REFER BACK TO THE LIST SO THAT  YOU CAN SEE IF YOU ARE STILL ON TRACK BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, ITS SO SIMPLE FOR ONE TO JOT DOWN THESE RESOLUTIONS BUT IT ACTUALLY TAKES EFFORT AND MOTIVATION TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS.
ACCORDING TO A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE, ONE NEEDS:
# TO BE ABLE TO MOTIVATE ONE'S SELF, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING THAT THING
# IF YOU PLANNING ON JOINING A GYM OR WOULD LIKE TO START WORKING OUT, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO GET A PARTNER SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN MOTIVATE EACH OTHER.
# ALWAYS SET YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE, THE END RESULT, SO IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE , KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE.
# THAN ALWAYS AIM FOR THE SKY CAUSE IF YOU MISS THE SKY AT LEAST YOU'LL LAND AMONG THE CLOUDS BUT IF YOU AIM FOR THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND YOU MISS, YOU'LL MOST DEF HIT THE GROUND.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO RESOLUTIONS AND GOALS, ALWAYS SET REALISTIC RESOLUTIONS AND ALWAYS TRY YOUR BEST TO TRY AND ACCOMPLISH AT LEAST ONE RESOLUTION SO IN THAT WAY YOU, WOULD'NT HAVE WASTED ANOTHER YEAR.

STAY BLESSED YOUR'LL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.