"Success is all about patterns. You can’t be good once in a while. You can’t love your spouse once in a while. You can’t stop smoking once in a while. If you want massive changes in your life, you have to do it all the time." - God whisphered
I’ve just turned 38.
Happy birthday to me!
I’ve celebrated
my day with my wife and kids just inside our house recuperating from my
Achilles tendon injury. It’s one birthday I surely won’t forget. For the
longest time I could remember, this is one birthday where I did not get to
drink any alcohol. (Yep, no beers for me this year.)
38 years is a long time, a blessing.
Considering about a
month ago I’ve attended the funeral of my friend’s brother who passed away at
the young age of 25. Just 5 days before his birthday.
Cause of death was said
to be heart failure.
As I sit here contemplating what good have I done for myself
and love ones for the past 38 years of my life, I could not go on not thinking
about the mistakes I’ve done or the bad habits I’ve created and continue to do,
such as negative thinking (yep, I sometimes fall into these), my being
resentful and unforgiving from some of the people who hurt me, and many others.
I admit there are a few “stuffs” I’ve done in my life that I may say I am not
proud of.
So, I told myself, why not give myself a gift.
You see, most people, during their birthdays expects gifts
from the people they love.
Am I right?
Okay, there are a few who turn tables on
their special occasions and give gifts to others instead.
However, have you ever thought about giving a gift to
yourself? I’m not talking about any material things like a new celfone, a new
car, or maybe even a new house. Im talking about something greater than that.
Like being a better
person.
In all areas of your
life.
I firmly believe that if you really want to be happy in
life, change must happen.
Change your course
Let me share you a story.
Their was this big ship who received a distress
signal coming from bright light a few hundred miles in front of her.
The signal
says, “DANGER AHEAD, PLEASE CHANGE YOUR COURSE 10 DEGREES EAST”.
The big ship then replied, “CAN NOT CHANGE COURSE, .. YOU
CHANGE YOUR COURSE, 10 DEGREES WEST".
Then a reply… “FINAL WARNING…CHANGE YOUR COURSE
IMMEDIATELY!”
The big ship replied, “THIS IS THE CAPTAIN OF THIS NAVY
BATTLESHIP, YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE!”
The bright light replIied, “I AM A SEAMAN SECOND CLASS, AND
THIS IS A LIGHTHOUSE, IT’S YOUR CHOICE.”
There times in your life when you know that things are not
going your way.
Times when your are financially down, your health is
deteriorating, your relationships are going sour.
I believe that these are distress signals that life is
sending you. Asking you, Begging you that you are on a collision course for
disaster.
But sometimes you are just too stubborn.
You don’t want to change.
You don't want to change your diet even if
your cholesterol or sugar level is already up.
You don’t want to spend time
with your love ones because you have to do more important things like work, that
is why when you go home your kids rarely talks to you anymore.
You don’t want
to invest or learn new ways of making money even though your debt is now piling
up.
Friends, it’s time to change course.
Find time to be a better person.
Act your age
Do
you have what it takes to succeed in your life?
In other words you have to learn how to grow up every year.
I just did.
Aim high, live Life, love God,
Ludwig Weigand
