GOAL GETTING

8 Ways to Cope in a Hostile Work Place

2012-08-13T09:34:00.000-07:00

Do you get stressed out at the thought of going to work every morning?

Does the thought of spending eight or more hours at work each day get you all wound up and sweaty?

Do you constantly find yourself wishing that Monday mornings were Friday evenings?

Does the mere thought of interacting with your boss or co-workers leave you feeling emotionally drained?

If these feelings have nothing to do with your ineffectiveness at work, then you are probably in a hostile work place.

What makes a work place hostile varies largely, but it’s commonly attributed to having a bad boss (this could be an understatement), co-workers who drive you up the wall, and an ineffective Human Resource Department, among other things.

Here are 8 survival tips to help you cope in a hostile work place until the tide turns in your favor:

1. Work on yourself.

As irritating as the situation may be, learn to contain yourself. Develop an internal coping mechanism like counting to ten before you respond to an annoying or insensitive comment.

Draw strength from a higher power. Pray, meditate and do whatever it takes to get yourself together, calm and composed.

2. Keep reminding yourself why you are at the job.

Why are you working in that company? Are you there for the money, experience or for personal fulfillment? What are you hoping to achieve? Whatever the reason, let the objective you want to achieve give you the strength to survive each day.

3. Don’t mix business with pleasure.

If you can help it, draw the line between your private life and your life at work. Sometimes unnecessary socialization at work provides the ammunition that makes your work environment even more unbearable.

A little gossip at the copy machine with a co-worker can be the beginning of a nightmare.

4. Be courteous and professional.

Conducting yourself in a professional manner seals the lips of those who want to capitalize on your unprofessional behavior to make your life a misery. Before you respond to annoying e-mails, or speak to your boss or co-worker about frustrating issues, calm down, take a deep breath and avoid the temptation to escalate the matter.

5. Learn what not to do.

Since life is always about making progress and getting better, consider your work environment as the best teaching arena to learn something about yourself, learn what not to do, learn what not to say and also who not to trust in future.

If you are planning to start your own business or be in management, consider this a good place to learn about how not to treat employees or how to be a good boss!

6. Look within yourself and be creative.

It's amazing how a hostile work place can bring out the best in you. What you are experiencing may force you to look deep within yourself to explore your life from a new perspective. You may be pleasantly surprised by what you learn about yourself and this may prompt you to expand your range in terms of what you want to do in life.

When you have reached the end of your rope, start focusing on what matters most and expect better things for yourself.

7. Stand up for yourself.

Do not keep silent about the hostility. Speak up for yourself, defend your actions when necessary, talk to someone who might listen to you, record your complaints with Human Resources and do whatever is necessary to set the record straight. Even if the results of your action are not what you expect, it really feels good to know that you are standing up for yourself and letting your voice be heard.

8. Jump ship

Stay on the look out for better opportunities elsewhere, so that when your job situation gets so bad and unbearable, and after you have exhausted all options, you can get the courage to be good to yourself and jump ship!

LASTING COMMITMENT

2012-07-31T05:49:00.002-07:00

The first institution given to man was the institution of marriage, yet this very basic institution, a foundational pillar of our society, has crumbled. Where are our commitments to other vital aspects of life such as honesty, integrity, financial responsibility, our work, our families, our friends, and our God? With our whole adult society having trouble making lasting commitments, is it any wonder that we have children and young people who live selfishly and only for the moment? It is obvious that in order to make lasting commitments, we must find something that is, for the most part, lacking in our society.

Before we can make any truly lasting commitments, we must first experience the love, forgiveness, and power of God in our lives. You see, God and His Son, Jesus, made a lasting commitment to the welfare of man even before we were created. They agreed that God the Son would give His life, if necessary, for the redemption of mankind. Then they created Adam and provided him with an ideal home, ideal work, ideal diet, ideal surroundings, and ideal companionship. He did not stay in that ideal state but chose to rebel against the government of God. Since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, our nature has become fallen, and it is because of this fallen nature that we have a lasting commitment only to self. We read, in Jeremiah 13:23, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” So it is only as we experience the transformation of character that comes from meditating upon and experiencing God’s love, His forgiveness, and His transforming power that our lives can be changed, and we can begin to make lasting commitments. I pray that each one of us may repent and be transformed by the power of God. With this foundation, let us look at “A Lasting Commitment to Service.”

Let us first consider twelve characteristics of godly service and how godly service is identified in the life.

Motivated and Encompassed by Love

The first two characteristics of godly service are that it is motivated by love, and our entire being is encompassed by it. We are commanded by Jesus, in Matthew 22:37, 38, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.” Quoting further, from the writings of Ellen White, we are told, “Every one who accepts Christ as his personal Saviour will long for the privilege of serving God. Contemplating what Heaven has done for him, his heart is moved with boundless love and adoring gratitude. He is eager to signalize his gratitude by devoting his abilities to God’s service. He longs to show his love for Christ and for his purchased possession.” Gospel Workers, 294. This love goes deeper than head knowledge; it goes deeper than an emotional, warm feeling. It involves both our heads and our hearts. It involves our very natures and souls.

A Humble Heart

A humble and contrite heart identifies characteristic three. “God does not ask us to purchase His favor by any costly sacrifice. He asks only for the service of a humble, contrite heart, which has gladly and thankfully accepted His free gift. The one who receives Christ as his personal Saviour has in his possession the salvation provided by Christ. And he is never to forget that as he has freely received, so he is freely to impart.” In Heavenly Places, 318. Godly service must come from a humble heart. We must know that it is God who is working in us to will and to do. We must know that without the blessing and transforming power of God, we would be incapable of rendering godly service. With this attitude, we will want to glorify only God through any service we perform.

More Than Money

Characteristic four is that service must be personal, and it must involve more than just our money. No other person can do the service for God and mankind that is entrusted to us. God has a job for each of us. Ellen White explains: “By our churches there is a work to be done of which many have little idea, a work as yet almost untouched. ‘I was an hungered,’ Christ says, ‘and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me in: naked, and ye clothed Me: I was sick, and ye visited Me; I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.’ Matthew 25:35, 36. Some think that if they give money to this work, it is all they are required to do; but this is an error. Donations of money cannot take the place of personal ministry. It is right to give our means, and many more should do this; but according to their strength and opportunities, personal service is required of all.” Testimonies, vol. 6, 275, 276.

Earnest Service

A fifth characteristic of our service is that it is to be earnest service. There is seriousness about our work for the Lord and for the sheep of His pastures that must be realized. The job of being a co-laborer with God is not something to be taken lightly or frivolously. The eternal salvation of others can be affected by our service or lack of it. “Every soul is to be a bright and shining light, showing forth the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light. ‘Ye are laborers together with God,’ yes, laborers; that means doing earnest service in the vineyard of the Lord. [1 Corinthians 3:9.] There are souls to be saved,—souls in our churches, in our Sabbath-schools, and in our neighborhoods.” Review and Herald, March 24, 1891. Would our commitment to service be different if we saw, in the light of eternity, the importance of the service that has been committed to us? Would we work more diligently, more faithfully?

Heartfelt Service

A sixth characteristic of service is that it is to be heartfelt. “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9, 10. This kind of heartfelt belief is real, is seen by others, and makes a difference in their lives. Notice what the prophet says: “God calls for men and women to be laborers together with him, to be workers who are sound in faith, pure in heart, and single in purpose. They should work to glorify God by the saving of souls that are lost. God requires heart-service. A service of form, lip-service, is wholly inefficient in the work of converting souls to God. A service that comes not from the heart is as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. The heart must be stirred with the co-operative energy of the Holy Spirit; then standing in full view of the cross of Calvary by faith, the worker can communicate to others the divine inspiration of his theme. From a full treasure-house he can bring forth things new and old, which will stir the hearts of his hearers, and convicted, they will cry out, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ ” Ibid., September 6, 1892.

Willingly Given

Characteristic seven is that service must be willingly given and marked by self-denial to be effective for the Lord. It is stated like this: “No one has been created in Christ Jesus for mere self-enjoyment. He who lives unto himself is not a Christian; for self-denial and cross-bearing are the portion of every true follower of Christ. We have been bought with a price, in order that we may render willing service to our Master. Every hour that we have failed to acknowledge Christ as our personal Saviour, we have robbed God; for Christ purchased us by the ransom of his own blood. The Christian cannot serve the world, or yield to the claims of any power, relation, or society, that will make him deny Christ, dishonor God, and prove disloyal to his holy law. The Christian is to surrender himself unreservedly to God as his purchased possession. God claims him for himself, and will impart to the believer special favors, enabling him to be complete in Christ, more than conqueror through him that hath loved him.” Ibid., May 12, 1896. When our service is not willingly given and must be forced, it is not the kind of service that God desires.

Consecration to God

An eighth characteristic of lasting commitment to service is that the service must be true service that results from our consecration to God. “In true service they find hope, and peace, and comfort; and with faith and courage they go forward in the path of obedience, following him who gave his life for them. By their consecration and devotion they reveal to the world the truth of the words, ‘I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.’ [Galatians 2:20.]” Ibid., January 5, 1897.

Correct Motives

Characteristic number nine is that our service must be given based upon correct motives. This type of service is truly unselfish and is motivated by a love for souls. We cannot be giving in order that we will receive. “Let all engage in missionary effort from pure, unselfish motives, co-operating with one another and with God, working not because of personal ambition or for the praise of men, but because they long to act a part with Christ in the work of saving perishing souls. In Christ’s service, everything depends upon the motives prompting believers to action. Those who labor for the love of souls will advance His work in our world.” Pamphlet 151, 8. Oh, Lord, help us to have this unselfish love for lost humanity.

Cheerful Service

Cheerful service is characteristic number ten. Too often, we as Christians are long faced, gloomy, not at all representing the joy that is in the Lord and His service. Service done for our Lord should always be given cheerfully, not because we have been coerced, begged, or shamed into service. “We are to render to God cheerful service.” Manuscript Releases, vol. 11, 341.

Christlike Actions

Characteristic number eleven is that our service should be Christlike in both our actions and in the duration of our commitment to service. We must be committed to serve as Christ did, and we must be committed to serve as long as we have breath in us. “Accepting Christ as a personal Saviour, and following His example of self-denial,—this is the secret of holiness. God exalted Christ above every name that is named. But Christ first reached to the depths of humiliation, working out in behalf of the human race a perfect character, and drawing men and women to God by His unselfish ministry. He has set an example that all who engage in His service are to follow. The more Christlike our efforts for God, the wider will be their influence for good, and the greater the work they will accomplish.” The Signs of the Times, December 17, 1902. Christ gave all that you and I might be saved eternally, and He continues even today to minister in the sanctuary for each of us. We must be willing to give all, so that others and ourselves will be saved. Our efforts cannot cease.

Service unto the Lord

Lastly, our service must be as unto the Lord and not unto men. Service can be very tiring, and it can be discouraging when our service is not appreciated. It can be frustrating when we do not see the benefits or results that we expect. Because of this, our service must be given in light of eternity and the God we serve. We must ask, as did David, “And who [then] is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” 1 Chronicles 29:5, last part. By consecrating our service unto the Lord and not unto men, it can then be a joy, and it will be blessed of the Lord. God gives His Spirit to those fully committed to His service: “The promise of the Holy Spirit is not limited to any age or to any race. Christ declared that the divine influence of His Spirit was to be with His followers unto the end. From the Day of Pentecost to the present time, the Comforter has been sent to all who have yielded themselves fully to the Lord and to His service.” The Acts of the Apostles, 49.

As we do this, our own spirits will be blessed. The ones for whom we do service can also be strengthened. “The churches are suffering, not so much for the want of sermons as for lack of ministry. The members of the churches need personal labor; they need to be instructed as to how they can engage in the work of God. In the winter, special efforts should be put forth. Let the different churches visit one another from time to time. Thus one church may encourage another by the manifestation of friendly, Christ-like interest in the spiritual welfare of the brethren. Those who will engage in active service for the good of others will find that their own souls will be revived and quickened, and those whom they visit will be encouraged and strengthened by the interest of their brethren in their behalf.” Gospel Workers (1892), 241.

Who is Involved

Now that we have reviewed the characteristics of service, let us look at who is to be involved in service. This can be summed up in one word—all. “Service to God includes personal ministry. By personal effort we are to co-operate with Him for the saving of the world. Christ’s commission, ‘Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,’ is spoken to every one of His followers. (Mark 16:15.) All who are ordained unto the life of Christ are ordained to work for the salvation of their fellow men. Their hearts will throb in unison with the heart of Christ. The same longing for souls that He has felt will be manifest in them. Not all can fill the same place in the work, but there is a place and a work for all.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 300, 301. [Emphasis supplied.]

“Now is our time to labor for the salvation of our fellow men. There are some who think that if they give money to the cause of Christ, this is all they are required to do; the precious time in which they might do personal service for Him passes unimproved. But it is the privilege and duty of all who have health and strength to render to God active service. All are to labor in winning souls to Christ. Donations of money cannot take the place of this.” Ibid., 343. [Emphasis supplied.] It is very clear from the great commission in Matthew 28 and from the readings in the Spirit of Prophecy that, if you are the Lord’s, you are to have a place of service. Each and every one of us should be involved in service.

The Object of Service

Who are to be the objects of our service? The objects of our service include any of God’s heritages. “God expects personal service from everyone to whom He has entrusted a knowledge of the truth for this time. Not all can go as missionaries to foreign lands, but all can be home missionaries in their families and neighborhoods.” Testimonies, vol. 9, 30.

Service can also involve working in an area where the end result will benefit mankind. For example, “The light given me is that in the Southern field, as elsewhere, the manufacture of health foods should be conducted, not as a speculation for personal gain, but as a business that God has devised whereby a door of hope may be opened for the people. In the South, special consideration should be shown to the poor, who have been terribly neglected. Men of ability and economy are to be chosen to take up the food work; for, in order to make it a success, the greatest wisdom and economy must be exercised. God desires His people to do acceptable service in the preparation of healthful food, not only for their own families, which are their first responsibility, but for the help of the poor everywhere. They are to show Christlike liberality, realizing that they are representing God and that all they have is His endowment.” Counsels on Health, 494.

Did you note in this statement that our own families are to be our first responsibility? Do we really do service for our families that has the characteristics we just covered? Do we serve them as unto the Lord? Do we serve them with the guidelines laid out in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy? Remember that our first responsibility is to our families, and we will one day have to give an account to the Lord for the work we have done for them. Oh, let this service be according to His Word and His way.

We should also do service for our church family. Do we really render them acceptable service in showing them the care, concern, and love that we should? We are also to be involved in service for our neighbors, the poor, the widow, the fatherless, those in prisons, and for all of suffering humanity. “Whatever the difference in religious belief, a call from suffering humanity must be heard and answered. Where bitterness of feeling exists because of difference in religion, much good may be done by personal service. Loving ministry will break down prejudice, and win souls to God.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 386. So, you see, you do not have to be a pastor, a medical missionary, or a foreign missionary to reach out in service. It is our responsibility to touch lives in the sphere of our daily living and daily work.

What Service Involves

Finally, let us consider what is involved in service. The first thing we must understand is that we are the vessel through which God works. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1. God has given us our bodies, our intellects, our physical health, our personalities, our talents, and our gifts. We are His both by creation and redemption. It is our responsibility, our reasonable service, to give back to Him what He has given us. Each person’s service will be different, depending on what God has entrusted to him. “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. [Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I unto you a more excellent way.” 1 Corinthians 12:27–31. If God has given us the gift of teaching, then we should use that gift in His service. If we have the gift of helps or hospitality, then this gift should be used in His service. If we have a gift of encouragement, then we should use this gift in His service to encourage those who are discouraged. Service is defined as acts of kindness, helpful acts, and conduct that is useful to others. So whatever talents the Lord has given us should be used in His service to help and bless others.

Is the legacy that we are endeavoring to hand down to our children being taught in the world, or is it being taught in the church? We can learn much from the Waldenses. Consider this: “The Waldenses had sacrificed their worldly prosperity for the truth’s sake, and with persevering patience they toiled for their bread. Every spot of tillable land among the mountains was carefully improved; the valleys and the less fertile hillsides were made to yield their increase. Economy and severe self-denial formed a part of the education which the children received as their only legacy. They were taught that God designs life to be a discipline, and that their wants could be supplied only by personal labor, by forethought, care, and faith. The process was laborious and wearisome, but it was wholesome, just what man needs in his fallen state, the school which God has provided for his training and development. While the youth were inured to toil and hardship, the culture of the intellect was not neglected. They were taught that all their powers belonged to God, and that all were to be improved and developed for His service.” The Great Controversy, 67.

In the home and in the church, we need to be committed to service and to helping others be committed to service. Our personal witness best does this as we work with each other. This is how Christ taught His disciples: “For three years and a half the disciples were under the instruction of the greatest Teacher the world has ever known. By personal contact and association, Christ trained them for His service. Day by day they walked and talked with Him, hearing His words of cheer to the weary and heavy-laden, and seeing the manifestation of His power in behalf of the sick and the afflicted. Sometimes He taught them, sitting among them on the mountainside; sometimes beside the sea or walking by the way, He revealed the mysteries of the kingdom of God. Wherever hearts were open to receive the divine message, He unfolded the truths of the way of salvation. He did not command the disciples to do this or that, but said, ‘Follow Me.’ On His journeys through country and cities, He took them with Him, that they might see how He taught the people. They traveled with Him from place to place. They shared His frugal fare, and like Him were sometimes hungry and often weary. On the crowded streets, by the lakeside, in the lonely desert, they were with Him. They saw Him in every phase of life.” The Acts of the Apostles, 17, 18.

Our Reasonable Service

In conclusion, we have discussed that Jesus gave the ultimate service to mankind when He gave His life for us, not only on the cross of Calvary but throughout the ages, as He mediates for us in the heavenly sanctuary. We have pointed out that our lives and the talents given us are gifts from God. It is, therefore, our reasonable service to give our entire being back to Him in service to mankind. We have identified that service is any helpful or kind acts and will be as diversified as are the talents that God has given to each one of us. We have documented that our service should be first to our immediate families and then to our church families, friends, neighbors, and to whomever else God calls us to serve.

We have identified the following twelve characteristics of service: True service is motivated by love, encompasses our entire being, requires a humble and contrite heart, is personal and involves more than our money, is earnest, is heartfelt, is willingly given and marked by self denial, is true, is based on correct motives, is cheerful, should be Christlike, and is unto the Lord and not unto men.

Dear friends, are we, are our families, and are our churches ready to make lasting commitments of service to God and to His heritage? Without a lasting commitment to service, we may be in this sin-filled world for many more years. God will someday have a unified group of people who will have this kind of commitment to service. As we consider the various topics of lasting commitments, let us pray that we will each decide now and for as long as we have breath to be a part of God’s final work of service to mankind.

BECOMING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY 2

2012-07-20T09:22:00.000-07:00

All of life is lived from the inside out. At the very core of your personality lie your values about yourself and life in general. Your values determine the kind of person you really are. What you believe has defined your character and your personality. It is what you stand for, and what you won’t stand for, that tells you and the world the kind of person you have become.

Ask yourself this question: What are your five most important values in life? Your answer will reveal an enormous amount about you. What would you pay for, sacrifice for, suffer for and even die for? What would you stand up for, or refuse to lie down for? What are the values that you hold most dear? Think these questions through carefully and, when you get a chance, write down your answers. Here’s another way of asking that question. What men and women, living or dead, do you most admire? Once you pick three or four men or women, the next question is: Why do you admire them? What values, qualities, or virtues do they have that you respect and look up to? Can you articulate those qualities? What is a quality possessed by human beings in general that you most respect? This is the starting point for determining your values. The answers to these questions form the foundation of your character and your personality.
Once you have determined your five major values, you should now organize them in order of importance. What is your first, most important value? What is your second value? What is your third value? And so on. Ranking your values is one of the very best and fastest ways to define your character.
Remember, a higher order value will always take precedence over a lower order value. Whenever you are forced to choose between acting on one value or another, you always choose the value that is the highest on your own personal hierarchy.

Who you are, in your heart, is evidenced by what you do on a day-to-day basis, especially when you are pushed into a position where you have to make a choice between two values or alternatives. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Guard your integrity as a sacred thing.” In study after study, the quality of integrity, or a person’s adherence to values, ranks as the number one quality sought in every field. When it comes to determining whom they will do business with, customers rank the honesty of a salesperson as the most important single quality. Even if a they feel that a salesperson’s product, quality and price is superior, customers will not buy from that salesperson if they feel that he or she is lacking in honesty and character.

Likewise, integrity is the number one quality of leadership. Integrity in leadership is expressed in terms of constancy and consistency. It is manifested in an absolute devotion to keeping one’s word. The glue that holds all relationships together-including the relationship between the leader and the led-is trust, and trust is based on integrity. To be continued........

Becoming A Person Of Integrity

2012-07-19T02:33:00.000-07:00

Integrity is a value, like persistence, courage and industriousness. Even more than that, it is the value that guarantees all the other values. You are a good person to the degree to which you live your life consistent with the highest values that you espouse. Integrity is the quality that locks in your values and causes you to live consistent with them.

Integrity is the foundation of character. And character development is one of the most important activities you can engage in. Working on your character means disciplining yourself to do more and more of those things that a thoroughly honest person would do, under all circumstances.

To be impeccably honest with others, you must first be impeccably honest with yourself. You must be true to yourself. You must be true to the very best that is in you, to the very best that you know. Only a person who is living consistent with his or her highest values and virtues is really living a life of integrity. And when you commit to living this kind of life, you will find yourself continually raising your own standards, continually refining your definition of integrity and honesty.
You can tell how high your level of integrity is by simply looking at the things you do in your day-to-day life. You can look at your reactions and responses to the inevitable ups and downs of life. You can observe the behaviors you typically engage in and you will then know the person you are.

The external manifestation of high integrity is high-quality work. A person who is totally honest with himself or herself will be someone who does, or strives to do, excellent work on every occasion. The totally honest person recognizes, sometimes unconsciously, that everything he or she does is a statement about who he or she really is as a person.

When you start a little earlier, work a little harder, stay a little later and concentrate on every detail, you are practicing integrity in your work. And whether you know it or not, your true level of integrity is apparent and obvious to everyone around you. Perhaps the most important rule you will ever learn is that your life only becomes better when you become better. To be continued.......

5 Reasons to Feel Good About Your Life Right Now!

2012-07-17T02:45:00.001-07:00

1. You have a mission to accomplish!
You are not here on earth merely to exist. You have a purpose, something special to offer the world and people are waiting for you to manifest this gift and bless their lives. The importance and urgency of your dream, calling, idea or goal prompts you to take action. Tomorrow is promised to no one but you have your life right now. You must get your life back because you can’t quit and you can’t surrender— you are a woman on a mission!
2. Surprise! You already have the resources you need!
What is it that you have in your hand? What experiences have you gone through? Who have you met? What lessons have you learned? What burns in your heart? Wow! You are already qualified, trained, talented or experienced in some specific area. You have gone through so much and sacrificed too much to continue on an unfulfilling life path because of “feelings.” You probably know that time doesn’t stand still in the hope that you will be in the right mood or frame of mind to act. The longer you wait, the slimmer your chances of action become. You deserve to feel good about your present and past accomplishments and what you can still do. Stand up and be counted today!
3. You are alive, energetic, creative, resourceful, strong, able and willing.
There may never be another moment like this moment. Now is the time when you are motivated, full of energy and are in good health. You can see, hear, think, read, talk, walk—you are alive! You have all the right in the world to feel good about your life! This is the time when you can still churn creative and fresh ideas. Get excited about something and “strike when the iron is hot!” Live your life fully now…because you can!
4. Opportunities are everywhere—waiting to be seized by you.
There are so many opportunities, waiting to be seized by someone who will take the risk and do what is required. That someone is you! There is no time left to bemoan your life…this is your moment. Today is the time to move to the next level. Make that phone call, start that business, sign up for that class, forgive that person, help the needy, pursue that goal, pay off that debt, invest in that venture, go on that adventure, love again— believe again! A new phase has begun. Embrace it and move forward with confidence!
5. You can choose to do better for yourself today.
If you choose to put in the work required, you can get a better job, earn more money, eat healthy, gain respect, reduce your stress, increase your happiness, find a good relationship, stop tolerating stuff that doesn’t work and so forth. Your foremost responsibility is to yourself. Give yourself a chance to attain your goals. Make the right choices and decisions, put your best foot forward and do everything necessary to ensure that you achieve success. What are you choosing today?
You can feel good again…yes, it’s possible! But first, you must get motivated toward a worthwhile goal…your life!

2012-07-16T06:11:00.002-07:00

Ask yourself...

What if you could eliminate fear and stress in
your life? How much happier would you be?

What if you were able to produce wealth
seamlessly? How much more would you be able to
help others in need? (Including yourself and your
loved ones?)

What if you could create a stronger attraction
for love? How much closer would you be with a
loved one?

What if you could go anywhere brimming with
confidence? How would confidence impact the
decisions you face?

Please think aright.

2012-07-13T08:05:00.001-07:00

My name is Sasha Xarrian.
I have lived my life for you!
Let me explain by briefly sharing my story with you.
Would you believe me if I told you that as a young woman in my twenties, with five children and one on the way, I took our family from poverty to wealth in about four months?
And I wasn't even working. We actually went from a little three bedroom home to an 8,000 square foot mansion with nine bedrooms and three living rooms.
When I was a young girl, I was taught to have faith in the word of God. I tried. The 'word of God' said if I had faith the size of a seed, I would be able to move mountains, heal the sick, etc.
Well, I didn't see any mountains moving (and I lived in the valley of the Wasatch Mountains). I saw many people praying to be healed and told to have faith. But most were not healed.
So I wondered if maybe the 'word of God' was wrong or if we had no clue how to use faith. I became fascinated with the word, 'faith.' Was it all-powerful as all the scriptures and stories purported or was it a lie?
Maybe we needed a system to use our faith more powerfully ... a system that was universal in practice ... universal for ALL, no matter your belief system.

2012-07-11T11:09:00.000-07:00

DO NOT QUIT

Champions deny themselves the right to quit from any goal
they want to archieve in life.
It may interest you to know that in the process of archieving
a goal, you must meet chanllanges that will suggest "QUIT" to
you, but as a matter of fact, it is only a suggestion, so it now
depends on you to accept or reject it. My kind advice to you as
a champion in making is: never accept the suggestion to quit
because champions never quit, most times when the challenge is
thougher, that is when you are closer to archieving you goal.

You also need to note that the dept of your challange in life
determines the hight of your success. when you are meeting
greate challanges it simply means that your archievement will
be greate. If you have this at the back of your mind, you will
see quiting as an enemy of success and that is what it is.
Quiters has never archieved anything in life and will never do.
When you make your, plans do not make provision for quiting.

You are like a raw material in the refinary and you must pass
through processes to become a finished goods. some process can
be mild while some are harsh and painful but both will make you
a champion at the end. While you are still in the refining
process, do not abort yourself please dont quit

2012-06-29T03:05:00.001-07:00

Where Do You Shine?
Money is not the key to happiness. More ‘stuff' is not the key to happiness. Winning the lottery and spending the rest of your life on a tropical island - while intoxicating to the ear - is not the key to happiness.

What is, on the other hand, is exciting news.

Over the past few years, science and psychology have been experiencing quite a shift in focus, thanks to men such as Dr. Martin Seligman. It couldn't have come too soon.

The New Psychology
Through his work at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Seligman has created an entirely new branch of psychology. Instead of focusing solely on neuroses in life, he decided to study what makes us feel good.

Since the first days of his groundbreaking work, positive psychology has definitely caught on.

One of the focuses of this branch is - you guessed it - happiness. Through the work of countless positive psychologists, the path to such feelings has become more and more clear.

The Key to Happiness
They've discovered through their clinical investigations that happiness is tied tightly to your strengths - the things you're good at. People have been proven to be happiest when applying their unique skills toward a challenging project or goal.

You don't need millions of dollars or a personal island to be happy. All that you need is already within you. Discover your strengths, apply them to a challenging goal, and you'll see for yourself.

USING YOUR BEGINNING TO CREATE GREAT FUTURE

2011-12-30T02:52:00.001-08:00

The beginning of any thing we do in life is very important. As a matter of fact, beginning has a way of affecting your future positively or negatively. For example, the beginning of building a house is laying the foundation, now lets also take cognizance of the fact that there are difference types of building, if you raise a three story building on a one story foundation, that building will surely collapse in future time.

How you begin your new year, matters a lot, do not begin this New Year lackadaisically, because how well you will do this year may depend it. The following principles can help you start well:

1. Appreciation: Give thanks to God, for keeping and letting you come into the New Year. People died by your side, I mean people you started 2011 with, died even in your hands, before your eyes, some died in auto crash, plane crash, naturals disaster, sickness, some slept and never woke up again. A lot of things happened to you and around you but you are still alive. You really need to appreciate God. Secondly. There are people who helped you achieve something (s) last year, it will also be wise to call them, send text massage or meet them one on one and appreciate them for helping you count success in 2011.

2. Stock taking: Sit down and analyze yourself, your business and your academic, your relationship with people, your attitude, your marriage and your job. You will discover that there are areas you made success and there are also areas you failed, thank God for those areas you made success and say bravo to yourself for taking bold step that led you to success. Now, those areas you failed, do not cast blame on anybody, take blame for your failure and kill it right there. Do not carry it over into the New Year. What you need at this point is to think of fresh ideas on how to achieve those things you could not achieve last year, one new idea in your business can change it for the best. Just think.

3. Write down the thing you want to achieve in 2012 in the order of your scale of preference, draw a plan of how you are going to achieve them. If you have projects you started last year you did not finish, do not abandon them rather continue from were you stopped and keep doing it until you finish it.

4. Pray to God for help and grace to achieve your goals.

NB: It does not matter how big or small you started, but how well.

With this you can be sure you have started your 2012 very well and you will surely end it well.

THE BURNING HUT

2011-12-12T23:25:00.000-08:00

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed fervently for GOD to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day after scavenging for food ...he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. "GOD, how could you do this to me?" he cried. Early the next day he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.
LESSON: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because GOD is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain, and suffering. God is sovereign and nothing takes Him by surprise. There is nothing you pass through that He cannot handle. When He is silent, it does not mean He cannot handle it, He is only planning to make you the winner. Time is His tool, for He makes all things beautiful in His time. When you can’t understand God, keep still, worship and wait, He is never late. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of GOD. You may want to consider passing this on, because you never know who feels like their hut is on fire today...
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans.8:28.
The remaining days of this year will release to you, a miracle that will send you into the new year with laughter. It is not over until you win. YOU WILL SMILE AGAIN.

-Rev.Amb.DON ODUNZE. Jr.

Send your comments and post this to someone, you never can tell whose hut seems to be burning now. You may be encouraging a soul.

DO NOT DIE WITH YOUR LOSS

2011-11-18T01:46:00.003-08:00

If you are young and have lost someone pricey, you'll wonder how you'll be able to spend the next forty or fifty years alone. After a period of mourning your loss, you may be brooding about finding a brand new love. Where do you start? Here are seven steps to get you ready to this point and notice a brand new love after widowhood:

1. Honor your loss. You will be keeping yourself too busy to think about the pain. You will find solace in sleeping, avoiding dealing with the reality of your loss. These behaviors, while normal and valid, will postpone your ability to heal from your loss if they become your escape mechanisms. Be kind to yourself whereas allowing yourself to expertise all of the feelings and thoughts that accompany the profound loss of your loved one.

2. Honor your timetable. There's no correct time to grieve and then you are finished. You may continuously love your late spouse. Nobody can tell you that you must be better by now or you need to "live through it" and "move on." Whereas you honor your timetable, reach out to supportive people and groups who can facilitate your and who will not rush you thru this important step within the grief journey.

3. Honor your memories. Create journals, photo albums, and memorials of your late spouse. Talk about the nice times and the unhealthy with trusted friends and family. Speak to your late spouse, employing a recording device if you thus desire.

4. Honor who you are now. As a widow or widower, you are a different person than you were when your late spouse was alive. You are still fundamentally the same, however you have experienced profound loss. This loss has created you into a brand new person with new realizations concerning life.

5. Honor your need for companionship. Once you get to the purpose where you think you might want to search out somebody new, honor this terribly traditional, human need. Allow yourself to feel all of the mixed emotions that go along with your want to search out a brand new love.

6. Honor your relationship requirements. When you're prepared, write out the best things concerning your relationship along with your late spouse. These are the values you held expensive, your goals and dreams, and also the experiences you had as a couple. Decide which things you need to create a replacement relationship work.

7. Honor your capacity to like again. You will forever love your late spouse. At the identical time your heart is massive enough to like somebody new. You are doing not have to relinquish up your love and your reminiscences of your late spouse to love somebody new. You'll be able to have both.

Be strong.

CAREER ADVICE

2011-09-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

1. Think Like The Business Owner
You want to impress your boss? The easiest way is to think like the business owner. Whenever things are not approved or does not work in a certain way in the company, there are usually good reasons for it. It’s just that you do not know them. Do not pass any judgment. Think like the business owner. If you are the business owner and the money is yours would you do this? Would you make that decision? When you think like the business owner, your loyalty remains with the company.

2. Get Up And Get Going
Wake up in the morning and get going. There is no need to laze or delay. Sure you are human and I am not talking about the hard discipline of being a soldier and be in line when the instructions are called out. Still, you need to know what gets you out of bed in the morning when it is difficult. That’s what motivates you. What motivates you? Do you know?

3. Do The Right Things
Oh, the huge debate on doing things right and doing the right things. Don’t get into such arguments. It’s useless. What’s useful though is being able to practice them and use them to your advantage. Do the right thing when the time calls for it. Be guided by your moral compass, if you feel your ethical standards are suspect, well, put them in check. The higher you climb the more these standards will be called into action.

4. Do Things Right
Each and every system is in place so that there is a smooth flow of work. It ensures productivity, it ensures efficiency. Do it right. It means look into the details that goes in and out of the system. Someone needs to attend to the details. Because details are tedious, lazy people forgo such tasks. If you want to stand out, start doing this.

5. Stay On Track
Stay focused on what you want out of your career and do it well today. What matters is today. Not yesterday, that’s gone and no one bothers. Not tomorrow, because that’s too far away. You will be judged for the work done today. Do well on what needs to be done today and tomorrow will sort itself out. Yesterday, that’s too late to fix. Stay on track.

6. Don’t Worry About 5 Years From Now
Does it mean you do not plan? No, it doesn’t mean that. Don’t let plans that are too far away bother you. Again, what matters is doing well what matters now. Don’t get too agitated with things that aren’t working too well and you have no control over. Go with the flow. In the grander scheme of things, it probably does not even matter five years from now.

YOU CAN GO UP

2011-08-25T04:07:00.000-07:00

Life is full of ups and downs. they say, i believe that but the fact is that there are too many people in the downs of life than there are in the ups.
It takes working hard for you to be in the ups of life. you must distinguish yourself before people can look up to you, and people look up to you only when you are up, we are all ordinary but you can do extra ordinary thing to become extra ordinary man. Your background does not matter here, nothing can limit if you don't limit yourself.
There is no limit to how up you can get to if you stand up today. You can become the eyes with which your family and community will see the good things of life.

What you need to do now is to leave your comfort zone, take a step out of where you are now, take a decision never to look back until you see yourself on the top where people can look up to you. Whatever you can very well, you can get to the top with, just put your strength, might and soul to it. get counsel from experts, work to make connections, be focus and always pray. definitely!!!!!! you will see yourself among the few people in the ups of life.

I am expecting you here at the top.
C.J

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2011-05-25T00:49:00.000-07:00

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DO NOT DIE WITH YOUR LOSS

2011-04-04T06:37:00.000-07:00

If you are young and have lost someone pricey, you'll wonder how you'll be able to pay the next forty or fifty years alone. After a period of mourning your loss, you may be brooding about finding a brand new love. Where do you start? Here are seven steps to get you ready to this point and notice a brand new love after widowhood:

1. Honor your loss. You will be keeping yourself too busy to think about the pain. You will find solace in sleeping, avoiding dealing with the reality of your loss. These behaviors, while normal and valid, will postpone your ability to heal from your loss if they become your escape mechanisms. Be kind to yourself whereas allowing yourself to expertise all of the feelings and thoughts that accompany the profound loss of your loved one.

2. Honor your timetable. There's no correct time to grieve and then you are finished. You may continuously love your late spouse. Nobody can tell you that you must be better by now or you need to "live through it" and "move on." Whereas you honor your timetable, reach out to supportive people and groups who can facilitate your and who will not rush you thru this important step within the grief journey.

3. Honor your memories. Create journals, photo albums, and memorials of your late spouse. Talk about the nice times and the unhealthy with trusted friends and family. Speak to your late spouse, employing a recording device if you thus desire.

4. Honor who you are now. As a widow or widower, you are a different person than you were when your late spouse was alive. You are still fundamentally the same, however you have experienced profound loss. This loss has created you into a brand new person with new realizations concerning life.

5. Honor your need for companionship. Once you get to the purpose where you think you might want to search out somebody new, honor this terribly traditional, human need. Allow yourself to feel all of the mixed emotions that go along with your want to search out a brand new love.

6. Honor your relationship requirements. When you're prepared, write out the best things concerning your relationship along with your late spouse. These are the values you held expensive, your goals and dreams, and also the experiences you had as a couple. Decide which things you need to create a replacement relationship work.

7. Honor your capacity to like again. You will forever love your late spouse. At the identical time your heart is massive enough to like somebody new. You are doing not have to relinquish up your love and your reminiscences of your late spouse to love somebody new. You'll be able to have both.

Be strong.

THINK FUTURE

2011-03-11T00:18:00.000-08:00

One of the reasons why most people do not make success in
Life is that; they are desperate to be rich. They want to
Make money fast and by all means, get rich quick without
passing through
due processes of becoming rich. they want it now,
and that is why they do not last in one business. They can go
into 20 businesses and come out of them all in 1year without a
positive result.

I have red through the stories of many rich and successful people,
none of them became rich overnight, i discovered that they made
plans that lasted for years, some even failed after 5 and 10 years
in just one goal but did not give up or quit until they achieved
their goal. They passed through hell but they were not desperate.

Champions think future, so if you really want your name to be heard
aloud, you must have long term goal. A goal you are expecting to achieve
in 5, 10, 15 or more years time. Make sure you write it down clearly, plan well
for it, always say it out with your mouth, let it show in behavior, talk about it with confidence. Note this; everybody will not believe in you but you must believe in yourself. If someone did it you too can do it, if it has never been done, you can be the first to do it.

Think future. Don't be desperate.

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16 PURPOSE OF FRIENDSHIP

2011-02-24T02:58:00.000-08:00

1.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO LEAN ON WHEN YOU ARE NOT STRONG.

2.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO ENCOURAGE AND CHEER YOU UP.

3.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO SHARE YOUR PROBLEM WITH.

4.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO STAND BY YOU, BELIEVE AND STAND IN FOR YOU.

5.TO HAVE A COMPANION:ONE WHO CAN STAY AND GO WITH YOU IN TIME DESERSION.

6.TO HAVE A JONATHAN: ONE WHO CAN HELP YOU STEP UP IN LIFE.

7.SOMEONE TO MOTIVATE AND SURPORT YOU FINANCIALLY, WHO WILL SAY “GO I AM BEHIND YOU.

8.SOMEONE WHO CAN DELIVER YOU IN TIME OF TROUBLE AND OUT OF DANGER.

9.SOMEONE WHOM WHEN YOU REMEMBER, EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE DYING, YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE AGAIN.

10.SOMEONE WHO CAN ACCEPT YOU THE WAY YOU ARE.

11.SOMEONE WHO CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.

12.ONE WHO CAN DISCOVER THE GREATE POTENTIALS IN YOU.

13.SOMEONE WHO CAN FORGIVE AND STILL DO GOOD TO YOU.

14.SOMEONE WHO WILL KNOW YOUR WEAKNESS AND STILL SPEAK GOOD ABOUT YOU.

15.SOMEONE WHO YOU CAN COMFIDE IN, WHO WILL NOT LET YOUR SECREAT OUT.

16.SOMEONE WHO CAN DEFEND AND PROTECT YOU.

FROM CARLOS SLIM HELU, THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD

2011-02-16T04:09:00.001-08:00

Success is not about doing things well or even very well, or being acknowledged by others. It is not an external opinion, but rather an internal status. It is the harmony between the soul and your emotions, which requires love, family, friendship, authenticity and integrity.
To be as exceptional as you are is a privilege, but it also entails many risks that can have an impact on values that are much more important than professional, economic, social or political “success”. Emotional strength and stability are in the interior life, and in avoiding emotions that erode the soul such as envy, jealousy, arrogance, lust, selfishness, vengeance, greed and laziness, which are a poison that is ingested little by little.
When you give, do not expect to receive. “Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose,” says a Chinese proverb. Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
Do not mix up your values or betray your principles. Life’s road is very long, but it is traveled fast. Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny and it may influence reality. Do not ignore it.
Live with positive feelings and emotions such as love, friendship, loyalty, courage, joy, good humor, enthusiasm, peace, serenity, patience, trust, tolerance, prudence and responsibility. Do not allow their opposites to invade your soul, may they pass quickly from your mind, do not allow them to stay there, banish them. You will make mistakes many times, it is normal and human; but try to make them small, then accept, correct and forget them. Do not be obsessed by them; heaven and hell are within us. What is most valuable in life does not cost anything but is very precious: love, friendship, nature and what man has been able to achieve with it; the forms, colors, sounds, smells that we perceive with our senses can only be appreciated when we are emotionally awake.
Live without fear and guilt; fear is the worst feeling men can have, it weakens them, inhibits action and depresses them. Guilt is a tremendous burden in our lives, the way we think and act. Guilt and fear make the present difficult and obstruct the future. To fight them, let us have good sense and accept ourselves as we are, with our realities, our merits and our sorrows.
Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear. Thus, they make us stronger every day. We should learn from failure, and successes should be silent incentives. Act always as your conscience dictates, because it never lies. Fear and guilt will then be minimal. Do not block yourself in, do not ruin your life, live it with intelligence, with soul and senses aware and on the alert; get to know their manifestations and train yourselves to appreciate and enjoy life.
Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.
At the end we depart with nothing, we leave behind only our work, family and friends, and, perhaps, a positive influence which we have planted.

PREPARED, PLANTED, PLACED, PRUNED AND PROSPERED.

2011-02-11T03:14:00.000-08:00

Before God put Adam in the garden, he formed him.
There is a purpose of preparation God takes us through in
order to make what we need to be. God must deal with our
inconsistencies, personality, area of distrust, unresolved
childhood issues, scars flaw etc.
How long does it take? Only God knows.
Admit it even at your age don’t you still recognize some
childish ways in your life? Anybody would have given up on
you, but God has plans and he is committed to it.
We should all wear a sign that says: “work in progress”.
Come what may in life, be mindful of: work in progress.
You must pass through processes before becoming finished goods.

The Bible says the lord “formed man out of the dust of the
ground” (Gen 2:7) what’s God working with? “Dirt” And the
tools he uses to form you are the experiences you go through
in life. They shape and alter you. And the more you try it your
own way, the longer the process takes. It may take you five
years to quit people-pleasing or ten years to stop feeling sorry
for yourself, or twenty years to stop reliving your childhood.
All the while God is telling you “stop it” and you are saying
“yeah I will be better” then finally a crisis happens and the
truth hits you. At that point you say “you know what? I’m going
to forget those things which are behind and start reaching for
things which are before.

USING YOUR BEGINNING TO CREATE GREAT FUTURE

2011-01-20T05:55:00.000-08:00

The beginning of any thing we do in life is very important. As a matter of fact, beginning, has a way of affecting your future positively or negatively. For example, the beginning of building a house is laying the foundation, now lets also take cognizance of the fact that there are difference types of building, if you raise a three story building on a one story foundation, that building will surely collapse in future time.
How you begin your new year, matters a lot, do not begin this new year lackadaisically, because how well you will do this year may depend it. The following principles can help you start well:
1. Appreciation: Give thanks to God, for keeping and letting you come into the New Year. People died by your side, I mean people you started 2010 with, died even in your hands, before your eyes, some died in auto crash, plane crash, naturals disaster, sickness, some slept and never woke up again. A lot of things happened to you and around you but you are still alive. You really need to appreciate God. Secondly. There are people who helped you achieve something (s) last year, it will also be wise to call them, send text massage or meet them one on one and appreciate them for helping you count success in 2010.
2. Stock taking: Sit down and analyze yourself, your business and your academic, your relationship with people, your attitude, your marriage and your job. You will discover that there are areas you made success and there are also areas you failed, thank God for those areas you made success and say bravo to yourself for taking bold step that led you to success. Now, those areas you failed, do not cast blame on anybody, take blame for your failure and kill it right there. Do not carry it over into the New Year. What you need at this point is to think of fresh ideas on how to achieve those things you could not achieve last year, one new idea in your business can change it for the best. Just think.
3. Write down the thing you want to achieve in 2011 in the order of your scale of preference, draw a plan of how you are going to achieve them. If you have projects you started last year you did not finish, do not abandon them rather continue from were you stopped and keep doing it until you finish it.
4. Pray to God for help and grace to achieve your goals.
With this you can be sure you have started your 2011 very well and you will surely end it well.
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CAN YOU?

2010-12-08T06:18:00.000-08:00

People only celebrate you when you distinguish yourself, if you don't, they will not only tolerate but despise you. What can you do? think, do something now and watch them bow for you. I know you can, and you can if think you can.

MR ROSE IN HELL

2010-10-25T07:43:00.000-07:00

There was a woman called Mrs. Rose in a small town called "Enyi" in this small town, there is a church, and Mrs. Rose happened to the richest person in that church and also the eyes with which they see, Mrs. Rose will always give to the poor in the public, gives huge amount of money in the church for Gods work and in the community for development, and people will praise her.

One day, Mrs. Rose died; in fact it was like the day of Docas of the Bible, after Mrs. Rose was buried, a young man dreamt where he died, and in his dream, an angel took him into a very beautiful place, in that place, he saw many people rejoicing but he did not see Mrs. Rose, he became so worried that he told the angel " there is a woman I am looking for" and the angel asked him the name of the woman, he said Mrs. Rose, the angel took him to a large and beautiful seating room, and brought out a big book, they started searching for the name "Mrs. Rose" but from the beginning of the big book to its end, Mrs. Rose were not found, the angel took him to a very handsome man, seated in a golden throne in a glittering palace, and he complained to the man who dressed like a king.

The man gave them another big book, almost at the end of their search, at the last page of the book, behold the name "Mrs. Rose", and the young man jumped in happiness and said to the angel "I told you she is here", but in disappointment, the angel told him that the people whose name are in this book are the people who are in the place of teeth gnashing, immediately the young man cried with a loud voice and said noooo she can not be there, She was a very good woman, she gave to the work of God, provided for the needy, donated money to the community, how can she do all this things and be there. He pleaded until the angel started pleading to the king on his behalf and after a while, the king decided to give Mrs Rose a second chance and ordered the angel to go get Mrs. Rose out of the pit. The angel took a very long rope and went to the pit with the young man, when they got there, the angel laid the rope down into the dip pit and called with a loud voice "Rose", a faint voice answered and said "I am here sir" the angel told her " this rope is for you. Hold on to it and climb up so that you can get out of the pit, she was glad to have that opportunity, and without hesitation she held the rope and started climbing with joy.

Mrs. Rose climbed and climbed until she was about two fit out of the pit, she now looked down and saw that other people are also climbing up with her, she said to them "why are you climbing up with me? This rope is for me alone, all of you must go down known" she started kicking them on the head saying "go down, go down, go down, go down" in the process of kicking other people, she loosed her grip to the rope and fell back into the deep pit shouting NOOOOOOooooooo. The angel gradually pulled up the rope in disappointment, and the young man cried in agony, the king came and with a gentle voice he said to them, "This is what Mrs. Rose was doing when she was alive on earth, she only gave in the public so that people will see her as a rich woman and praise her, she provided for the needy to attract love and respect for her self, she did not do all that in righteousness. She was an obstacle to other people's progress, she wanted only herself to be seen, she never allowed other people to come up and that is why she is in that pit, even when she has been given a second chance, she could not still repent. She has exhausted her chances of repentance. The young man cried and cried until he woke up from his dream.

We must be careful the way we live our lives, because after mans marking scheme, God has his own marking scheme and if he does not mark us right, we have failed. He has a purpose for bringing us into this world and I believe that it is to make the world a better place for humanity by promoting love, peace, unity and living a God fearing life. If we do not live to achieve this four factors, it means that we are a disappointment to our generation and to God our creator. We are the people to make the world a better place and the time is now, so let's work harder with sincerity, we are not far from Mr. Victory

Thanks for reading. PRINCE C.J BENJAMIN povetcj@gmail.com.

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