“Infinite patience produces immediate results”.

The true meaning of this statement is grasped when you understand the result that patience gives you. Patience gives you calmness, peace and, most importantly, belief.

Look back over the past month. How many problems have been caused by you running out of patience? How much frustration, stress, unhappiness and irritation have you experienced as a result of this. How many opportunities have you not fully realised because you loss patience.

In an age where speed is king, patience is a dying art. As a result, fewer people are experiencing inner calm and stress levels and the diseases that manifest from them, are high.

As we enter the weekend, be patient. Remember that patience does not mean that you are giving up on something or are not committed to achieving the desired result, but is a state of mind that allows you to see things clearly, peacefully and in a way that is full of belief and expectation.

Just think, how the world would be today if the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 had been stopped? Or if the bullet from Lee Harvey Oswald?s gun was half an inch off-target and missed John F. Kennedy, instead of killing him?

Although these are major events in modern history, we can easily apply these to our own lives.

How would your life be today if the person you sat next to in school was different and you had a different childhood friend? Where would you be if you were ten minutes late for the interview at your current job? There are countless questions like these for every one of us.

The butterfly effect teaches us that no matter what our long term goals and dreams are, there will be many small and subtle changes along the way that will shape who we are, the people we meet and, ultimately, the path to success that we take.

Did you know that meteorologists find it difficult to predict weather more than seven days ahead? This is because there are so many small changes that could happen in that time frame that would make their predictions wrong.

Likewise, it is often hard to plan our lives more than seven days in advance, because our circumstances, and those of our friends and family, can easily change in that time.

As we start a new week, be flexible. Expect that there will be changes to in the upcoming week. By expecting this, when these come about, you will be in a much more powerful state of mind to deal with them.

Michael Jordon, the legendary basketball player, was once making a television commercial.

All Michael needed to do in the advert was to miss a shot. For Michael, this was difficult. Michael had conditioned himself to succeed when throwing a basketball and every time he threw a basketball, it went in. In total, it took him over 20 attempts before he missed a shot.

For Michael, success was habitual. He had formed a habit that was so strong, that it took him a considerable amount of time to break it and to fail in a task he had such mastery over.

Just like drinking, gambling and smoking, success is also a habit. The only problem is that it is more effective!

Like all habits, once it is established, it is difficult to break.

Many people have the false assumption that success is difficult to maintain. They feel that it will be hard work and will require consistent action and focus. The truth is that it is simply a habit, and as easy to maintain as any other habit.

Spend some time making success a habit in your life. Once you have developed it, it is not something you will want to change again.

Years ago, Tony Robbins was faced with a difficult decision.

He was failing in many areas of his life and, even though he had studied numerous success systems, he just did not believe that he could achieve anything in his life.

At this point, an old friend came round to see him and was shocked to see how Tony was living. He realized that Tony had great potential and was disappointed that Tony was not fulfilling it.

This meeting changed Tony’s life because it was then that Tony decided that he would take control of his life.

The key belief that Tony needed to install in himself was the fact that the past does not equal the future.

Tony knew that he was faced with a fresh opportunity to change his life. He did not need to worry about the past failures and disappointments, they were history. This is now.

As we enter a new month, heed Tony’s advice and live by the notion that the past does not equal the future.

By doing this, you will not be haunted by your past failures and everything that you do will be so much easier.

I recently asked myself this question this and found that I spent considerable time living in the past.

There is a wise proverb that states that “We cannot go back and make a new start, but we can start now to make a new ending.”

The fact is that many of us live in the past. We often let past mistakes limit how we view ourselves and others. We let past experiences and disappointments outline just what we can and cannot do.

The truth is that we cannot influence the past. It is history for a reason.

In one of his poems, Rumi says that no amount of tears can erase a sad chapter in our life. Similarly, no amount of thinking, reminiscing or remembering can change even one second of our past.

Make a decision today to focus not on correcting or changing the past. Leave the past behind today. Instead, decide on making a new ending.

Ivan Ilych was an accountant who lived in Moscow. The Death of Ivan Ilych is a short story about the thoughts and feelings that he has on his deathbed.

Ivan lived a normal life. In fact, he was quite successful. He was an accountant who had done well at school, exceeded at work and had a normal family life.

Whilst on his deathbed, however, one question puzzled Ivan. What if my whole life has been wrong?

This is a very powerful question, especially when asked at the right time.

For Ivan, the question was asked to late. However, for you, it has been asked at the right time.

If you were on your deathbed and you looked back, would you be satisfied with what you have done with your life? If not, then this is the best time to change this.

One of these great people is Mother Teresa.

Today, I would like to share with you 8 life lessons that Mother Teresa has taught us all and which, especially in times of difficulty, we should try our best to live up to.

1. People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred; forgive them anyway.

2. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.

3. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; be successful anyway.

4. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be frank and honest anyway.

5. What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight; Build anyway.

6. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.

7. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.

8. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you have got anyway.

Be like Mother Teresa. Be content that you cannot solve every problem, help every person or win every battle. However, do not let this stop you from giving your best in everything you do.

During the first three years of its life, the bamboo tree only grows a couple of inches over ground, as spends its energy developing a strong root system underneath the soil.

Then, in the fourth year, after the root system has been developed, the bamboo tree shoots up to 80 feet above ground.

Life is just like this. Before we can see external success, we must first develop an inner character and mindset that will be the roots of our success.

Once this has been established, success will come so quickly and easily, as your mind, your habits and your action bring success to you from every direction.

Most people look at this the wrong way. They expect to see external growth without first establishing the correct mindset and character for this. This is the precise reason that they fail, because they have not developed the roots of their success, which is where the real effort is required.

Take some time to start nurturing your root system for success. By being patient and holding strong in the belief that as soon as you have developed the correct habits, mindset and character for success, external success will come quicker than you could possibly have imagined

We become clear in our mind that we want to stop smoking, lose a certain amount of weight, stop drinking or one of the many other negative habits that we succumb to.

We then wake up the next morning, motivated and passionate and stick to this resolution. We totally cut out this behaviour for a few days and then, as expected, that habit returns and we are back to our old ways.

Wayne Dyer argues that we cannot just throw bad habits out. They will soon return.

Instead, a much more effective way is to coax these bad habits out. Imagine that you are coaxing them down a stairway. Take it one step at a time.

Gradually reduce the habit because by gradually reducing the habit, you gradually reduce the hold that this habit has over you. Before you know it, you will be able to free yourself from this bad habit and all of its negative consequences.

Similarly, it is the same with positive habits. Instead of coaxing them down the stairs, coax them up the stairs. Do not go full out and expect that burst of enthusiasm to last. Instead, gradually build this positive habit into your life.

Take some time today to either coax a bad habit down the stairs or to coax a good habit up the stairs and really feel how good it is to be taking a step in the right direction.

The study was based upon the energy levels that
different people habitually live from.

Professor Hawking found that 87% of the human
population lives at the level of shame, guilt, weakness and negativity.

However, when Professor Hawking started studying
those who lived at a higher level, he found some fascinating insights. Instead of
a person who lived from a positive energy field simply negating someone
on a lower energy field, there was a significant counter balance that took
place.

These are the levels of existence that Professor Hawking identified:

One person who lives from a state of optimism, willingness and a decision to be non-judgemental counterbalances 90,000 who habitually live from a negative state of mind.

One person who lives from a state of pure love and reverence for all life counterbalances 750,000 who habitually live from a negative state of mind.

One person who lives from a state of illumination, bliss and infinite peace counterbalances 10 million who habitually live from a negative state of mind. Professor Hawking found that there are 22 such people alive today.

One person who lives from a state of grace and pure spirit beyond the body in complete duality and peace counterbalances 70 million who habitually live from a negative state of mind. Professor Hawking found that there are 10 such people alive today.

Finally, and most importantly, Professor Hawking wrote that 1 single avatar who can be given the title of Lord (for example Jesus, Buddha and Muhammad (PBUH)) ? counter balance all of human negativity in the world at that time and, more importantly, the negativity of the entire population will self-destruct if it was not for those today.

Professor Hawking teaches us a lesson that we cannot ignore. By living at a
higher level, the effect of the energy that you will resonate will counterbalance the
negativity of thousands of people. Will you commit to living at this level?