Our society today is alarming. Music, TV shows, and movies celebrate violence, guns, drugs, and sex. Kids and adults emulate tattooed artists in skimpy outfit. With minimal supervision from responsible adults, some kids become violent and highly sexual. Instead of taking pencil and paper in school, they bring guns. Instead of aiming for success and pursuing American dream, they aim to dominate and pursue a rival gang. Instead of aiming to get a fulfilling job and finishing a higher degree, they aim to get “high.”

Sadly enough, some parents don’t develop children who are dreamers, but rather they develop kids who become nightmares to society. Verily, children who are deprived of dreams are deprived of their future.

This prayer is about having good thoughts.

By constantly focusing on good thoughts, we leave no room for uncertainty, anger, insecurity, distrust, jealousy, and envy. By dwelling on good thoughts, negative, destructive, and depressing thoughts have no chance to grow.

Good thoughts translate upsets and defeats to challenges, and transform problems and hassles as opportunities to grow. While good dream is desired destination, having good thoughts is necessary tool to achieve it.

One time, I was moved by a quadriplegic boy. He just received an award and finished at top of his class. Before graduating class, he thanked God for his disability. He prayed:

“Dear God. Thank you for what I am. If I had strong muscles and legs like others, I could have been playing Nintendo and running around aimlessly. I would have missed opportunity to read Bible daily. I would not have been able to talk to you every minute of day.”

This boy has a lot to be stressed about. But instead of childish and unproductive self-pity, he dared to dream, he pursued good thoughts, he was thankful for his disability, and most importantly, he communed with God.

Let us follow this boy’s formula if we want life to be more meaningful and less stressful. Pray constantly for prayer is our sole access to Great Source of unending peace and happiness. Praise Him regardless of our predicament. Very soon, we will receive endless bliss.

Persistence is like object in motion. It takes more energy to stop it than for it to continue its course. Starting object is where most of energy is used. And, it's same in pursuing success.

You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar!

Everyone wants to be a success in life, but unless you make a commitment to never say quit, you will have a lot of opportunities to fail. The comforting thing is; life will never quit on us, it will keep presenting us with opportunities to succeed, many of which will look like you'll be up to your neck in alligators.

You may have a problem now that you've tried and tried to overcome. You many have even said, "I've fought this thing so long." What's use, I'll never win. I have just one word of encouragement for you: Just remember; "Cat Food!"

When I first decided that I was not meant to work for someone else, a friend gave me a poem that I want to reprint here. The author of this poem is unknown, and I'm sure some of you will have seen it and I'm sure a lot of you haven't. It was an inspiration to me when I first read it and I've kept a plaque of it for many years. The title is; "Don't Quit".

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When road you're trudging seems all uphill, When funds are low and debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns, as every one of us sometimes learns, And many a fellow turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don't give up though pace seem slow, You might succeed with another blow.

Often goal is nearer than, it seems to a faint and faltering man, Often struggler has given up When he might have captured victor's cup, And, he learned too late when night came down, How close he was to golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of clouds of doubt. And, you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar, so stick to fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seems worst that you must not quit. (Author Unknown)

Worth Its Weight In Gold!

If you won't quit, your faith in yourself and goodness of God will see you through. Remember, with you and God, you can turn failure into victory.

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