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REFLECTION

- What have you been talking or day-dreaming about incessantly?

- Remember, your dreams only remain dreams - castles in air, nothing more nothing less unless you give them 'wings to fly'!

- What do you want to be able to look back to in 10 or 15 years from now?

- Are you happy with your life, or do you get up in morning feeling you could be doing more?

ACTION POINT

Look into your list of dreams and choose one that is nearest to your heart. How can you initiate an action and follow through?

Do you know someone who might be willing to help you with this? Sometimes all it requires is just to be open and simply ask for support. Remember, you don't have to do it all alone.

Decide to give yourself a timeline to get some results.

Each time you have a break-through along way, relish exhilarating joy of present achievement to inspire and motivate you even more to accomplishing what you've set out to achieve.

You know mistakes that you've made because you have that mistake as a reference point now and for rest of your life. But you CAN change your residence. Move out. Pack your bags and throw away that "Welcome" mat-- because, right now, you make decision to change. You have decided that your life is worth fighting for. You realize that you are a child of God and, therefore, worthy of all that is already yours by divine right.

You weren't born for sorrow. You weren't born to be a doormat for others to wipe their feet on. You weren't born to infect your body with chemicals that take you outside of yourself. You weren't born to be used up and then disregarded. You weren't born for any of that.

You were born to glorify God and live a happy and abundant life. And if you aren't living that way, it's simply because at some point, you fell down. But now is time to get up and start living life that you were born to live. And that is a life of purpose. That's a life of happiness and abundance.

Now, you ask, How do I get out of past and Get Up? Well, I would like to say, "it’s simple." But that wouldn't be truth. There's nothing "simple" about it. It's a daily process that you must work on. You have to be committed to making changes in your life. You have to believe that God has a purpose for you. You MUST have faith. You have to change your mindset and things that are presently in your life. In other words, you will have to work on YOU.

You will have to realize that what happened yesterday, is gone. You can never get that time back and, therefore, there is nothing you can do about it. But right in front of you is another minute or another hour or another day, week, month, year. Those things haven't happened yet, so you can start to orchestrate your present so that your future will be more to your liking.

Start by telling yourself, over and over and over and over again, "My past has no bearing on who I am right this second. And, therefore, is NOT important. I am here to glorify God. I am God's child and, therefore, worthy of greatness."

If you take this simple phrase and say it to yourself all day long, over and over again, you will soon start to notice changes in your life. All of a sudden, without even thinking about it, you will start to pack your old baggage from past and move them to a closet that you will lock and throw away key. And when you get stronger in your faith, you will find yourself selling whole house and moving into a completely different neighborhood--one that is completely different from hood you used to live in.

I know that when you were young you learned song, "Ring around rosie, a pocket full of posie. Ashes. Ashes. We all fall down." Nobody got up at end of that song. Well, that was old school way of thinking. I like Donnie McClurkin's song better because his song leaves you with a feeling of hope.

ACTION POINT: If you find yourself living in past or letting past experiences hold you back from bringing new and exciting things into your life, STOP! Tell yourself, "My past has no bearing on who I am right this second. And, therefore, is NOT important. I am here to glorify God. I am God's child and, therefore, worthy of greatness." Say this to yourself, over and over again. Try it. And always remember:

A Saint is just a sinner who fell down and got up!