AND ALWAYS REMEMBER...

The terrible price of disgrace.

Let thought of disgrace prevent you from foolish words and actions.

Disgrace rarely -- if ever -- travels alone.

A mother A father A family A business And even a nation...

Can feel imprint of just one person's disgraceful words, attitudes and actions.

Remember this -->

Today's pleasure often disguises tomorrow's disgrace.

Or you could say it this way: disgrace of tomorrow often comes wrapped in a deceptively beautiful package with a tag on it that reads "the pleasure of moment."

TWO ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS

ONE: Gather right kind of wealth.

Something to think about: what real value is there in gaining wealth without respect? Why not seek to gain both?

Gain wealth *and* respect.

*Wealth alone doesn't earn respect of wives, husbands, or children!

*Wealth alone doesn't earn respect of team members, students or work associates.

Remember: Success without respect is not success.

TWO: Plan to leave an "inheritance of great value" to those you love.

All of us would love to leave a solid financial inheritance to those we love.

But there's more: we can strive to leave them...

*The heritage of a good name. *A strong spiritual heritage. *A strong emotional heritage.

NOW ABOUT YOUR HEART...

What does your heart say? What is *most* important treasure you desire to leave with others?

"My most important treasure I want to leave with others is... ______________________________________________________

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"I am working hard at leaving that treasure by...

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Yours for a day filled with beautiful moments in time,

Lee

------------------------------- Lee is a seminary administrator, has a part-time business at home, and writes two motivational ezines: "A Beautiful Moment In Time" and "Hope For Daily Living." Permission is given to distribute article. This paragraph must be included. Email: Lee@motivation-for-daily-living.net Link: http://www.motivation-for-daily-living.net

• Have control over how others feel about you and treat you;

• Have control over outcome of things…

…then you will not be able to connect with your guidance. When your deepest desire is to control rather than learn about loving yourself and others, you will not be able to access Spirit. And we can’t fool Spirit. We can’t get away with tricking ourselves or Spirit. For example, one of my clients was having trouble connecting with Spirit. When I asked him if his true intent was to be loving to himself when he was attempting to speak with his guidance, he stated, “Of course I want to be loving to myself. Then maybe I’ll be healthy enough to meet woman of my dreams.” In this case, his deeper intent was to have control over meeting woman of his dreams. Until he wanted to be loving to with no outcome in mind other than desire to be a more loving human being, spiritual guidance would elude him.

Connecting with our guidance is easy when our deepest desire is to evolve into a more loving human being - with ourselves and others. When we have courage to take loving action in our own behalf - such as standing up for ourselves, telling our truth, taking risks to discover our joy, taking care of ourselves physically through diet and exercise, feeling our painful feelings and taking responsibility for what we are doing to create our own pain - then Spirit will show us way. Spirit will find a way to communicate with you - such as through words, feelings, images, books, dreams, or other people - when your pure desire is to learn about love, starting with loving yourself and taking 100% responsibility for your own feelings and needs.

Are you ready to take loving care of yourself rather than expect others to do it for you? Are you ready to take responsibility for your pain instead of blaming others for it? Are you ready to create your joy and self-esteem rather than relying on others to do this for you? When you are really ready to take loving care of yourself, then ask Spirit how to do it and you will be shown way. Your guidance is just waiting for you to ask.