Don’t disown your future, own it. You make your life, take it as a movie set if you like; you are director, main actor and editor. How do you want story to ensue?

Ask yourself those fundamental questions:

What am I like?

What do I want to be like?

What are my strengths?

What are my weaknesses?

What do I need?

What do I want?

Who could help me?

Want is my plan?

Know that you can achieve whatever you set your mind to. Now is an opportunity to reflect and act upon those thoughts. Changing is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

Making Positive Changes Instead of saying "I don't know" Say "I'll find out". Instead of seeing a problem for every answer, Try seeing an answer for every problem Instead of saying "That's not my job", See what has to be done and do it. Instead of/b> making promises, Make commitments Instead of looking at what can't be done, Look at what can be done When a mistake is made, instead of saying "It wasn't my fault" Say "I was wrong". Instead of side-stepping most issues, Try making decisions Instead of saying "I'm not as bad as a lot of others", Say "I'm good, but not as good as I can be". Instead of saying "That's way it has always been done", Say "There ought to be a better way". Instead of saying "It may be possible, but it's too difficult", Say "It may be difficult but it's not impossible". Taken from "Positive Works" from Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development

Article taken from The Muse -Motivational news

Lynne Dean created Motivational Central, an online information service for seekers of general self improvement, in January 2005.

The apostle Paul wrote about our consciences frequently. He said that he kept a clear conscience before God (Acts 23:1, 24:16, 1 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Timothy 1:3,) and he said that we should do same (Romans 13:5, 1 Timothy 1:5, 19, 3:9) so that we don't shipwreck our faith. We can know that we are hearing from God by listening to our conscience.

~ "I speak truth in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in Holy Spirit" (Romans 9:1).

~ "Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in world, and especially in our relations with you, in holiness and sincerity that are from God" (2 Corinthians 1:12).

~ Our consciences "bear witness" to truth (Romans 2:15), because truth is "plain to our conscience" (2 Corinthians 5:11), and "the Holy Spirit testifies with our spirit" (Romans 8:16) to confirm truth.

If we learn to obey our conscience and let peace be our umpire, we will be able to let God lead our daily lives and assure ourselves of success and prosperity.