We too have fought through night with problems too large to be borne. We too have prayed into seeming emptiness, seeking a God we know is there but somehow cannot reach from depths of our despair. We too have wondered why as co-heirs with Christ we cannot find ear of our loving Father - for we too experienced this blackness after asking Christ into our lives...

We too have wept bitter tears of loneliness. We too have dismissed others' proferred aid as meaningless, because nobody could appreciate our special needs....

But we were wrong - blessedly, joyously WRONG! We were wrong because we judged our needs by worldly standards. We were wrong because we sought a mentor in those around us. We were wrong because we had missed personhood of our God, for our God walked this way, too, before us!

Where are our leaders? Where are examples that set standard for excellence? TV and movie stars, sports figures, political personalities, or corporate executives; many look to these to emulate. More and more of our young men and women, who will be tomorrows leaders, are looking for something other than sex and violence, lies and under-handedness, back room deals, and scandalous lives of those who seem to get most press.

Many of them are reaching for stars and already excelling in many of life's arenas. They are not satisfied with mundane. They know to be your best, you must assume a leadership role. They have found laws that govern leadership. You've heard it said, "Practice makes perfect." But are you aware of fact this is a false statement. If what we are practicing is imperfect, what we become is imperfect. So truth is "Perfect practice makes perfect."

This is reason so many of those whom we look to for guidance are failing in front of our eyes leaving many disillusioned. They have discovered laws of leadership and achieved some great things in life, but failed to develop proper core values which determine strength of ones character. It's our personal core value system from which we pull strength of character to not follow same path that are leaders took to bring about their demise. Since purpose of our existence is to make a life, it's essential we also develop right attitude. With right attitude we can be taught core values upon which we will base our decisions in life while following leadership skills we develop to obtain and maintain success in all our relationships. This applies to both personal and professional interests. Let us explore Laws of Success and Failure, as this will show us what attitudes are and how they are developed. These are sometimes referred to as The Laws of Life and Death, Positive and Negative Forces, Light and Darkness depending on which author's work you are studying. Though they appear to be similar, they are not same. More on this later.

Life is all that which has to do with well-being, wholeness, or enlightenment; be it body, soul or spirit. True lasting success in life is based upon living your life grounded in Truth. Death is all that which destroys; body, soul or spirit. Fear (anxiety, despair, poverty, nervousness, sickness, etc) is force of Death. Failure comes when we base our decisions in life upon lies and deceptions.

Note: There are no half-truths. It's either true (leading to life) or false (a lie, leading to death), right or wrong.

You may or may not believe this. However, believing something doesn't necessarily make it so. These are laws and it matters little whether we choose to believe them or not, they still are and that makes them truth (Life). Acting in agreement with law or truth, can be related to acting in faith.

You may not believe in law of gravity but if you choose to step over side of a cliff outcome of that decision will still be same. This brings up another point we must take into consideration. The matter of choice. We all have been given power of choice. This action determines results of our decisions. Success or failure. If we choose to act upon our unbelief or though ignorance and make that step off cliff we have become very successful, although results are less than our expectations. The law is always in operation.

In surmising this pay close attention to progression of each pathway of choice. You can clearly see where life and death, successes or failures as many would say, are a direct result of our decisions.

1. Truth or Fiction- Agree or Disagree Leaders know path which leads to life is acting upon or in agreement with law or laws God has set-up to govern matter at hand, in this case for success in life. This is proper exercise of faith, for everyone has faith. It is an action. It is to reckon, consider and depend upon what God says over and against previous knowledge, experience, or feelings. This is also an exercise of our will (freedom of choice;) therefore everyone can believe and come into agreement with God's law, which is positive, in turn leading to positive outcomes or success in life and life itself.

Fiction or disagreement is unbelief. or believing a lie. Fear is negative action of faith, or depending upon, reckoning or counting upon a deception as though it were true. This leads to our failures in life or death itself.

2. Our Thoughts Have Power. The thoughts we have, come from basically three places: God, Ourselves, or devil. We are to guard our thoughts so they are continually in alignment with God's Laws. This is where your freedom of choice is most important. Renew your mind with what God has to say about matter and learn to be selective. Choose to entertain only those thoughts which will keep you on course of obtaining your goals and fulfillment of your life's purpose.