Nothing ever stays the same.Written by Graham and Julie
Nothing ever stays same. On one hand we despise change yet on other we don’t want to stagnate and become boring. Yet our habits keep us locked into a course of action day after day, year after year. The way we think, way we behave, way we experience things, way we react to incidents, all are dominated by our habits. They are so strong that most of do not even know what they are. Whatever our habits are they keep us fixed in a particular perspective or behaviour. They stop us reaching our potential. Our habits are basically involuntary acts we perform unintentionally and without thinking. We just are them. Yes. We are our habits. Whether, you lack confidence, find it difficult to make decisions, always arrive late for an appointment, can’t say no …, feel lonely, feel stupid, think others always know best…… these are all habits. That’s bad news. The good news is that you can change. Change is based on choice. Once you realise what your habits are, you have more chance of changing them. It may not be easy. It may be painful, sometimes. But it is also fun and rewarding because you are changing your life. You are opening yourself to see possibilities of your potential. What you are capable of. History shows us that there are four key ingredients to successfully change habits: Reflection, Realisation, Resolve and Sustained Effort. In other words all you have to do is imagine you are gardener of your life: Reflect on state of your garden. Realise what are weeds and what are flowers. Remove weeds Replace weeds with flowers and make a sustained effort to keep garden clear of weeds you don’t want. So. What is largest weed in your garden? Which habit causes you most pain?
| | AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSONWritten by Hifzur Rehman
I am not going to tell you story of an extraordinary person, who did remarkable things in life. Why should I? Are you not an extraordinary person? What do you think about yourself? You possess all assets of an extraordinary person but, unfortunately, you are not an extraordinary person because you don’t think so. Your low belief level about your own capabilities is blocking your way in achieving extraordinary success in life. Your Creator gave you equal opportunity of becoming an extraordinary person in your own individual manner. He equipped your body with same tools and gadgets as he equipped body of any other extraordinary person. No extraordinary organ has been implanted by God in bodies of those people who are living or have lived an extraordinary life. You must be working hard to maintain a reasonable standard of life for yourself and your family. Is it enough? Can you become an extraordinary person just by doing 9 to 5 jobs? Absolutely not! Don’t walk on off-beaten tracks paved for ordinary people. Don’t follow crowd and don’t copy others. You are not an ordinary person.
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