One of the greatest asset you can possess is knowledge. It is good to educate yourself not only about everyday issues but also about what is going on in the world around you. People spread misinformation and share fake news with no compulsion to check the facts for themselves. In a fast changing world we cannot become lost sheep being led blindly by others. Knowledge is empowerment. So gain knowledge and with it will come understanding.
Tag: Life Lessons
You can Rise Above Adversity
Many of life’s failure is a direct result of people giving up in the face of adversity. Too often we get impatient and give up before we get to that point where we overcome those obstacles and experience success. We sometimes forget that success is a process and often it cannot be rushed.
There are many successful people today who overcame adversity to get to where they are. Oprah Winfrey had a difficult childhood. She was molested by family members and lost a child when she was 14. Yet she rose above her circumstances and today is one of the most successful women in America. Thomas Edison failed 1000 times before he created the light bulb. Steve Harvey was homeless for three years but that didn’t stop him from becoming successful. Bill Gates first businesses failed, today he is one of the richest man in the world. Jay Z couldn’t get signed to any record label. He created his own and today is one of the richest rapper.
These people made it and so can you. Find someone who inspire you, someone who made it despite adversity. Use that person as a motivation in your live to stay focused and determined in your quest to achieve your own success. The key to it all is to never give up.
Understand Your Worth
Don’t be Imprisoned
Don’t be imprisoned by your own fears. Don’t allow yourself to be trapped in a world where you begin to feel that you don’t have the strength to stand on your own two feet and make the decisions for your life or charter the course for your happiness. Don’t allow fear to hold you a prisoner. Face your fears and conquer them.
Everyone Matters
I want us all to open up our eyes to the reality of the world in which we live and in particular the way we view others. I want you to consider the following scenario.
A very wealthy and generous man is going on a luxury cruise. He has invited some of the most well know celebrities and some of the most prominent pastors who heads well established ministries to go along with him. Before the ship sails he realizes there is still a lot of space and so he invites some homeless people from off the street. You are also invited.
Now each group of people is seated in separate sections but you can sit anywhere. Where would you choose to sit? I am taking a guess that that you would want to be with the celebrities or with the prominent pastors and sadly I must confess that I would probably choose either of these two groups too because let’s face it who wants to sit with a bunch of homeless smelly, people.
However let’s say out of nowhere there is a strong turbulence and you are thrown overboard, of the three groups who do you think will be the quickest to jump overboard to save your life. Do you think the celebrity will risk his life to save the life of someone who to them is nobody? Do you think that pastor with his mega-million ministry will shed his jacket and jump overboard to save you?
Sometimes it is the ones we overlook and disregard, the ones whose plight we pretend not to see, the ones we turn our nose up at and look upon with scorn, yes sometimes they are the very ones who will risk their lives to save ours.
It’s Possible
The dream inside you is impossible only if you believe it is. You are the one who controls your destiny.
Don’t Let Problems Define You
Life is never without problems but don’t allow your problems to define you. You have to dig deep and try to rise above your circumstances.
Failure can lead to Success
Too often we are held back by the limitations we place on ourselves. Many times it can be done but self-doubt makes it impossible. The fear of failure is a shackle that will hold us back if we let it. The truth is that it may be necessary to fail sometimes in order to learn and grow and be successful in the end.
Be Positive
I love positive people, the ones who can look at a negative situation and say what can I learn from this. The ones who lift others up rather than tear others down. The ones who inspire their friends rather than waste time focusing on their enemies. The ones who see themselves as victors rather than victims.Stay positive my friends. The world need more positive people
Ladies don’t Demean each Other
My sisters I want you to know that God saw a purpose for our existence and thus he created us and He was pleased with His handiwork. Now there was viral video recently of a pastor demeaning women. According to him if a woman wears makeup, paints her nails or wear hair which is not her own that makes her a whore. He went on to tell the men in his congregation that if they are married to a woman who does that they are married to a whore.
I know that most of us are intelligent enough to know the definition of a whore and that these things do not make a woman a whore any more than her wearing tight or short clothing. Ironically instead of being outraged some women defended this man, believing themselves that a woman’s attire is what defines her. I was disappointed but not surprised because sadly woman are often the first to tear down other women.
While I believe that a woman ought to carry herself in a respectable manner and dress properly for church the garment she wears does not make her a whore. As women we need to lift each other up instead of tearing each other down because what is in your heart counts more than what is on your body.
Author Marva Seaton 
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