We control what we look
at. Start looking at what you can control. Brook Noel
Good morning! Often when we desire change in our
lives it is at a time when we feel completely
OVERWHELMED! Because we feel overwhelmed with life, we
desire change. It is a catch-22 since the change we
desire is hard to reach because we feel so overwhelmed.
Welcome to the number one reason that people start to
change, and also the number one reason most people fall
off the wagon.
That is why my programs and books begin with SELF. It
begins with the GOOD MORNING, the positive messages. We
begin with steps that build "us up" versus tear us down.
There is a great story in Level Six Performance by
Stephen Long about how a hammer isn't actually a tool
until someone picks it up. Until that point it is just a
funny looking shape; may as well be an art object. The
hammer doesn't derive purpose as a tool until someone
uses it. I have heard a similar analogy with the postage
stamp. Until you put it on something, it is just a
little square piece of paper. We can buy all the tools
in the world, look at them, study them, but they don't
actually become tools until we start USING them.
Now, to keep going with our hammer analogy... Imagine
that you had never properly used a hammer before, so you
sign up for a building class. Your first assignment is
to go build a house. How do you think that would work?
I don't think it would work real well. Why? Well, not
only do you not have any practice with the hammer, a
house would also require many other tools that you
likely don't have experience with. So now you have to
master the hammer--and more! I don't know about you - I
mean I am a persistent gal, but I think even I would
drop out of that class.
But what are many of us trying to do? We are trying to
BUILD HOUSES without first mastering one tool! I hope
when you look at it in this perspective it gives you a
fresh point of view.
We need to stop overwhelming our selves by looking at
the whole picture. On any given day, if any of us were
to look at the whole picture of life, surely it is
overwhelming. So why look at it? It only paralyzes us
and stops us from making any progress in the only place
where we can be effective -- today -- right now!
Your Turn:
Instead of looking at the whole picture, focus in on a
single area. Ask: WHAT CAN I DO RIGHT NOW THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE? And then take that little step, and another
little step, and another little step. There will always
be things that aren't done - but today we both have 24
hours (less sleep time) to do what matters. Let's get it
done.
Your Affirmation:
Today I focus my attention and energies on what matters
and where I do the most good.
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