Christains should never let problems

Christains should never let problems get them down, except down on their knees.

A goal without a plan

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

preparation prevents pressure but procrastination

preparation prevents pressure but procrastination produces it.
-rick warren

Care for others

Care more about the needs of others more than you do of your own. It will go against your worldly desires but you will be happier.

Hard work vs talent

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

Apple Seeds

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed.

~Robert H. Schuller

We hope vaguely but dread

We hope vaguely but dread precisely.

A Leader

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Anger is?

Anger is fear with a mask.

No wisdom, just funny...

I was watching "Safety Training" episode of the Office this morning. Darryl and Michael are going at it, arguing about who has the more difficult job. Darryl tells Michael that he is always:

"sittin' on your biscuit, never havin' to risk it".

Not much wisdom in that, but it's funny...

Priviledges over principles

A people that values its priviledges above its principles soon loses both. -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Simply do you best

Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do exactly the opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action. And that's the reason why they don't do their best.

From THIS book:

Always Do Your Best

Your best is going to change moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

From THIS book:

HATERS

HATERS = Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success

Don't think so much

Don’t think: Look!

-Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN

True Freedom

“They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved” (2 Peter 2:19; Revised Standard Version).

Plan

Charlie Sheen has been in the news recently for his bizzare behavior, etc. They say that genius people are borderline crazy. Here is a part of a tweet that he posted on Twitter yesterday:

"PLAN BETTER Applies to everything where an excuse now sits."

Simple

Be as simple as possible, but no simpler.
-Einstein

Now

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

-Albert Einstein

Cheerfulness

From THIS book:

No "I"

Just as a man who steps upon a serpent shutters in fear but then looks down and notices it is only a rope, so it was that one day I realized that what I was calling “I” cannot be found, and all fear and anxiety vanished with my mistake.

The BUDDHA

*it was interesting to me how this statement can be directly related to the basic principle of Christianity of not being self centered, understanding that God created man to serve Him through serving others on Earth and not be serving our own self interests - remembering that we are all part of the body of Christ and not individuals...

Seeing

There are three classes of people. Those who see; those who see when they are shown; those who do not see.

Leonardo Da VINCI

Wise

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

HUANG-PO

Commit to submit.

Commit to submit.

Understanding

This was the lesson I learned in church last Sunday:

Don't insist on understanding, just be faithful.

Detail Oriented

Detail Oriented = Disposed to the relentless pursuit of perfection and precise outcomes.

Generous

From this book:

Pay attention

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

Julia Margaret CAMERON

Judgement

Do not judge or criticize others. Just be at ease and go on mindlessly like a simpleton or a fool. Or, be like one who is struck deaf and dumb. Spend your life as if you cannot hear a thing, or like an infant. Then, sooner or later, all delusion will disappear.

KYONG HO

Knowledge

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

-HERACLITUS

The Universe

...the universe is a like a safe to which there is a key. But the key is locked up in the safe.

-Peter de VRIES

How can I lose...

How can I lose when I've started out with nothing?

-Van Halen "Judgement Day" from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Discouraged

From this book:

Contentment

From this book:

Integrity

From this book:

Four Rules for Life

Four Rules for Life:
Show up.
Pay attention.
Tell the truth.
Don’t be attached to the results.