Good morning all!! A quote for daily reading. =0)

jkleman79

Good morning/evening everyone! Wishing you all a great start or end of a beautiful day. The weekend is coming to a close and a new beginning of the week is about to happen. We can take today to look back into what we accomplished last week and the people we helped have a better day or life. When you reflect make sure you only reflect on your accomplishments for we dont want to dwell on the past. Lets look at what we accomplished and strive to do just a little bit more this week ahead of us. Lets plant some seeds maybe for some networking, or some sales. Lets plant some seeds to find some new friends in our lives. Lets plant seeds of optimism and hope for yourself and those around you. As they always say you reap what you sow. So lets go out and sow some amazing seeds in our lives and and bring forth happiness and success. Have a beautiful day everyone!!

Cheers!


The Law of the Seed

Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree, but each apple has just ten seeds. That's a lot of seeds!

We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more apple trees?"

Nature has something to teach us here. It's telling us: "Not all seeds grow. In life, most seeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more than once."

This might mean:
You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job. You'll interview forty people to find one good employee. You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner, one insurance policy, or a business idea. And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend .

When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed. We stop feeling like victims. We learn how to deal with things that happen to us.

Laws of nature are not things to take personally. We just need to understand them - and work with them.

IN A NUTSHELL
Successful people fail more often. But they plant more seeds.

When Things Are Beyond your control, here's something that you must NOT DO so as to be happy: You must not decide how you think the world SHOULD be. You must not make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave. Many times, such thoughts can bring you spiralling down into more unhappiness.

On the other hand, let's say you expect that:
Friends SHOULD return favours.
People SHOULD appreciate you.
Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
Everyone SHOULD be honest.
Your husband or best friend SHOULD remember your birthday.

These expectations may sound reasonable. But often, these things won't happen! So you end up frustrated and disappointed.

There's a better strategy. Demand less, and instead, have preferences! For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself:
"I WOULD PREFER "A", BUT IF "B" HAPPENS, IT'S OK TOO!"
You prefer that people are polite.. but when they are rude, it doesn't ruin your day.
You prefer sunshine.. but if it rains, it is ok too!

To become happier, we either need to:
a) Change the world, or
b) Change our thinking.
It is easier to change our Thinking!

IN A NUTSHELL
It is not the problem that is the issue, but rather it is your attitude attending to the problem that is the problem. It's not what happens to you that determine your happiness but rather how you think about what happens to you!

Here is a bonus to the first one. =0)


1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An
encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them
up and help them make it through the day.

2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it
takes to kill them. Be careful of what you say. Speak life to
those who cross your path.

The power of words....it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times.


P.S Newbies add me if you wish. =0) I need some help from everyone on here we need to keep the word going on here...lets keep this to the top today. Bump it up and spread the wealth!

Southernb3lle

Thank you so much. I needed these words.

summergirlnj

Thank you for posting this. I needed a pick me up this morning. It is a new day and I am looking forward to what is ahead.

Dawn

BlessedHeart

:flowerforyou: Thanks! Hope your day is wonderful!

buttahbaby

Thank you!!!

MelissaGraham7

great post! Thanks, I needed that

IMYarnCraz33

awesome awesome!

Lolyballs

I agree with most of this. I just worry that a person who is being abused might think they need to accept it and change their way of thinking. Being mentally abused is just as bad, if not worse than physical abuse. You can't see the scars caused by mental abuse because the wounds are invisible and may never heal.

jkleman79

I agree with most of this. I just worry that a person who is being abused might think they need to accept it and change their way of thinking. Being mentally abused is just as bad, if not worse than physical abuse. You can't see the scars caused by mental abuse because the wounds are invisible and may never heal.

That is what is really hard with some things....I have a lot of sympathy and I am completely against abuse in any form possible. All I can do is post what I think will help the most people and that they will take the positive from it. There is an amazing website for women that I have supported many times its call. Hear my Heals.com Check it out! =0)