How To Enjoy The Moment

I remember a friend of mine kept a sign on his desk that helped him maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, "Yesterday Ended Last Night." It reminded him that no matter how badly he might have failed in the past, it's done, and today is a new day.

It’s easy it is to be bogged down by the regrets of yesterday, and to be immobilized by the uncertainties of tomorrow, as we go through the day alternating between "Why did that have to happen yesterday?" and "What if I can't handle what happens tomorrow?"

Let me suggest that neither your regrets or your fears have anything to do with what really matters: the remaining hours of this day. Each day has enough trouble of its own, Jesus said. No point in worrying about tomorrow when today's plate is already full -- with trouble, yes, and opportunity, too. And so much potential.

I want to encourage you to decide today that you will give no weight to what's already gone, that you will spend no emotional energy on what is yet to arrive. Instead, invest everything you have today in today. It makes this day a whole better, and tomorrow a whole lot brighter.

The key to success is in doing things in order of their importance. Each day my challenge is to determine the 5 most important tasks and do them one by one. I'm not always successful but tomorrow's a new day.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Are You A Pleaser?

Are You A Pleaser?

“It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you” (Proverbs 29:25 GN)

When we worry about what other people think, we let them control us. We waste a lot of time and energy trying to figure out what other people want us to be. Then, we waste a lot of time and energy trying to become like that rather than just being who were are.. You're manipulated and controlled by somebody else.

Worrying about what other people think is dangerous because we’re more likely to cave in to criticism. It means we don't always do the right thing; instead, we do the thing that everybody wants us to do.

And we’re in danger of missing God's best because we're so worried about what other people what us to do that we can't stop to think about what we should be doing.

3 Facts Related To Trying To Please People

1. You cannot please everybody. Even God can't please everybody. One person prays for it to rain; another prays for it to be sunny. In the Super Bowl, both teams are praying that they will win. Who is God going to answer? God can't please everybody. You can't please everybody.

2. It's not necessary to please everybody. There is a myth that says you must be loved and approved by everybody in order to be happy. That's just not true. You don't have to please everybody in order to be happy in life.

3. Rejection will not ruin your life. It hurts, sure. It's not fun. It's uncomfortable. But rejection will not ruin your life unless you let it.

Quit trying to please everybody! Remember that nobody can make you feel inferior unless you give them permission.

Remember, nothing you ever do will make God love you less. Nothing you ever do will make God love you more. He loves you completely right now.

So...are you trying to please someone?