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Social Media Musings – Part III My Reflections on the Practice and Life
These are challenging times. Every day we’re being tested. This is the moment where
we bend but not break. This is the moment where we withstand the blows. This is the moment to smile, and even to chuckle, and overcome.
My dad had a second grade education but he taught me life’s most valuable lesson - hard work. He worked double shifts as a meat packer to support us. He put in 80-90 hour weeks to put food on the table and clothes on our backs. Lazy is not part of my lexicon. It shouldn’t be part of yours. I promise you - no one will ever outwork me.
Don’t ask life “why aren’t you fair?” Ask it, “is that all you got?”
If you have a why, you can endure any what, where, who or how.
When life knocks you down, you will hear two voices in your head. The first will tell you to stay down. The second will tell you to get up. Silent the first voice and embolden the second.
Your past can propel you forward or hold you back. Don’t ignore the past. It lingers in the present and affects the future.
Whatever your big plan, dedicate 15 minutes a day to it every day. It doesn’t sound like much time, but do it for a year and you’ll be surprised how much you get done.
Grit invades an oyster and it turns it into a
pearl. Use grit to turn your challenges into pearls.
If you’re crazy passionate about something, understand most don’t care or simply think you’re crazy. Don’t go looking for affirmation. Put your head down, put your shoulder into it, and keep plowing the field. Go change the world.
Hard work is the difference between success and failure. Between stasis and movement. Between doing today versus putting off to tomorrow. Between winning and losing. There’s no magic formula. No magic pill. No magic wand. It’s just plain, old fashioned hard work.
We know how to accomplish our goals. We write them down, create a plan, and execute the plan. How many of us actually do this? It’s not a lack of knowledge that holds us back. It’s a lack of effort. Planning is, relatively, easy. It’s the doing that’s hard.
Many don’t have a plan and some who
do never make forward progress. If
you’re moving forward every day, even incrementally, you’re way ahead of the game.
I’m 49. My knees are a tad rusty. My joints betray me from time to time. I don’t have the speed or strength of my youth. But what I do have is a bucket load of experiences,
a life time of wisdom and a whole lot of perspective. I used to be afraid of getting older, because of the physical limitations.
Motivation
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