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Turn Your M.O. Into N. O.
mpowered Greet-
ings. In life we have all experienced missed opportu- nities. The chance to advance or move forward with progress, when not taken, can leave us feeling a sense of regret, loss of hope or de- spair.
Life has a way of getting us distracted and off track when it comes to accom- plishing our agendas, goals and assignments, be it God ordained or things we feel lead to do. Although distrac- tions can be fatal they don’t have to be final. You can al- ways turn your missed op- portunities into new opportunities.
When you use a GPS or any type of mapping device you set the destination for where it is you want to go. On your drive you may not have been tuned in to listening to
the directions. You may have even got confused with the directions that were given.
Sometimes there are con- struction projects underway as you travel along your path that the system didn’t ac- count for. Exit numbers may have been changed. Wherein the exit use to be on the right, the new design has you exit- ing on the left, but you could- n’t switch lanes quick enough to make the adjustment.
This causes you miss your opportunity to get off the highway. When this happens all is not lost. You don’t just stop traveling to your desti- nation. You allow the GPS system to recalculate the route and get you back on track.
The same is true in life. If you miss an opportunity that would move you closer to your place of destiny, you
don’t have to stay stuck. That’s when it’s time to take a moment and recalibrate your life so you can get back on the route to your success. That is the time to declare that you will turn your M.O. “missed opportunity” into N.O., “new opportunities.”
The things of the past that you have passed by are things that you can’t change so don’t focus on them. In- stead be like the Apostle Paul in the Bible and forget those things that are behind you and reach for the things that are in front of you.
There will be new chances to get to your destination. Get in the press and grab hold of the opportunities that are on the way. The path and plan may change but the des- tination of success will re- main the same.
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Ms. Mary McLeod Bethune’s Last Will And Testament: A Message For The Future
his is a shorter version of a much larger text. Ms.
Mary McLeod Bethune – single-minded dreamer and almost single-handed founder of Bethune-Cook- man University – saw her mortality close at hand and visualized the following words, which we shall present to you, not simply as a document of history, but as a prophecy and gift crucial to the understanding and sur- vival of an energetic new year.
Writes Ms. Bethune, I LEAVE YOU LOVE. (For,) Love builds; it is positive and helpful. . . is more bene- ficial than hate. . . I LEAVE YOU HOPE. (For,) The Negro’s growth will be great in the years to come. . . To- morrow, a new Negro, unhindered by race taboo and shackles, will benefit from more than 330 years of ceaseless striving and struggle . . . (Thus,) I LEAVE YOU THE CHALLENGE OF DEVELOPING CONFI- DENCE IN ONEANOTHER. I LEAVE YOU A THIRST FOR EDUCATION . . . (because) Knowledge is the prime need of the hour. . . . I LEAVE YOU RESPECT FOR THE USES OF POWER. (For,) We live in a world which respects power above all things . . . I LEAVE YOU FAITH. (For,) Faith is the first act in a life devoted to service. (And with it,) I LEAVE YOU RACIAL DIGNITY. I want (Black Americans) to maintain their human dig- nity at all costs. . . I LEAVE YOU A DESIRE TO LIVE HARMONIOUSLY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEN . . . (And) I LEAVE YOU FINALLY A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE . . . (because) The world around us really belongs to the youth . . .
Ends Ms. Bethune, “IF I have a legacy to leave, my people, it is my philosophy of living and serving . . .
I pray now that my philosophy may be helpful to those who share my vision of a world of Peace, Progress, Brotherhood, and Love.”
Now that we’ve been reminded, let us go forth and with one voice have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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