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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 190 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
How much can you accumulate in one life time?
It’s quite incredible how many people accumulate so many things, trinkets, and all kinds of other objects that they bring into their home. You have to understand the difference between trinkets and treasures. You see, happiness is not an accident.
Happiness is an art, something that you design, something that you choose for yourself. It is a unique lifestyle that you can have for yourself, figuring out ways to live meaningfully and understanding what you want and what you need, and keep that. The rest is just accumulating stuff, and what would you do with it? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 189 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
The word “reverse,” means the opposite or contrary in position or in direction, of order or character.
Reverse is an important term because it actually determines your ability to change anything at any given time, like driving a car. When you drive a car it can go either forward or you can put in reverse. At times, we do need to use this ability to reverse all our situations.
Say for instance you are in a situation that is difficult, challenging, or even critical. You can reverse that. How, you ask? Know that you are never stuck in a situation, you never have to stay in that situation; and you never have to put up with all of the challenges you are facing. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 187 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There is an interesting parable in the Old Testament. It says that at one point in time Moses went to see King Pharaoh with a stick in his hand. He threw the stick on the ground and it became a snake. It says that the stick that became a snake was somewhat of a parable which was shown to King Pharaoh so that Moses would have all his people leave Egypt since they were there in bondage, as slaves.
There’s an interesting idea here about a stick versus the snake. A shepherd also walks around with a stick and so do some people, they just call it a cane. That stick helps them walk around and hang onto life without having to fall. In the olden days, aristocratic, people that were quite well-to-do also walked around with a cane, and they had all kinds of designs on them. Some of these canes can be found on the internet, and I invite you to look them up as they’re ornate designs and some, absolutely stunning. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 188 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
A great wise person once wrote, “Any human being whose spirit moves him and whose intellect has motivated him to distinguish himself by standing before the Creator, serving and knowing Him, will be granted all of his physical needs.”
In other words, when we recognize that the purpose of our lives is to serve the Creator and be who we were created to be, and we dedicate ourselves to accomplishing everything that we are supposed to do; we can be assured that the best of everything, materially and spiritually, will be given to us.
So, why not live a good life?
Why worry? (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 186 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
How do you see your world every day when you wake up? Do you find that the alarm sound is a razing sound that just wakes you up? And then the race to get to the restroom, get dressed, have something to eat on the run. Get to work, work, work, all day. Come home, have dinner, go to sleep, and start all over again?
Is this where you are today and this is what your wife tells you, or your husband tells you, or a friend, or a colleague, or anyone? If this is what you’re leading to right now, then you need to look outside. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 185 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
You have to know who you are and believe in yourself. Sometimes, people may be held back thinking that they cannot go beyond a certain point since someone may remind them of their past, they’re even more fearful about that.
However, neither you nor I can interfere with our future and/or the journey to greatness if we want things to change. If you can do a good deed or start a complete new project, don’t allow yourself to be held back by the past. Instead, strive to look forward and enrich the present and the future with actions that will reflect the true you, the one you wish to be. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 184 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Are you one of these people that say I should have but I didn’t? I could have but I didn’t?
You see, you can change that; it’s just a matter of discipline.
Here is one of the best places to start on the process of working on a new discipline. Every one of us has a mental list of “I should have”.
I should have written to my friend. I should have spoken to my mother.
I should have called my father. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 183 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Activity must be planned. This is something you may have heard before.
As a matter of fact, there is a saying that says “no plan is a plan to fail.” We must become wise enough to use today to plan for tomorrow. You must design the future, not just dream about it. If you discipline yourself to put intelligence into your plan you can put a fortune into your future-not just make a living.
It’s easy to learn how to earn, you now have to learn how to live. This is an obsession, but an obsession which can be absolutely amazing if you think about that. Don’t allow your plan to become excessively burdened by complexities. Listen to the voices of value. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 182 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
A story is told about a father who wanted to show his quarrelsome sons the importance of living together in peace, so he asked them to bring him a bundle of sticks. Then he asked each one of them to break the bundle over his knee. They all tried, but they failed.
The father then untied the bundle and gave each one of them a single stick which they were able to break easily.
“There, you see” said the father, “If only you would unite, then you would be strong enough to meet any difficulty which may arise. But, if you work separately you will be weak, and at the mercy of anyone who might attack you.” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 181 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
There is a story about a philosopher named Ludwig Wittgenstein. He discovered that when you put a fly in a bottle, it dives right to the bottom and then it flies back up to about the middle of it and then it starts flying to the left and hits the wall, and then it flies to the right and hits the wall again, and then it goes back and flies to the left and hits the wall, and flies to the right and hits the wall. The fly keeps flying back and forth from the left to the right, until it just drops from exhaustion. It’s just simply exhausted and it falls, and it dies.
One thing the fly never does, he says, is look up. If that fly ever looked up, it would have seen that there was an opportunity to get out, just fly away and be free. Often, we find ourselves in situations where we don’t look up, we see only saturation, frustration. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 180 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
In Chinese, the word crisis is the same as the word opportunity. Now you might ask, how is that possible? These are two paradoxical concepts or at least antithetical ideas. An opportunity is something that takes you to the next level. A crisis is something that may either drown you or possibly cause an issue in your life; something which is important to pay attention to. Yet the Chinese see this concept as the same.
I’m not sure exactly why this happened but my own ideas, is that the Chinese see opportunities sometimes coming out of crisis. When there is a crisis, it’s really not a crisis. It’s actually an opportunity in disguise. I love that concept. There was a scientist who passed away back in ’88 and actually even received a Nobel Prize. He said, “My mother made me into a scientist without ever intending to do so.” Yet he said, “Every parent asks their children, did you get all your answers today in school?” But he said, “My mother asked, did you have a ‘good question’ today?” (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 179 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Lately, it has been said around the world that people walk around with a facade; a facade that intimidates them. Why not turn this intimidation into an influence? Use a natural progression of a change. Something that you have within you to change the world and help not only yourself but all the people around you. It is natural, to a certain extent, that we look to protect ourselves by trying to keep a low profile and not make any major social or religious, or even ethical waves. We don’t want to become too noticed. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 178 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
It’s interesting that the process of human change actually begins within us. Each of us have the ability to put our unique human potential into action and to acquire a result that we desire. No other person on Earth has dominion over your attitude.
You create that.
You accept that the way that you wish to.
No one can control your attitude unless you voluntarily surrender that control. You choose; not them. Most people around you that try to influence you merely try to test your attitude. If you condemn yourself by believing that you are unworthy, then again it shows that you’ve failed the test. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 228 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
In life, there are two kinds of instruments that can be used to gauge temperature. One is called a thermostat and the other a thermometer.
A thermostat controls the temperature to a certain degree. Somewhat warmer or cooler, depending on your need or preference. On the other hand, although it gauges temperature, a thermometer gives you only a result of what the temperature is. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 227 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I am sorry. At times, I was not there when I should have been – and for that I am sorry.
I’m also sorry for the times that I said things which were inappropriate, and I have hurt you. For that I’m sorry.
I’m sorry for not always listening to you when I should have.
I’m also sorry for not paying attention to the details of the things that should have mattered at the time you were telling me. For that I’m sorry. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 226 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
It says in the scriptures that with each new month comes with new energy, new powers, and new blessings to the world. Something which has never existed before, a light that has never been seen, prior to that month.
Every month we have a new beginning. On that day, you need to accept those blessings. I would like to share with you some blessings for this month, that you may always be blessed, and with all good things.
May your joy be like the stars at night — too numerous to count. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 198 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you ever heard, in politics, the word ambassador? Ambassador sounds as though this is someone who represents a country, a party, or another entity, and it’s a position of, very high level. I have always thought of the word ambassador as something that was only for the privileged, and it’s true. Imagine the ambassadors that represent many countries throughout the world: the ambassador of the United States in this country or the ambassador of this country in the United States.
An ambassador is somebody who represents an entity, an organization, or a country, an idea, or even a thought, a philosophy. This is what each human being is: an ambassador. This is how you have to think of yourself. You and I, and every one of us in this world are ambassadors. We were sent here on Earth with a mission. Not all of us have the same mission and not all of us have the same opportunities but we all have a mission and that mission can be accomplished to the best of our abilities if we want. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 177 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Have you been told, “Who you are is what your life is going to be,”?
It is said that depending upon where you live, will determine the kind of life you will have. Let me say that this is inaccurate.
You may say, “But I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I’ve failed in so many things. I am where I am and what I have is my life.”
This is true for today, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Whatever you wish for yourself, you can be. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 176 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
If you want to start your day successfully, it’s particularly helpful to immerse yourself in prayer first thing in the morning. When we confront the world anew each morning, our planet and everything in it, can seem to exist self-sufficiently, as if there was no Creator at all. Morning prayers will help you recognize that the world could not exist on its own and that its purpose is to be made into a home where the Creator can reside.
Beginning your day this way will help you consciously avoid activities that don’t further this goal. It will help take care of things that are appropriate, necessary, and helpful to make this world a better place. Using every moment and every opportunity to fulfill this purpose is why we are created. (more…)
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 175 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
In my younger years when I was in college, I had an apartment filled with pots and beautiful flowers and plants. I enjoyed taking care of them. I lived by myself, so it was something which helped me. It was somewhat of a therapy. I would regularly water them, cut them, trim them, and make sure that these plants got enough light.
Love is like wildflowers. Wildflowers are often found in the most unlikely places; but they need regular care as well. These wildflowers don’t need anyone per se other than divine blessings from heaven that take care of them. Often you have to give more of yourself. That’s what it takes. It seems that almost all of our unhappiness is the result of comparing ourselves to others, comparing in such a way where we find ourselves not as worthy, as smart, as beautiful, as rich. Often, people know and think that they can’t do much about their appearance; but the truth is, we have total control over the kind of person we become. (more…)
