What is that one powerful thing you could change about your life that you
realize would change your circumstances in a powerful way? Is it education or training necessary to be more marketable rather than letting your peers and others getting opportunities you could have received? Paying out money for things you could very well do yourself? Laying in bed rather than getting up and getting things done? Does it really have to be a powerful change or is it just a small change which would yield powerful results?
In my lifetime I have often heard it phrased in one way or another how do you expect change doing the same things? Not often does the word "lazy" come into play. Can our lack of doing things or the art of getting things hindrance really be lazy behavior?
If you are not at the level of success you want to currently enjoy what can be done differently to attain that success? Often times we know the answer. Too often as well it is our routine we fail to change. We can become creatures of habit, doing what is comfortable for us.
But to move on it sometimes requires us to get out of our comfort zone. I know personally there are some things I struggle with. The changes for the necessary change in behavior, change in mindset are not always easy. There have been times when I did things I was not comfortable with to make my life more comfortable. I have taken positions below my education and skill level for the structure. A lot of people looked down on me because of it. What they didn't realize was I was reaching for a way to lift my own self up. It really did not matter to me they could not appreciate what I was doing. I could because I knew it was putting me on the path to conquering some self-destructive habits. I needed structure and it provided me with the structure I needed. Thankfully it provided me with what I needed to sustain. It amazes me how I was able to survive on ten times less but I am truly grateful I did. I think my hard work placed me in the position where God continually blessed me. I didn't get what I needed from what should have been my main source, God provided other sources. The key was I made the effort.
I needed a structured environment to get me up and keep me going. It had a lot to do with personal grief. In June 2008 I lost the two men who meant the most in the world to me. I lost my father and my son. My father on Father's Day and my son the same month Two tremendous stress items within the same month, and the third most tragic thing was I loss hope and fell into a spiraling whirlwind of lazy behavior. I have to call a spade a spade.
Things went downhill from there because one of the biggest stress items was going to Church and seeing the person who had pushed him to sell in the same room with the person who baptized him. All I could do was ask the Lord what was the message in that while fighting back the tears. I had good days and I had bad days. During those bad days I realize in retrospect that I needed to reach deep within. The change was within me. But when grief is slapping you in the face sometimes it is hard to own up to what needs change. Even if we realize what needs changing we can get comfortable and complacent in our routine and not make the change.
I had always been the type of person with so much drive and determination I got on other folks nerve. Prior to I would always hear comments like slowdown, who do I think I am, I think I am better than everyone, I know too much, others would be warned to not talk to me because I am smart, and a myriad of other things, I would do whatever it took to get things done, learning and doing new things came second nature to me. But it all stemmed around my drive and determination and my can do attitude.
Then I look at my son's fate. He was incarcerated for a profession he should have never been involved in. But what he was doing was easy and the pay was higher than working for an establishment and it didn't require manual labor. One of the things we have agreed in writing to work on upon his release is him conquering his lazy behavior. He's one of those people who will video game himself out the sleep and rest necessary to be a productive citizen. Now he has obligations that he will need to meet. The lazy behavior has to be out the door. It is something we will be working on together.
When I see young healthy folks just lingering I cringe. I wonder do they realize that it is their lazy behavior which is their biggest enemy. It is not the haters, the friends who can't be trusted, the failed relationships; it has a lot to do with them failing themselves.
How can our lazy behaviors cause us to fail ourselves? Look at the loss revenue, the loss savings, and the loss opportunities because we failed to do that little extra. I know for me personally, the hours upon hours I have spent playing online games I could have spent trying to increase my online revenue, organizing my home office, painting the rooms in my house I want to paint, finish projects I should have completed long ago, written my son more. I pay a monthly fee for online games so I don't have the annoyance of the advertisements at the end of each game. For a fee I get to play my online games interrupted at home all night long if I choose to.
Now I am seeing that it is a cop out. It is really a form of lazy behavior. It is something I enjoy doing and it relaxes me. However, I realize too much of a good thing is not a good thing at all.
I remember there used to be a time I would be online always trying to learn more and do more. I remember there was a time I would always keep my house in show shape at all times even though it was going to be shown. As a real estate agent we always stress to our sellers to keep their homes in show shape, and it was practice what you preach type stuff.
Lately I have realized more than ever one of the sayings I often heard growing up was if you want to know the quickest way to get something done ask a lazy person. A lazy person normally is very analytical when it comes to getting things done with the less effort. Sometimes it could be a good thing and sometimes it could lead to their detriment.
Rather than more of the same behaviors that prohibit me from achieving and doing all the things I want to do I realize I have to take steps towards conquering my lazy behavior habits. It requires a change in me. There is no use in crying over what wasn't done but rewards in working hard towards what I want to do and what I want to accomplish.
If I don't get the advanced degree I have been telling myself I was going to get ever since I was a child I only have to look as far as the mirror to see the reason why. I remember when my children were young I would look forward to the days I would be able to do so much more when it was only my own schedule I had to be concerned about. It used to be a time when I had a husband and three children and I worked full time, went to school full time, and sold real estate simultaneously and graduated with honors. I desperately need that drive and energy again. I fill the fire lit in me again. My brain has been reawakened, my mindset has been reawakened, and my heart has been reawakened. I have done my wilderness time and I have faith a change for the better is on the way and I'm claiming it.
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
On this day I pray the lazy behavior which keeps me, any and everybody bound in any way be lifted. May the touch on their spirit or soul necessary to move forward and conquer the lazy behaviors which bind be lifted. The mindsets which are prohibiting or slowing down the progress be set aside. Let any and every one accomplish the desires of their heart. The plans of actions are achieved and they are strengthened and uplifted with the energy, foresight, and steadfastness necessary for accomplishment with conviction. Let go of the things that bind. Let our paths be made straight. Our reactions to the things that bind become a plan of action to be a conqueror. Let us reach deep within to lead a life and a lifestyle pleasing to God. Amen.
In my lifetime I have often heard it phrased in one way or another how do you expect change doing the same things? Not often does the word "lazy" come into play. Can our lack of doing things or the art of getting things hindrance really be lazy behavior?
If you are not at the level of success you want to currently enjoy what can be done differently to attain that success? Often times we know the answer. Too often as well it is our routine we fail to change. We can become creatures of habit, doing what is comfortable for us.
But to move on it sometimes requires us to get out of our comfort zone. I know personally there are some things I struggle with. The changes for the necessary change in behavior, change in mindset are not always easy. There have been times when I did things I was not comfortable with to make my life more comfortable. I have taken positions below my education and skill level for the structure. A lot of people looked down on me because of it. What they didn't realize was I was reaching for a way to lift my own self up. It really did not matter to me they could not appreciate what I was doing. I could because I knew it was putting me on the path to conquering some self-destructive habits. I needed structure and it provided me with the structure I needed. Thankfully it provided me with what I needed to sustain. It amazes me how I was able to survive on ten times less but I am truly grateful I did. I think my hard work placed me in the position where God continually blessed me. I didn't get what I needed from what should have been my main source, God provided other sources. The key was I made the effort.
I needed a structured environment to get me up and keep me going. It had a lot to do with personal grief. In June 2008 I lost the two men who meant the most in the world to me. I lost my father and my son. My father on Father's Day and my son the same month Two tremendous stress items within the same month, and the third most tragic thing was I loss hope and fell into a spiraling whirlwind of lazy behavior. I have to call a spade a spade.
Things went downhill from there because one of the biggest stress items was going to Church and seeing the person who had pushed him to sell in the same room with the person who baptized him. All I could do was ask the Lord what was the message in that while fighting back the tears. I had good days and I had bad days. During those bad days I realize in retrospect that I needed to reach deep within. The change was within me. But when grief is slapping you in the face sometimes it is hard to own up to what needs change. Even if we realize what needs changing we can get comfortable and complacent in our routine and not make the change.
I had always been the type of person with so much drive and determination I got on other folks nerve. Prior to I would always hear comments like slowdown, who do I think I am, I think I am better than everyone, I know too much, others would be warned to not talk to me because I am smart, and a myriad of other things, I would do whatever it took to get things done, learning and doing new things came second nature to me. But it all stemmed around my drive and determination and my can do attitude.
Then I look at my son's fate. He was incarcerated for a profession he should have never been involved in. But what he was doing was easy and the pay was higher than working for an establishment and it didn't require manual labor. One of the things we have agreed in writing to work on upon his release is him conquering his lazy behavior. He's one of those people who will video game himself out the sleep and rest necessary to be a productive citizen. Now he has obligations that he will need to meet. The lazy behavior has to be out the door. It is something we will be working on together.
When I see young healthy folks just lingering I cringe. I wonder do they realize that it is their lazy behavior which is their biggest enemy. It is not the haters, the friends who can't be trusted, the failed relationships; it has a lot to do with them failing themselves.
How can our lazy behaviors cause us to fail ourselves? Look at the loss revenue, the loss savings, and the loss opportunities because we failed to do that little extra. I know for me personally, the hours upon hours I have spent playing online games I could have spent trying to increase my online revenue, organizing my home office, painting the rooms in my house I want to paint, finish projects I should have completed long ago, written my son more. I pay a monthly fee for online games so I don't have the annoyance of the advertisements at the end of each game. For a fee I get to play my online games interrupted at home all night long if I choose to.
Now I am seeing that it is a cop out. It is really a form of lazy behavior. It is something I enjoy doing and it relaxes me. However, I realize too much of a good thing is not a good thing at all.
I remember there used to be a time I would be online always trying to learn more and do more. I remember there was a time I would always keep my house in show shape at all times even though it was going to be shown. As a real estate agent we always stress to our sellers to keep their homes in show shape, and it was practice what you preach type stuff.
Lately I have realized more than ever one of the sayings I often heard growing up was if you want to know the quickest way to get something done ask a lazy person. A lazy person normally is very analytical when it comes to getting things done with the less effort. Sometimes it could be a good thing and sometimes it could lead to their detriment.
Rather than more of the same behaviors that prohibit me from achieving and doing all the things I want to do I realize I have to take steps towards conquering my lazy behavior habits. It requires a change in me. There is no use in crying over what wasn't done but rewards in working hard towards what I want to do and what I want to accomplish.
If I don't get the advanced degree I have been telling myself I was going to get ever since I was a child I only have to look as far as the mirror to see the reason why. I remember when my children were young I would look forward to the days I would be able to do so much more when it was only my own schedule I had to be concerned about. It used to be a time when I had a husband and three children and I worked full time, went to school full time, and sold real estate simultaneously and graduated with honors. I desperately need that drive and energy again. I fill the fire lit in me again. My brain has been reawakened, my mindset has been reawakened, and my heart has been reawakened. I have done my wilderness time and I have faith a change for the better is on the way and I'm claiming it.
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
On this day I pray the lazy behavior which keeps me, any and everybody bound in any way be lifted. May the touch on their spirit or soul necessary to move forward and conquer the lazy behaviors which bind be lifted. The mindsets which are prohibiting or slowing down the progress be set aside. Let any and every one accomplish the desires of their heart. The plans of actions are achieved and they are strengthened and uplifted with the energy, foresight, and steadfastness necessary for accomplishment with conviction. Let go of the things that bind. Let our paths be made straight. Our reactions to the things that bind become a plan of action to be a conqueror. Let us reach deep within to lead a life and a lifestyle pleasing to God. Amen.
