Thought For The Day: Hopefully Devoted
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Inspiration: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt
Be: (positive confession) I Am Hopefully Devoted!
Do: (first steps) Today, get in the arena and don’t be deterred by the critics who stand on the sideline nitpicking every wrong move. Stay devoted to the worthy cause you have set out on by following these steps: 1) Prominently display for your own view your precise mission. 2) Write down the positive effects you anticipate to result from completing the mission. 3) Strategically plan your activities, but don’t get so bogged down in the details that you never actually work on them, and…… 4) Give yourself permission to make mistakes along the way with the caveat that you will use the feedback from those missteps to excel the next time around.
Have: (making dreams reality) As I pursue lofty objectives I have the both the sense that I am doing something greater than me and the potential for great victory.
Be, Do, and Have the Best Day of your Life! God Bless You!
Hi Dr AJ.Thank you very much for your words of encouragement and your prayers.
I appreciate the prayers you provided to me yesterday after sharing my dissapointment in my business transaction.
Regards
Harry