I DON'T WANT TO...

How successful would you be if you always did what you should do even though you didn’t fell like doing it? Honestly, I don’t feel like writing right now, but it’s something I should do, even though I don’t feel like doing it. If you only worked when you felt like it, when would you? Would your projects ever get done? Those who succeed do so even when they don’t feel like it.

The next time when you don’t feel like doing something, Just Do It! Commit to starting. I have found I dread things before I start them, but when I start, it’s very seldom as bad as I had dreaded. One of the most difficult parts of life is just getting started. Just start working out and you’ll want to continue. Just start making the calls and it doesn’t seem as bad. Just get out of bed. Just start. Force yourself to do something for five minutes: walking, running, phoning, lifting weights, getting out of bed. Then after five minutes, all of a sudden it is much better and much easier to keep going.

I hope you can take action when you don’t want to. Jump out of bed. Get excited about the menial tasks you have to do and they don’t seem as bad. Most tasks are hard if the attitude is, “I should.” The same task is much easier if the attitude is, “I am excited to!” What can you get more excited about? What can you start on now? Ignore your feelings of laziness and unwillingness. Let “I don’t want to” drift away, better yet, prove to yourself you can start with the attitude of “I don’t want to” or “I don’t feel like it.” If you can do something you don’t want to, you are capable of anything! Just Do It! Start! Begin now! Live today whether you want to or not!

PROBLEMS

Are you facing difficulty in your life? Is there a crisis that keeps you worried all the time? Is there some kind of predicament with your family or at work that is keeping you from performing at your peak? We all come across difficulty and problems from time to time. The first thing we need to realize is that we aren’t the only person with predicaments in our life. Almost every person on the planet could tell you some kind of difficulty that they are going through. Some are huge problems, some are miniscule. In the eye of the beholder, almost all problems are bigger than they seem. Are the drawbacks in your life holding you back?

We need to realize that our problems aren’t as big as the problems of others. We get upset about a bad hair cut or a little fender bender while children are starving in other parts of the world. We get miffed about an extra work load at our job or at school, while others are desperately looking for a job or might not have the opportunity to go to school. We are so blessed to live in this country. We are free. We can do anything we want, within the realm of the law. We can speak about anything we want. We can worship however we want. We can believe anything we want. We are so blessed. Always remember that.

Don’t worry. Don’t fret. Worrying gets you nowhere. Don’t be naïve and think you are the only person with problems. Don’t be naïve and think that your problems are as big as others around you. We have it so great. If you have some problems just remember this quote. If every person who complained about their problems could pile their problems in a heap, then each person could see the gravity of the problems of others, they would sneak forward shamefacedly and take their petty problems away and creep into the night – Unknown. How do your problems stack up to those around you? Most likely, they are insignificant. The important part is realizing that others have much bigger problems, and we can solve our problems without complaining.

I hope you realize that you can solve your problems without complaining. Enlist the help of others, but don’t complain to them about what is going on. Explain it in a factual manner. Don’t get emotional. Problems were made to have solutions. We solve the problem and we grow from the situation. We come across another, we find the answer, and we move on with our lives. No need to lose any sleep. No need to worry. Life is a continual game of problems and solutions. Play the game well. Play the game with veracity for life. Remember, your problems get bigger the more you worry about them; the more time you devote to solving them, the more the problems dissolve.