Adversity brings out our hidden potential….Jeff Keller
Has it become habitual for us not to act unless something worse happens to our lives? Think!
Are you waiting for some personal misfortune to occur before you start looking at life not in a casual manner? Are you waiting for a tragic encounter to force kick start a wonderful journey of life!
The word encounter is defined as ‘to meet (someone) without expecting or intending to. Let us define an encounter with an inanimate thing instead of an animated one. Here we replace the word ‘someone’ with ‘something’. An encounter with a stray dog gets you run faster than an Olympic medalist but it will not grab you a gold even if you win the occasion. Because it is a situation of extreme perception of your mental and physical capability and not your endeavor to attempt that circumstance. Moreover, as soon as you realize that the disaster is disappeared and you have left the dog far apart you move into your usual routine with just memories in your mind of the tragedy of dog which just occurred.
So when you encounter someone or something you either get encouraged/excited or discouraged. It matters on the situation you get encountered with. Now let’s have another situation. if you get encountered with a disease that is, if you fall prey to any disease which is not chronic(occurring again and again for a long time) and imagine you are feeling ill, you always try to ensure yourself that you will not repeat the same mistake which landed you in such terrible state. For example, if you caught cold and fever, you make yourself agree that you will never again consume frozen products. This commitment relieves you because you give yourself a false signal of not attempting the mistake again. In one way you are fooling the mind. But as soon as you become well/fit and as the time passes, you forget those commitments and you again go for an ice cream craving! You again head out uncovered in cold atmosphere. are we not fooling ourselves?
Such happens when, decisions taken at wrong swing(wrong time, wrong place, wrong situation) don’t turn out to be fruitful in the long run.
To stand to your commitment you need a strong will and a strong self instinct. This instinct is followed usually when you likely fell into a situation from which it is not easy to get out. For example, a chronic disease like acidity will never let you miss your meal. Or take another example of a road accident that will never again excite you to drink and drive or maybe to speed up your vehicle above a certain limit. So in short – “A life-threatening instance which can take out life from you can make you follow your priorities in a focused manner”. Are you waiting for a road accident to happen to tell you that you should not drink and drive!
Instead of waiting for such things to happen why not act wisely at first hand! Why not set a few rules in life which will help to achieve what is necessary or what you have dreamt for. Make a list of the 10 most important things you wish to achieve and work wholeheartedly to achieve those targets. Life is too short to learn from our own mistakes.
whatever you want to do…Oh Come On.. we have to learn from others’ mistakes. Have you not seen how accidents cause death, how unhealthy food makes you fell ill, how money spent unwisely without investment make lose standards and status. Lot more examples, you can also tell. Now implement rather than just recite.
Act now, Start exercise training, start a venture, overcome your fears, eat slowly, drink plenty(water obviously), don’t drink and drive, go green, invest smartly you can write and follow a lot many things. You just need to be focused and committed towards those goals
Is it a case that you want to stay in the same place or position or are you waiting for something ‘threatening’ to happen with you before you start ? for which situation are you waiting for, ACT NOW
At last, I recommend you to read this book “ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING” by Jeff Keller. which I read recently. It is a wonderful book for looking at life from a different perspective. And I must say that this book has influenced me a lot. You will surely get a clear and positive mindset after reading this book. The book is precise and easy to digest!
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