Choose Every Day

I have been reading Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad over the weekend and something he said really struck me. Towards the end of the book, he gives 10 steps to prosperity. #1 was to find a "REASON GREATER THAN REALITY" and #2 was to "CHOOSE DAILY."

I have pondering what those two steps to prosperity mean and how they relate.

Our history books are full of inspirational leaders like Jesus, George Washington, and Mother Teresa. (Those happen to be some of my heroes; yours may be different.) One thing they all had in common was a higher purpose. They sacrificed greatly not because someone made them do it, but because they chose to. They believed in something great and it made them great. As a physchologist friend of mine is fond of saying, they thought of the ultimate consequences of their actions and brought those thoughts to the present to guide their actions. We can do the same.

What is your higher reason? What do you ultimately want?

Once you have a picture in your mind and in your heart of what you truly want to become, the next task is to choose daily. The power of choice is the power of thoughts. I don't know how many times I have started diets or resolved to have a cleaner house only to balk when I got tired or stressed. I was forgetting the higher purpose, which was to have a happier, healthier me.

Once you have decided on your higher purpose, you must keep that purpose in your mind every day. Put a picture on your wall, write yourself a letter, ask your friends to help you--whatever it takes to remember. But you have to choose daily.

My higher goal is to be able to stay at home and take care of my family. Eventually I would like to get my husband free of his job as well. My job right now is to choose daily to be a good steward over my resources--my time, my talents, my relationships...my everything--and then hopefully God will bless me with the ability to handle more.

Here's wishing you much success and the courage to choose daily the kind of life you truly want.

What a Difference a Day Makes!

What a difference a day makes!

One of the mantras I live by is Perspective Determines Action. Yet how often I get in a rut of habits. Today, I broke the normal day's activities by taking a day off work.

And you know what? Just by changing my surroundings, I changed my WHOLE point of view! Even though I was kinda sick and worried about the hole in the floor that my dog dug, I was really enjoying my day, because I was doing things I WANTED to do, not necessarily things I HAD to do.

Two things I learned today:
1. I got a taste of how WONDERFUL it will be when I don't have to chase a paycheck just to 'get by' and can focus on the things and people that matter MOST to me.
2. How AMAZING it is that I can change my whole point of view in an instant, just by changing the scenery.
3. How HAPPY I am when I do something nice for someone else.

Ok right, that's three. The bonus lesson was an afterthought, but it is going to be the focus of this blog. When you do something that creates joy for someone else, it gets returned to you 10-fold. Pretty cool, huh?

Sooooo....If you want to be happy, prosperous, and free, do something nice for a loved one today!

What a difference a day makes!