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.