Your thoughts brought you here...

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be
tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - James Allen

"This principle was not easy for me to accept and I fought it for a
long time. As miserable as my life was at the time I learned the
concept, I was certain that there was no way that it was due to the
thoughts that I had held. There were too many other reasons why things
had gone bad: my ex spouse, the economy, a client who had wronged me,
and on and on. Since I wasn't responsible for my "Bad Luck", then
certainly my thoughts had nothing to do with it.

But I was wrong. Like the biblical Job who said "The thing I feared
most had come upon me", I too had thought myself into the situation I
was in." - Vic Johnson

"There was always one person at the scene of the crime - me! ...Stop
being a victim and be a victor!" - Randy Gage

"I credit one simple concept with getting started on my journey into
self-discovery. After a great deal of study and contemplation, I came
to the conclusion that people have in their lives today exactly what
they keep telling their mind they want." - Dr. Walter Doyle (Think
Like A Winner)

"If you and you alone can think yourself into such a mess, then surely
you and you alone can think yourself out of it." - Vic Johnson

"It wasn't overnight and it wasn't easy, but it was a sure thing! And
by accepting all of the responsibility for where I was, and all of the
responsibility for where I was going, I experienced a tremendous joy
and freedom. I knew in my knower that I got my self into the
predicament, I could get myself out." - Vic Johnson

Les Brown's three steps to take during hard times:

1. Have faith (faith is the substance of things hoped for...)
2. Remind yourself: no matter how hard it is or how hard it gets, I'm
going to make it!
3. Have patience and engage in consistent action.

And that's worth thinking about...

JW

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The Filter Test....

Filter Test

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.
 
One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
 
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
 
"Triple filter?"
 
 "That's right," Socrates continued.
"Before you talk to me about my  friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
 
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
 
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and…" "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not."
 
Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"
 
"No, on the contrary…" "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left:- the filter of Usefulness."
 
"Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
 
"No, not really."
 
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"
 
This is why Socrates was a great philosopher & held in such high esteem.
 
Take some time when reading the above and think about the filter test and try and apply it to your life.

Create your own circumstances...

"A person only begins to become the person he wants to be when he
ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden
justice which regulates his life." - James Allen (As a man thinketh)

Revile: means to condemn, despise, and berate.

"When we whine and revile we give power to that which we revile and
whine about. We cease to be in charge of our life." - Vic Johnson

"I no longer view the world in terms of unfortunate accidents or
misfortunes. I know in my being that I influence it all, and now find
myself considering why I created a situation, rather than saying, "why
me?". This heightened awareness directs me to look inside of myself
for answers. I take responsibility for all of it, and the interesting
puzzle becomes a facinating challenge when I decide to influence areas
of my life in which I previously believed I was not in control. I now
feel that I control it all." - Wayne Dyer (You'll see it when you
believe it.)

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I
don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are
the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if
they can't find them, make them." - George Bernard Shaw

How do we develop the necessary character to make our circumstances
instead of allowing our circumstances to make us? ---

"You can build any quality into your mentality by meditating upon that
quality every day. If you seem to yourself to be lacking in certain
necessary qualities, if your character seems to lack strength, ask God
to give you what you need - and He will." - Emmet Fox

And that's worth thinking about...

JW

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Decide To Grow...

"Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and
a person can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig
deep into the mine of his soul." - James Allen

"The classic book "Acres of Diamonds" is the story of a person who
sold his home and land to travel far and wide in search of diamonds,
only to die pennyless. As the story goes, the new owner discovered
diamonds on the very property that the old owner had ignored.

A lot of times I think we act the same way when we are trying to "Fix"
something in our life. Whether it's happiness or self-esteem or love
that we seek, many times we look outside to ourselves to find the
answer. We look to a spouse, a friend, a child or a parent to fill the
void. Perhaps we expect the answer to come from our pursuit of our
occupation or other interests. Or we expect a new home, a new car or a
new boat to satisfy our "hunger".

But, alas, like the poor farmer in Acres of Diamonds, our search comes
up empty handed. And just like the story, diamonds are waiting to be
discovered in our own back yard. As James Allen points out, the only
way to find the gold and diamonds is to "dig deep into the mine of the
soul". It is here, he says, that we will find EVERY TRUTH connected to
our being." - Vic Johnson

"The greatest source of unhappiness comes from inside." - Jim Rohn
(Conversely, thats also where the greatest (and only) source of true
happiness comes from. )

"Instead of searching far and wide, spend some time every day
searching inside. Instead of expecting something outside to fill you
up, learn to fill yourself from within. Make a commitment to read more
of the material that will help you discover who you are. Make a
descision to grow." - Vic Johnson

"What you become directly influences what you get." - Jim Rohn

And that's worth thinking about...

JW

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