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WANT TO WIN? YES, YOU CAN!

The words of the great coach Vince Lombardi comes to my mind as I sit to write this blog. He said “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is”. Those words need to sink into the soil of our hearts and into the soil of our mind.
I believe that embedded in each and everyone of us is the ability, the want, the capability and the potential to win in life. With a little bit of help along the way we can develop an attitude, a mentality that allows us to want to win. I want to encourage you and even challenge you to live your life with the intention of wanting to experience “wins” in the various areas of your life, be it either sports, career, ministry, investments, relationships, health, parenting. Whatever it is you aspire to be I am convinced that you can achieve it, if; among others you invest your time in developing a winning attitude. Below I list a few pointers that can help you develop and cultivate a winning attitude, a winning mentality regardless of what you face or what your opposition might be.

Identity
Who are you? Who are you at your core? Not what other people think of you or what you have become. No, who are you? Please let me clarify, I am not asking what you are but who you are. Remember, you are unique. There is no one else walking on planet earth that is you. So I suggest that you spend some time asking yourself these questions
Who am I at my core?
What is my destiny and destination in life?
Why am I here?
Once you remind yourself of who you are, what your destiny and your destination is, and why you are here try to write it down in a piece of paper. Do not write long paragraphs but just short statements. Look at what you have written everyday, let the words that you have written occupy your thoughts and your mind


Dreams & Goals
It is important that you dream. Never allow anyone or anything to rob you of your dream. One of my favorite authors C.S. Lewis once said “you are never too old to dream another dream and set another goal”. I want you to dream, yes , to dream again. Your life has value and you are here to add value to others in your world. So many have gone to the grave without realizing the energizing power in a dream and in a goal. You are here to make a difference. Your life matters! You bring something with you that your world around you needs. So start writing down your dream or your a goal that you have on the same piece of papper where you wrote your identity. Do not attempt to write your dream or goal to impress yourself so that your words overpower what you actually set for a goal or what your dream actually is. I prefer to write short statements and I encourage you to do the same. Start dreaming & set goals. You can do it!


Values
What are your values? How do you live or build your life. Maybe you are not familiar with the word that I use, but we all live according to certain values or a certain value system. You make decisions based on your values. You make choices that reflect your value system. So if you want to develop a winning mentality, a winning attitude, it is highly important that you carve out values and align your choices and your decisions with your values so that your life is in harmony. Whether you like it or not, your lifestyle is a reflection of your values. So take time to think and carve out your values that you want reflected in your lifestyle


I think I will stop here for today and for this upcoming week. I have given you some information that you need to invest your time in. Remember, there is more in you that is working for you than the things that work against you.


Start this year with a desire to win and I am telling you that you will


Come back next week and get more information to develop a winning attitude


Want to win? YES, YOU CAN!!

Betrayal

You are a child of God

Today there is so much out there that fights to define and label "who" we are. Often times it is our relentless and tireless need of affirmation that drives to seek it wherever we get it and thereby allow ourselves to be defined and labeled by the accolades that affirm us. Often people define you by how they met you. That sometimes brings positive, warm, generous words of affirmation or might cause them to keep their distance from you and thereby reject you. But you are not WHO other people think, define and label. YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD! Being a child of God, our affirmation comes from the ONE who loves us and gave Himself for us. People may have a lot to say about you, but people keep changing their opinion about you. But the ONE that loves you and gave Himself for you is not dictated by the changing and the passing by of time. He holds time in His hand and He is unchanging in His love towards you. The great St.Augustine made a powerful statement when he said "our hearts are restless until it finds its rest in thee O God". I, along with millions of others can testify to this. It is in resting in His love that we come to rest in WHO we are. Child of God, you are not a mistake. You are not the result of an unwanted pregnancy. God has given much thought in creating you and He is delighted that you are in this world right now. No matter where you are or what you have accomplished, you are LOVED by the ONE that has your life in His hand. Never allow anyone or anything to confine you by defining you, limit you by labelling you and typecast you in order to trap you. YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD!!