Motivation Edge

Often, I have people tell me that they just want to be happy and think that I can give them a formula! My first response is that first you have to decide to be happy! Sitting and worrying about what you don't have or the problems in your life will not resolve anything. In fact, they will just work you up until you might think that you have a brain tornado going on. There are several things that you can do if you want to improve your lot in life as follows: Consider your motivation   - Are you a person who thinks that you have to please others? If that is the case, then you will likely find that you are constantly failing and maybe even feeling resentful. You cannot change another person and the older you get the more you will realize that you certainly can't please everyone. If you are constantly on the giving end of a relationship the time will likely come when you will begin feeling resentful as your own needs are not met . Examine what you can contro...

I don't know what that dream is that you have.   I don't care how disappointing it might've been as you've been working toward that dream, but that dream that you're holding in your mind, That it's possible! That some of you already know. That it's hard, it's not easy.  It's hard changing your life. That in the process, of working on your dreams, you are going to incur in a lot of disappointment, a lot of failure, a lot of pain. There are moments when you're gonna doubt yourself.  You said God, why, why is this happening to me? I'm just trying to take care of my children and my mother, I'm not trying to steal or rob from anybody How does this have to happen to me? For those of you that have experience some hardships, don't give up on your dream.  The rough times are gonna come, but they have not come to stay, they have come to pass. Greatness, is not this wonderful, esoteric, illusive, god-like feature that only the spec...