Tag: God

When Other People Reject You, Do Not Reject Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development

Some people will accept you for who you are, not for what you can do for them. Other people will accept you for what you have, for what you can do for them, for always giving to them.

Whether things are okay or not, whether you are winning or losing, whether you are passing or failing, if you want to experience the life that God has created for you, you must first accept yourself.

What does it mean to accept oneself? Self-acceptance is everything. You need it when things are good. You need to accept who you are when things are good, and you need to accept yourself when things are not going well. Do not reject yourself before other do it for you.

If you do not take care of yourself, if you do not know what you want in your life, people will take advantage of you. Do not let that happen. Because you are not here to be accepted by all. You are here to love yourself, to live for you. You are enough. You don’t need the whole world to love you.

You need you to love you. You need you to beat your own path forward. When things are tough, never forget to love youself. when you are alone, love yourself. When you are weak, do not reject yourself. When you are down, feeling tired, feeling exhausted, do not reject yourself. Because God loves you. He does. He will never let you down.

No matter what you are going through in your life, you can make it through. Do not focus on what is not working. Instead, focus on what you are doing to bring more light into your life.

Because life is light. Because you are the light of the world. If you want to enjoy your light, you must choose you. Don’t try to control other people. Because you can’t. But you can control yourself. If you can control yourself, you can control your life.

Before you go, remember this: ‘When other people reject you, don’t reject yourself.’

The Power Of Things That Matter

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes, Personal Development

Life is too short. If you are not doing what matters to you, to your future, you are wasting it.

If you don’t want to regret your life, according to Joshua Becker, ‘We choose well. We set aside lesser pursuits to seek meaning in our lives. And we do it every single day.’

We must spend our time with people who mattter, on things that matter to us, to others, and ‘on things that meet the needs of others.‘

We must define what we want to do with our lives. Because ‘when distraction becomes a lifestyle, we lose control over the life we are living.’

Do not wait for the right time to start your life. Every day is a new day. If you want to own it, you must use it. And you must use it really well. ‘If we wait to be healthy, perfect, and prepared in every way, we’ll never accomplish anything. Everything valuable that has ever been done by someone with flaws and wounds.’

If we do not want to waste our lives, then ‘let’s run toward our problems. Let’s face them. And let’s do something about them.’ Because if you don’t, you are only making it worse, not better.

Doing something is better than not doing anything. Yes, you will make mistakes. That is okay. Because you are not in the game to make things perfect. You are in the game to make things better, to make progress, not to be perfect. ‘No one is so guilty or so damaged that they can’t make something different of their future and do something that is meaningful in the world.’

You can if you will. You think you are powerless. You think you are not smart enough to change your life. No, you are enouh for your life. You can do something about your life. You are not who you think you are. You are more than that.

You can do something about where you are. you can do something about where you want to be. But ‘you can’t change the past, but you can move beyond it in hope of a better future.’

Because you are in charge of your future. No one is good enough to lead your life. But you are.

If you do not ‘create a turning point for yourself‘, you will never move past where you are. And you will never achieve your dreams.

That is not you. Do not do that to your precious life. Do not do that to your work. Your work matters. You are not doing it for yourself. You are doing it for others. ‘Love your work because your work is love.’ Because ‘your work is a way of showing love to others.’

Remember, your work is a way of loving God. So if you want God to love you back, then you must do your work really well.

As always, remember, you are more, not less!

Source:

Joshua Becker (2022). Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life