Tag: Life

Do Not Rush, But Do Not Forget What You Want

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.’- George MacDonald

If you know what you want, if you are going somewhere, then take your time. Do not rush, but do not do it forever.

Great things take time, but they don’t take forever to achieve them.

Like or not, whatever is taking you forever to achieve is not for you. How long do you think you still have on earth?

Why do you want to spend the rest of your life with something that is lifeless, that is not working, that is dead? Why?

Instead, why not move on to what is right in front of you. We don’t see what is in front of us because we are after what is on the other side of the fence. Guess what? There is nothing there.

What you have right now is what you need to get to your next level. If you do it well, your next level is possible. If you do not do it well, your next level is on hold.

Do not put your greatness on hold. We do it every day. We put our lives on hold when we are waiting for what is not there.

Instead of doing, we are just hoping. If you want to do be successful, hope is not a strategy.

Hope is great, but you must do the work. Do not wait for what is not there. Instead, take what you already have and turn it into what you are waiting for.

Instead of waiting for your dream job, why not turn what you are doing right now into what you are waiting for?

If you want to be succeeful, it is not what you are doing that matters; it is how you are doing it that matters.

Be patient, but know what you are doing. Know what you want, and know when to say, ‘enough is enough.’

When You Meet People, Always Imagine True Things

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘If he be not a true man, he will draw evil out of the best; … if he be a true man, he will imagine true things…’- George MacDonald

We are good at judging people we don’t even know. When we meet other people, instead of focusing on what they are good at, we are after their weaknesses.

We are trying to figure out our differences. We are trying to know where they are different from us. That is wrong!

If you focus on other people’s weaknesses, you will never see their strengths.

If you want to know people, give them time to tell you who they really are. And they will.

Do not judge people before you even know them. We are good at doing that. And that is why we never get it right. Always wrong!

It is always wrong because you can’t judge what you do not know.

How can you judge someone you don’t even know? You can’t. Why is that? Because people are changing. You are changing. I am changing. And the world around you is changing. Nothing stays the same, even dead things.

You are not alone. We judge people every day. To do it right, if it is even right, you must start with yourself.

If you do not know others, you don’t know yourself. If you know other people, you know yourself. Because we see ourselves through the actions of other people.

People are great at heart. Whenever you meet people, do not start by judging them. Instead, give them love. And they will love you back.

Whenever you meet people, focus on what they can do, not on what they can’t do. And they will show you what they can do.