To make today count, you must live it. And if you do not live it, if you do not choose yourself, you will lose it.
To make today count, try these four strategies:
“Put your whole heart into the present”
James Allen said, “Put your whole heart into the present, living it, minute by minute, hour by hour, and day by day, self-governed and pure.” If you really want to make today count, you must stay in the present moment.
Choose yourself
Chogyam Trungpa once said, “Unless we are able to make friends with ourselves, there is no hope at all. If we abandon ourselves as hopeless, as villains, then there is no steppingstone.” To know yourself, you must embrace yourself. Do not reject yourself, no matter what. Even if others don’t like you, if you are for yourself, no one can be against you.
Stay away from negative people.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always o that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”- Mark Twain
“Face a situation fearlessly“
Florence Scovel Shinn said, “Face a situation fearlessly, and there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.” If you do not believe in your own self, if you cannot face life, consider what you are doing to yourself. You are limiting yourself. Because you do not have the courage to face life, to face your fears.
You are the only one who can make yourself happy. But it is not your responsibility to make other people happy.
What does it really mean to take responsibility for one’s life?
Responsibility is facing what you do not want to face. Responsibility is doing what you are afraid to do. Responsibility is taking risks to change your life. It is looking after yourself. It is conquering yourself. Taking responsibility for your life is not an event. It is a process.
You can do it. You are the only one who can do it for you. When you take responsibility for your life, things will work for you, not against you. No matter how busy you are, do not forget to look after yourself. Do not forget to take responsibility for your life.
If you don’t do it for you, you are going to be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? If you do not want to be left behind, here are some strategies that will help you:
Take responsibility for your actions
Do not complain. You have the power to choose your life. You have the power to change the negative things that you have been telling yourself. You have the power to choose your career. Since you have the power to choose other things, do you have the same power to choose yourself? Yes, you can choose yourself. You can choose your life.
You cannot grow yourself without work. If you want to grow yourself, you must not wait for other people to do everything for you. They can’t. And they won’t. Why is that? Because they have their own issues to deal with. As Billy Graham Put it, “Only those who want everything done for them are bored.”
If you don’t want to be bored, you must stretch yourself. You must push yourself. You must face what other people don’t want to face. You must do what other people don’t want to do. You must step out of your comfort zone. You must be comfortable with yourself. Because if you are not comfortable with yourself, you can’t stretch yourself.
No matter what, do not condemn your life. Always celebrate yourself. If you condemn yourself, you lose your soul. Be bold enough to take responsibility for your life. Be bold enough to say, enough is really enough.
Whatever you want to do, do not fear to do it. Be bold. According to Billy Graham, “Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” When you take a stand, your fears will disappear.
Accept your disappointments
Richard Branson says, “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”If you want to grow, do not be embarrassed by your disappointments. They are going to happen. You can’t stop them from happening. But do not let them stop your life. Do not waste a minute not being true to yourself.
If you are making mistakes, you are growing. You are learning. You are changing. Friedrich Shiller said, “Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.” Accept disappointments and you will be happy with yourself. The question is, Do you have the courage to accept disappointments?
“Dare to be wise!”
If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must have the courage to tell yourself the truth. You must have the courage to love your life, no matter what. You must have the courage to live your life on your own terms. You must have the courage to face your fears. You must have the courage to walk away from those who are not for you.
If you can do it, you can grow. Friedrich Schiller said, “Dare to be wise! Energy and spirit is needed to overcome the obstacles which indolence of nature as well as cowardice of heart oppose to our instruction.”
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