You Rise by…

Photo by Christina Morillo

In the words of James Allen, “Whatever your task may be, concentrate your whole mind upon it; throw into it all the energy of which you are capable. The faultless completion of small tasks, leads inevitably to lager tasks. See to it that you rise by steady climbing, and you will never fail.”

Whatever you are doing, whatever your task may be,

if you want to be good at it, if you want to master it,

you must concentrate your whole mind upon it.

Be the best at what you do. Study everything about it.

Ask great questions. Learn everything about what you do.

Listen to people who have done it. Learn from others. Relearn what you already know.

Learn what you do not know.

Because we rise by learning.

We rise by loving.

We rise by teaching.

We rise by asking questions.

We rise by doing what others do not do.

We rise by challenging ourselves.

We rise by facing our fears.

And we rise by conquering ourselves.

Again, whatever you do, do it well.

Follow Love, Not Fear

Heart-shape White and Black I Love You-printed Decorative Board
Photo by Artem Beliaikin

Follow love, not fear. Love yourself. You love yourself by choosing love. You do not get to love by carrying hate thoughts in your mind. And to spread your love around, you must carry love thoughts in your heart. Why is that?

Because you cannot give what you don’t have. If you don’t have love, you can’t give out love. It is in your heart that you must keep love. It is in your heart that you must plant the seeds of love. Do not just plant it there. If you don’t nurture it, if you don’t water it, it will die. Love is fragile.

Follow love, not fear. When you follow love, you can pursue what you want in your life. You can do what you want to do in your life. You can do what makes you happy. You can free yourself from fear. You can free yourself from your past. You can do what you have always wanted to do. When you follow love, you can face your fears. You can listen to the demons within you. You can become your real self.

Life is all about becoming you. It is about becoming whole. To do that, to become whole, you don’t need to change everything about you. All you need to do is to connect with your real self. The self within you. You can change a few things, but not everything. You can stop telling yourself false stories. You can stop feeding the things that are hurting you. You can stop living your old life. And you can change what is not working for you anymore, and replace them with positive habits. And to connect with your real self, you must be honest with yourself. Do not lie to yourself. It doesn’t help. It hurts.