What is the one thing that you do to get you through those most difficult times?
"The wise counsel of good friends. The greatest support system in the world is those close, intimate friends.
Figure out ways to help other people pay their bills, and yours get paid. When you figure out a way to help other people get well, you get well. If you help inspire someone, you become inspired. Change your focus from yourself and where you are and the difficulty you find yourself in, and see if you can't go to work a little extra helping people raise from where they are to where they want to be. Go rescue somebody from oblivion, go say a word of confidence and peace to somebody that's having more trouble than you are having.
Rest and wait until the time passes.
Prayer. I do believe that God is in control. Once I settled that about 40 years ago, I have lived the most incredible, peaceful life. If there is one word that I can give you to go home with, the major word would be 'trust'. Trust is better than worship. Just daily trust, starting in the morning, through the day, in the evening when you're a bit troubled about what happened, just say, 'Hey, I'm going to trust that come morning, answers will come--I'll have a new zest, a new vigor a new vitality.' Just that kind of trust has really seen me through."
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Spiritual reading, walking, solitude
Chris: What is the one thing that you do to get you through those most difficult times?
Brian Tracy: "Three things that have been very helpful to me. I do spiritual reading every morning for 30-60 minutes. It lowers your flashpoint, so it's very hard for things to get you riled up or for you to get excited emotionally, if you have a lower flashpoint. So read spiritually--it calms you. As Jim says, it feeds your mind with mental nutrition.
The 2nd thing I do is walk. Walking and allowing your mind to run is a wonderful way to get clarity on things.
The 3rd thing I do is practice solitude, which is just sitting quietly by yourself and allowing your mind to calm. They say prayer is talking to God, but inspiration is when God talks to you, and when you sit quietly in silence by yourself, your mind will clear and God will always give you the answer to your most pressing problem at the moment."
--Brian Tracy, excerpted from the 2004 Weekend Event/Speaker Roundtable, DVD 11, CD 21, Track 6
Brian Tracy: "Three things that have been very helpful to me. I do spiritual reading every morning for 30-60 minutes. It lowers your flashpoint, so it's very hard for things to get you riled up or for you to get excited emotionally, if you have a lower flashpoint. So read spiritually--it calms you. As Jim says, it feeds your mind with mental nutrition.
The 2nd thing I do is walk. Walking and allowing your mind to run is a wonderful way to get clarity on things.
The 3rd thing I do is practice solitude, which is just sitting quietly by yourself and allowing your mind to calm. They say prayer is talking to God, but inspiration is when God talks to you, and when you sit quietly in silence by yourself, your mind will clear and God will always give you the answer to your most pressing problem at the moment."
--Brian Tracy, excerpted from the 2004 Weekend Event/Speaker Roundtable, DVD 11, CD 21, Track 6
Monday, August 21, 2006
It's been awhile
It's been awhile and I think it's about time I put more regular posts. I've also managed to get a domain of my own at http://www.davidracho.com/ but it will probably contain different content than in this blog. Or I might move over some from here to there when I figure out a decent hosting (or a cheap one, as that's all I'm really looking for.) I've also managed to get turbo cows but I don't know what to do with it so I'm just parking it for now.
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