FOCUS
It seems obvious and yet it's a powerful truth that's all too often overlooked. To stay focused you need something on which to focus -- something specific, something clear and well defined.
Are you having trouble staying focused? Then perhaps you need to more clearly define the object of your focus. As an example, let's say you're attempting to focus on making more money.
The vague goal of "making more money" is not clear enough nor definitive enough. Exactly how much more money do you intend to earn? Precisely how do you intend to earn it? What will you do with it when you get it, and why is that important to you? Questions such as these will provide you with a clear and specific object on which to focus.
Focus is impossible without a focal point. Just the act itself of clearly and specifically defining that focal point will serve to lock your mind and your energy into focus. And when the object of your focus is well defined, you can quickly get back on track if your focus should happen to stray.
Know, understand, and appreciate precisely where you desire to be focused. The more clearly you can define the object of your focus, the more intently and effectively you can focus upon it. Decide exactly what you intend to do, and almost as if by magic you'll find yourself actually getting it done.
MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE
If you run from the difficult challenges, they will pursue you unrelentingly. Yet when you turn to face them with resolve and commitment, not only will you get through them, you'll become stronger as a result. The challenges can indeed be disparaging and demoralizing, until you consider where you'll be when you get past them.
Look to the other side and see the positive possibilities. There's no sense in looking back or wishing for the difficulties to go away. They're here and it's time to deal with them.
You can do it. The ability to adapt to changing conditions and to prosper no matter what comes your way -- that's part of the very definition of life. You are gloriously alive, so act like it!
The difficulties you face can be an excuse to give up, or they can be a reason to reach even higher, to become even better, to live even more fully. Rise to the challenge. It's your nature. It's your best choice. It's your destiny, waiting for you to give it life.
TRANSFORM YOUR WEAKNESSES
Look carefully and objectively at your weaknesses, and you will see in them the very real potential for increased strength.
It can be painful to confront and to examine your weaknesses, and yet by doing so you'll begin to tap into the strength and power which lie hidden in them. The pain you experience is the first indication that the transformation from weakness to strength has begun.
What things are holding you back? What things are making you vulnerable to the vagaries of circumstance? Find those things and go to work on them. Put your imagination and your efforts into transforming them.
The very same things which work against you can be changed so that they work for you. The energy which pushes you back can be harnessed to move you forward. Just imagine the power of that reality! Imagine it, and then set about to live it. Have the courage to face your shortcomings, the commitment to overcome them, and the positive results will be dramatic indeed.
God Bless You,
Love, Marilyn